Recipes for Cinco De Mayo #CincoDeMayo

Mexican food is my favorite. I could probably eat it everyday given the chance. Cinco De Mayo is May 5th and the perfect day to fill up on all of your favorites. Whether you’re headed off to a party that day, hosting a party or just want some yummy food with your family, the below list will surely satisfy all of your cravings that day!

 

 

 

 

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Traditional Mexican Guacamole: I recently just started eating Guacamole and I am addicted!! I have tried this recipe and it is delicious. Check out the recipe here.

 

 

 

 

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Layered Mexican Cornbread: This would be a fantastic recipe if you are hosting a party or bringing a dish to a party. It is ver different, and I am sure your guests will love it. Check out the recipe here.

 

 

 

 

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Mexican Rice & Beef Tacos: What is Cinco De Mayo without Tacos? Check out this yummy taco recipe here.

 

 

 

 

 

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Chicken Tortilla Soup: How about a classic Mexican soup, Chicken Tortilla! Check out the recipe here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Beer’Garitas: Can’t decide between having beer or margaritas? Well now you can have both with this awesome Beer’Garita recipe here! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Flan: Cinco De Mayo would not be complete without a famous Mexican dessert.  Check out this recipe for Flan here.

Please leave a comment and let me know how you are planning to celebrate Cinco De Mayo! 

Marijean

Marijean

My name is MJ. I have two wonderful children and work part time as well as volunteer at my children's school.

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Tijuana Flats to Open New Locations in St. Augustine and Nocatee #TijuanaFlats #Nocatee

 

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Two new Tijuana Flats locations are headed to St. Johns County, bringing the popular Tex Mex chain to a total of 10 locations in Northeast Florida.

The Orlando-based chain will open restaurants at Nocatee Town Center on Crosswater Parkway and at an in-the-works development at the intersection of U.S. 1 and S.R. 207 in St. Augustine. Both stores will have a footprint of about 2,400 square feet.

The Nocatee Tijuana Flats is expected to open late this year, while the St. Augustine location plans on an early 2017 opening.

The restaurant chain, which has 110 locations in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Virginia and Indiana, already has a number of stores in Duval County, including a location in Riverside near Five Points. There are also locations on San Jose Blvd., Roosevelt Blvd., Beach Blvd., River City Marketplace, Deerwood Village, The Shoppes of Bartram and off of Country Road 220 in Fleming Island.

It has always been a part of the plan to expand further south in Northeast Florida, and the time is right, with a news release citing strong sales in 2015 and new private investors.

“Jacksonville and its supporting markets are like a second home for Tijuana Flats,” Vice President of Development for Tijuana Flats Patrick Fore said in the release. “Expansion south of Jacksonville continues along planned development routes to connect with customer demand as these are experiencing tremendous growth.”

Franklin Street acted as the broker for the signing of the two new locations.

For more information about Tijuana Flats, please click here.

Marijean

Marijean

My name is MJ. I have two wonderful children and work part time as well as volunteer at my children's school.

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Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo is Thursday! I love Mexican food and can’t think of a better reason to throw a party!

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Check out 11 Reasons to Plan Your Cinco de Mayo Party Immediately

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Anne

I'm a mother of 2 who likes to get involved in too much! Besides writing here I started a non-profit, I'm on the PTO board, very active in my community and volunteer in the school. I enjoy music, reading, cooking, traveling and spending time with my family. We just adopted our 3rd cat and love them all!

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Make Mom Some Yummy Brunch Recipes with Honey Bunches of Oats @HBOats #MothersDay

Mother’s Day is quickly approaching on May 8th. Would you like to serve Mom breakfast in bed? Or, maybe Brunch in bed? I have 3 great recipes she will love that include the delicious Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal. These are super easy, so instead of spending lots of time in the kitchen, you can spend time with the one who matters the most on this day!

 

Triple Berry Crisp

 

Triple Berry Crisp

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 65 minutes

Serves 12

Ingredients 

2 Tbsp. flour

2 Tbsp. sugar

3 Tbsp. butter or margarine

3 cups Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal Honey Roasted

1 pt. (2 cups) blueberries

1 pt. (2 cups) raspberries

1 pt. (2 cups) strawberries, sliced

1 cup sugar

3 Tbsp. tapioca

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Mix flour and 2 Tbsp. sugar in large bowl. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in cereal.

