Happy Cinco de Mayo + Taco Tuesday!

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Happy Cinco de Mayo! How fun that this holiday falls on #Taco Tuesday! Here are the #recipes you need to be cooking right now, today, and this week to celebrate the fiesta…along with a few of my other favs including #margaritas, #cocktails, #party ideas – anything and everything to get your #Mexican-style party started. And yes, please enjoy a #Corona or two – quite appropriate at the moment, yes? We’re getting through this together slowly but surely. Might as well celebrate something fun while in #quarantine..have fun and enjoy the day!

Cinco de Mayo Fiesta


Plan the perfect last minute, stylish Cinco de Mayo Fiesta, StyleCaster 

Blogger, entertaining expert, and all around chicster Athena Calderone of Eye Swoon‘s take on why Cinco de Mayo has caught on in such a big way? “It’s really a time to let loose, think colorfully, and it’s just so festive,” she says. Vibrant colors, music and lighting, make-ahead recipes, gorgeous tablescapes, signature cocktails and the right guest list are just a few things to make the perfect Cinco de Mayo fiesta at home. OR, do a virtual fiesta at home!

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Shrimp Tacos with Pineapple Salsa

Shrimp Tacos with Pineapple Salsa – Williams Sonoma 

Easy-to-make, flavorful and made with simple and easy ingredients, these colorful tacos are perfect to start the occasion off with a bang.

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Chipotle Braised Chicken Nachos

Chipotle Braised Chicken Nachos, Half Baked Harvest

These extra cheesy, spicy, chicken filled nachos feature chicken breasts braised in a mix of cider beer, chipotle peppers, and enchilada sauce served over tortilla chips with cheddar and pepper jack cheese, topped with a homemade avocado salsa, cilantro and lime. Yum!

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Taco Pizza

Seriously Delish Taco Pizza

This is a super fun twists on tacos in the form of pizza that’s super easy and seriously delish. The pizza is topped with all the goodies you would make tacos with – salsa, ground beef, taco seasoning, black beans and onions, with a layer of fresh veggies like black olives, tomatoes, jalapenos; and of course plenty of shredded cheddar cheese, then garnished with fresh cilantro, sour cream, and some wavy corn chips for extra crunch.. The crescent dough crust is super buttery and flaky and a delicious canvas for this Taco Monster Pizza creation. You will never be the same!

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Beef Enchilada Tortilla Casserole

Cheesy Beef Enchilada Tortilla Casserole

This delicious cheesy casserole is made with ground beef and taco seasoning, onions, garliccorn, jalapeños, chopped tomatoes, beef broth and LOTS of cheese, all baked in layers of spicy, cheesy, ooey-gooey goodness with the flour tortillas in a 9-inch pie pan. Then it’s served cut into wedges and topped with some fresh green onions. Serve it with some sour cream and cilantro for extra garnish. 

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Roasted Chili Verde Chicken Enchiladas

Roasted Chili Verde Chicken Enchiladas, Cooking Light

These chicken enchiladas skip the store-bought red enchilada sauce and instead are made with a homemade chili verde sauce: tangy tomatillos and roasted poblano chiles and fresh cilantro that give a bright, fresh flavor, then blanketed with gooey, melted cheese. DELISH!

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Classic Margaritas

Classic Margaritas – Williams Sonoma

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Taco Soup

Southern-Style Taco Soup

This Tex-Mex inspired recipe is one of my favs – similar to chili, yet a warm flavorful soup with corn, black beans, kidney beans and green chilies and diced tomatoes. It’s all cooked in one-pot too, then topped with sour cream, cilantro, jalapeños, cheese and a dash of hot sauce. Don’t forget the Fritos for extra crunch!

Stovetop recipe

Crockpot version by @girlonbloor

Quesadillas

Easy Quesadillas, Two Peas in their Pod

These quesadillas are loaded with lots of healthy ingredients like beans, avocado, fresh veggies, and cheese as a base but feel free to customize them any way you like with beef, chicken, shrimp,  carnitas, and all the fresh toppings of course. 

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Classic Paloma

Classic Paloma Cocktail, The Tidy Mom

This classic Mexican cocktail is another one of my favs and an alternative to margaritas. Made with silver tequila, grapefruit juice, simple syrup, fresh lime juice and club soda. It’s light, refreshing and absolutely delicious

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Taco Mac+Cheese

Taco Mac + Cheese

A twist on a family favorite, this mac and cheese is amped up with chili seasoning, salsa, Velveeta cheese and ground beef. Ooey-gooey and super delish. Perfect for the kids and easy to make.

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Instant Pot Crispy Pork Carnitas

Instant Pot Crispy Pork Carnitas, Gimme Some Oven

This crispy flavorful pork mojo carnitas are made in a flash in the Instant Pot – giving you more time to drink and eat and celebrate the holiday with friends and family! Serve the pork in tacos or burritos, or in a quesadilla or salad, along with chips and salsa, margaritas, refried beans, guacamole or with some Mexican Street Corn Elote dip. Heavenly!

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Micheladas

Micheladas, Leite’s Culinaria

For a Mexican-style Bloody Mary – a michelada is calling your name. Made with Mexican beer (cerveza), tomato juice, Tabasco, garnished with a rim of sea salt, a wedge of lime and ancho chile powder. It’s bubbly, spicy, and refreshing and hits the spot on this special day. YOWZA! 

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Cowboy Queso Dip

Loaded Cowboy Queso Cheese Dip, The Cookie Rookie

Who doesn’t love a cheesy delicious queso dip? This one is loaded with black beans, shredded monterey jack cheese, Velveeta, tomatoes and cilantro and sausage…all cooked together in the slow cooker and served with homemade taco tortilla chips. What’s not to love? 

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Mexican-Fajita-Steak-Salad

Steak Fajita Salad, The View From Great Island

This delicious and healthy salad is the combination of a cool, crisp romaine salad with juicy steak marinated in a homemade fajita seasoning along with seared peppers and onions, topped with juicy corn, tomatoes, cheese and crunchy tortilla strips. Healthy, filling and the perfect mix of flavors. YES PLEASE.

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Enchiladas Chicken Mole

Chicken Mole Enchiladas

These Oaxaca-style enchiladas are served bubbling hot with a melted layer of Chihuahua Queso cheese, velvety mole sauce (made with chili peppers and rich dark chocolate) and shredded chicken with onions inside corn tortillas, baked to perfection. Inspired by a fav Mexican restaurant I used to go to in NYC. Spicy, complex, cheesy and delicious. 

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Air Fryer Mini Chimichangas

Air Fryer Mini Chimichangas, Taste of Home

These little cuties are mini bite-sized chimichangas that you can make in your air fryer for less mess, but twice the flavor. Made with taco seasoned beef, chilies, Monterey jack cheese all tucked up inside mini egg roll wrappers and air fried to perfection, served with salsa and sour cream for dipping. Love!

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One Reply to “Happy Cinco de Mayo + Taco Tuesday!”

  1. these recipes are really amazing! some of my favorites for Cinco de Mayo. You really must try them!!! Let me know if you do and please leave a comment here!

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