Comments on: Cinco de Mayo, Baby!

By: Florence

Florence — Tue, 08 May 2012 03:50:53 +0000

I’m a Cinco de Mayo baby! and I think this is one of the most tantalizingly beautiful food-posts ever. I have taken screeshots of these pictures and can’t wait to use them as my screen savers…though I’m very worried I will be constantly hungry.

You did a fantastic job compiling all these. THANK YOU!

By: wifemothereventplanner

wifemothereventplanner — Mon, 07 May 2012 00:14:23 +0000

so…my cinco of mayo was very different. No guac for me But we did feast on a ton of Indian food. I’m responding to say that I tried – sadly tried – to do a “food” prep post on my blog. Oh it’s hard. I bow down to you. It looks easy, ingredients + photos = method. Nope. So kudos on this amazing, jazzy, downright sexy post!!! So you know one of those bizillion squares that unfold into a perfect recipe? I dream of doing that. Pray for me.

By: Dodie

Dodie — Sun, 06 May 2012 21:04:03 +0000

I always say THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS BAD MEXICAN FOOD!!!! Thank you for all these recipes!!!

By: Laurie {Simply Scratch}

Laurie {Simply Scratch} — Sun, 06 May 2012 12:20:03 +0000

All of these look so darn delicious! I’m thinking that I’ll need to celebrate Cinco de Mayo at least once a week so I can sample all of these! Great round-up Erika!

By: Maggie @ A Bitchin' Kitchen

Maggie @ A Bitchin' Kitchen — Sun, 06 May 2012 04:25:48 +0000

Yayyy! I spy my spicy bean and rice burritos up there! They’re one of my favorite things on my blog – thanks for including them

I love Mexican food year round, not just on Cinco de Mayo, so I will surely be consulting this post a LOT!

By: Linda J Loendorf

Linda J Loendorf — Sun, 06 May 2012 00:20:29 +0000

I always try to figure out why we celebrate cinco de mayo??? I doubt seriously that anyone in Mexico celebrates the 4th of July. . . .

By: Marcee

Marcee — Sat, 05 May 2012 22:16:03 +0000

Just …. WOW!

Talk about food groups. Amazed here.

I will eat any of the above meat-free. Maybe a tiny bit of chicken. Fish tacos are great for me + lots of veggies.

As for sweets …. everything looks so gorgeous! Those brownies, and hot chocolate cookies are my style! Then that almond cake w/coffee would be sensational.

Just fab lookin grub. Everyone wants some bites!! HA.

By: DaisyG

DaisyG — Sat, 05 May 2012 18:23:43 +0000

What a great post! Thanks for all the great recipes… can’t wait to try some of them!

By: Flavors of the Sun

Flavors of the Sun — Sat, 05 May 2012 18:01:27 +0000

What an amazing selections of Mexican-inspired goodness! Thank you so much for posting!

By: TK-Erika

TK-Erika — Sat, 05 May 2012 13:36:05 +0000

Hi Jessica! There are lots of shredded beef recipes in TK that use the slow cooker, like this one: https://tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/shredded-beef-for-burritos/. You can also just search for “shredded beef” in the “Slow Cooker” category and find one you like.

You can also convert a Dutch oven recipe for use in the slow cooker, something I learned from a newspaper article some years ago. Just remember a few pointers: use about half any amount of dried spices, and add fresh herbs and salt when there is about 1 hour left in the cooking time. You may also want to decrease the amount of liquid in the recipe, using about 1/2 cup up to 1 cup less. As for cook time, check your crockpot manual to see at what temperature its Low and High (and Medium, if you have it) settings are. I’d start with doubling the Dutch oven recipe cook time and then checking after to see if you need to cook it more.

Hope that helps!