Cinco de Mayo

In honour of cinco de mayo, we've been eating Mexican dishes for the past couple of days.  This weekend we ate our weight in pico de gallo and guacamole.  

I'm loving the new guacamole dish that we picked up in Puerto Vallarta a couple of weeks ago.

We also had crepes stuffed with cheese and pibil pork, and topped with a poblano pepper cream sauce.  Mojitos made these even better!

This evening we enjoyed shrimp tacos.

 

Did you eat any Mexican food today?

Cinco De Mayo

Since it was Cinco de Mayo on Saturday, a Mexican meal was in order.  We used our dishes that are straight from Mexico ... they made the food taste more authentic :-)

First up was pico de gallo and guacamole with chips.

Then we had one of my favourite soups - a black bean, chicken, chipotle soup.

I serve it with cilantro, sour cream and lime that can be added according to one's preference.

The main course was pibil pork stuffed crepes with a poblano pepper sauce and Mexican rice.

 

 

I marinated the pork for a few hours before cooking it, then shredded it and rolled it in the crepes with some shredded cheese. 

 

 

 

The poblano pepper sauce was made with garlic, onions, poblano peppers, cream and a bit of salt.  I roasted the peppers for a bit under the broiler and peeled the skin off before using them.

We also enjoyed homemade bread throughout the meal.

Dessert was sopapilla cheesecake pie.

Before baking:

After:

Served:

I love Mexican food, and Cinco de Mayo is always a great reason to spend the day in the kitchen.

After this fabulous dinner I headed to a club to hear Criminal Kid play.  They are a wicked local band, fronted by my bloggy buddy Allysia from The Real Meal.  If they are ever in your neck of the woods, be sure to check 'em out! 

How was your weekend?  

Did you do anything to celebrate Cinco de Mayo?