Mix berries in 2-quart shallow baking dish.

Mix 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water and tapioca in large saucepan. Cook on medium heat until mixture comes to full boil, stirring constantly. Pour over berries; toss lightly. Sprinkle with cereal mixture.

Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Let stand 15 minutes. Serve warm.

 

Crunchy Monkey Bread

 

Crunchy Monkey Bread

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes

Serves 16

Ingredients 

1/2 cup sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 cans (16.3 oz each) refrigerated biscuits

1/3 cup Honey Bunches of Oats Honey Roasted cereal

1/3 cup chopped pecans

1/3 cup raisins

1 cup firmly packed brown sugar

3/4 cup butter, melted 1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions

Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 12-cup bundt pan.

In a large plastic food storage bag, combine sugar and cinnamon. Separate dough into 16 biscuits and cut each biscuit into quarters. Place in the food storage bag and shake the bag to coat.

In a small bowl combine cereal, pecans and raisins. Arrange in biscuit pieces in pan, layering the cereal mixture among the biscuits.

In small bowl, mix brown sugar, melted butter and vanilla.

Pour over biscuit pieces. Bake 28 to 30 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn upside down onto serving plate and place in the center of table. Allow guests to pull apart the pieces of monkey bread to serve. Enjoy warm.

 

 

Honey of a Muffin

 

Honey Muffin

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 35 minutes

Serves 12

Ingredients

1-1/3 cups flour

1/2 cup sugar

1 Tbsp. baking powder

1/4 tsp. salt

1 egg

1 cup milk

1/3 cup butter or margarine, melted

1-1/2 cups Honey Bunches of Oats Honey Roasted Cereal

Directions 

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Beat egg in small bowl; stir in milk and butter. Add to flour mixture; stir just until moistened. (Batter will be lumpy.) Stir in cereal.

Spoon batter into greased or paper-lined muffin pan, filling each cup 2/3 full.

Bake 20 min. or until golden brown. Serve warm.

 

 

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Marijean

Marijean

My name is MJ. I have two wonderful children and work part time as well as volunteer at my children's school.

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Chocolate Oreo Cupcakes

Easy Oreo Cupcakes

I have added another contributor, Lauren Daly, who loves to bake! I’m so excited to share her wonderful creations.

Here is her latest, Chocolate Oreo Cupcakes:

1 boxed chocolate cake mix
1 box instant chocolate pudding
Oreo’s but I would recommend double stuffed (I used regular but will definitely use double stuffed next time)
Then for the frosting I used:
3 sticks of butter (soften at room temperature)
6 cups of powdered sugar
1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
3 Tbsp whipping cream
12 Oreo cookies finely crushed(I used my food processor)

For the cup cake, follow directions on the box then add the instant pudding to the batter and mix well. Scoop in batter into cupcake linings filling half way, add Oreo cookies to each cup cakes. Use the rest of the batter to cover each of the Oreos. Bake cupcakes according to the box directions.

After they are done baking take out and let cool. Make your frosting while cupcakes are cooling. Remember, to make sure your cupcakes are completely cooled down before you frost!

Frosting:
Cream butter until smooth, add 3 cups of the sugar and blend the butter and sugar until smooth. Next add the vanilla and whipping cream, once that’s all blended together add the remaining 3 cups of sugar. Blend until nice a fluffy. Last add the finely crushed Oreos and mix into the frosting until blended. I used a simple ziplock bag with the bottom corner cut out to pipe the icing onto the cupcakes and then topped each one with a mini Oreo!

Oreo Cupcakes

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Lauren Daly

Lauren Daly

My name is Lauren, I am married and have two beautiful children. My husband and I love to do Triathlons and are always looking for ways to challenge ourselves. I'm a stay at home mom that loves organizing and baking. I find baking as my stress reliever and when I have the down time I love to whip something up for my kiddo's and neighbors!

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