Cinco de Mayo is right around the corner.
I wish I was throwing a party, but I’m not. Darn.
I hope that you are hosting or going to a party.
Here are a few Mexican-inspired recipes, some with vintage photography and all, to jumpstart your fiesta.
Homemade Horchata (vegan, GF)
Spicy Baked Black Beans with Mixed Vegetables (vegan, GF)
“Cheater’s” Guacamole (vegan, GF)
Chipotle Salsa Lentils with Mixed Vegetables (vegan, GF)
Raw Taco Nut “Meat” Taco Salad (vegan, GF)
Fajitas with Sweet Ginger-Lime-Cumin Dipping Sauce (vegan)
Mango Basil Personal-Sized Tortilla Pizzas
Chocolate Mexican Wedding Cookies (no-bake, vegan, GF)
Vanilla Avocado Banana “Ice Cream” (no ice cream maker required, vegan, GF)
Are you celebrating or doing anything special for Cinco de Mayo?
I’m only 11 miles from the Mexican border here in San Diego so there’s always lots of parties, fiestas, and celebrating.
We aren’t doing anything “special” but all I have to do is walk outside and the taco stands, restaurants, and bars in my neighborhood will be in full tilt this entire week leading up to Saturday.
Channel thoughts of margaritas the size of your head and lots of shirtless men wearing fiesta hats and drunken revelry. Welcome to Cinco de Mayo week.
Do you have any favorite Mexican-inspired recipes?
I’ve seen a few roundups and fun recipes including Brown Eyed Bakers 20 Recipes, Deborah’s 47 Favorites, and Maria’s Avocado Pita Pizza with Cilantro Sauce.
The winner of the Cascal Natural Soft Drink Giveaway is Lizthechef
I am hosting a family dinner tomorrow for Cinco De Mayo … I love Mexican food!
happy cooking and have a great fiesta!
For Cinco de Mayo, I’ll be hosting a dinner (on Friday night – so really, Cuatro de Mayo, I guess?) for my student staff to say an end-of-semester thank you for their hard work this year…pretty simple fare with a taco bar, some Yucatan rice and maybe some corn. But (for me, at least) the highlight will be the lime poundcake with strawberry sauce.
I wrote about it here – https://sleepeybearsspot.blogspot.com/2010/07/lime-with-splash-of-strawberry.html – and would simply ask for blogging forgiveness that I posted someone else’s recipe (this was in my pre-recipe etiquette stage). =)
Eager to try your vegan gauc and mango pizza…Cinco de Mayo is just a big drinking night to me, but I enjoy the collection of recipes you created to celebrate !
We are definitely have a Cinco de Mayo party. It is a tradition, and we love it. Counting down the days….
And thanks for the pins!
I am going to a communion/cinco de mayo combo party. Should be fun! I am bringing black bean salsa that Paula Dean makes on food network website. It is actually a healthy recipe which I was surprised especially coming from her. :)
LOL and it sounds great!
You make me want to go out and make all of that food!
Tamales are my favorite Mexican dish– I’ve had vegetarian and sweet (almost dessert-like) tamales and I made them once many years ago. They are labor intensive! The cheesy taco casserole looks like a yummy cook once eat twice recipe (I love leftovers!). Oh–I found your email about the cookies–no technology glitch, just human error on this end. Somehow it got moved before I saw it so sorry for the confusion!
Glad you found it..I was wondering and glad it was your end, not my end (a glitch…whew!) :)
No Cinco De Drinko party here this weekend either…I have a half marathon on Sunday.
But, we are doing a Fiesta Memorial Day party so these recipes will definitely come in handy.
I love this bean and corn dip for any BBQ but it has good Mexican flavors!
https://luvwhatyoudo.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/bloggers-bbq/
That dip looks great. I JUST posted all about…dips!
The avo ice cream was obviously a match made in Gena heaven, but I’m also eyeing those wonderful spicy baked black beans! I don’t roast in foil enough — great inspiration here.
Foil saves my life. It takes scrubbing and dishes from an epic chore to 1 second. I do it with all my baking/desserts, too. That way you can take the whole thing out of the pan and cut on a cutting board and get really clean cuts and pieces for…photography :)
Cinco de Mayo is Saturday but SO is the Kentucky Derby which means that had would be PERFECT! Hehe :) I’ll most definitely be enjoying some guac!
Oh the Derby. Forgot about that!
In Texas, we celebrate Cinco de Mayo like pros! I will be partaking in the Margarita-fest. I can’t turn down an excuse to have one. :)
Enjoy the the Margarita-fest!
We have a family party with vegan tacos and spanish rice. The party is completed by games designed by my son. Usually ring toss, corn hole and the like! We decorate the dining room and wear sombreros. Memories!!
I love how the mango and basil pizza sounds, two of my favorite ingredients on a pizza!!! It can’t get better than that!
It’s SO easy, too! Super fast, like 10 mins from start to finish and you’re eating pizza!
We’ve got nothing planned here…I guess they frown on mothers of new babies drinking head-sized margaritas, huh? :-) Maybe a *small* margarita for me!
Yum! Now I’m craving Mexican food!
I don’t know what my favourite Mexican feast is but I lived there for a while and fell in love with the food! So many delicious options. Now that I live in the UK it’s a bit less common to find Mexican food, but I might have a go at one of your recipes here! :) thanks for the fantastic inspiration in time to plan something fun!
My birthday is Cinco de Mayo and my friend is throwing me a party!! I might just make one of these!! :)