Cinco de Mayo

Recipe: Cinco de Mayo Recipe: Mango Michelada

A michelada is a beer cocktail with hot sauce, lime, and salt — a beer margarita, if you will. Without the liquor, so this is the perfect midweek drink.

Blog Post & Recipe: Pineapple, tequila are perfect companions for Cinco de Mayo

And since I'm eating healthier these days, this tequila-baked pineapple makes the perfect side dish for some grilled salmon or chicken and is sensational when served over pound cake or vanilla ice cream ...

Tequila and Lime Baked Pineapple

Blog Post & Recipe: Chipotle Chicken Fajitas (Grilled Indoors!) with Creamy Black Bean Spread

We should have posted this recipe a few weeks ago in honor of Cinco de Mayo, but better late than never...

Fajitas really taste best when the meat and veggies come off of a grill, but we're willing to compromise with a grill pan rather than give them up entirely.

Recipes: Cinco de Mayo, a.k.a. National Margarita Day

'National' here meaning 'in the USA.'

Cinco de Mayo isn’t celebrated very widely in Mexico (it’s often erroneously thought of as Mexican Independence Day, which is September 16), but it’s become so popular in the States that many people consider it the kickoff of summer ... Here’s an assortment of Mexican-influenced, but by no means traditional, cocktails that use beer, tequila, and rum.

* Spiked Pineapple Agua Fresca
* Mexican 75
* Paloma
* Red Chile–Guava Margarita
* Luchador
* Tamarindo Borracho
* Squirrel Horchata

Blog Posts & Recipes:

The Homesick Texan blogger's "Menu for Cinco de Mayo":

Tinga
Carnitas
Chorizo
Corn Tortillas
Mexican Rice
Nachos
Papalo salsa verde
Pico de Gallo
Chile con Queso
Sopapillas

I'll add more recipes to this if I find any. See also this post and this one.