Anytime a celebration involves food you can bet my family is ready to party hard! It doesn’t have to be something we would normally celebrate either. It’s fun to learn about a different culture and partake in some of the events and festivities they do. The perfect opportunity has presented itself to us for the month of May. Cinco de Mayo, which is Spanish for “Fifth of May,” is rightly held on May 5th each year. While this special day is observed in Mexico to commemorate the Mexican Army’s victory over French forces in the Battle of Puebla on May 5th 1862, in North America it is more about celebrating Mexican-American and Mexican-Canadian culture. And you know what that means, right?
TACOS!
Okay, kidding aside, Cinco de Mayo is not just about tacos, but it sure is a wonderful part of it. As one of my family’s most favourite dishes, you can be sure we will be serving them come this May 5th. Over the past several months we have been experimenting with different ingredients to make our tacos. We make sure to use only the best – Old El Paso products. Their tortilla bowls top the list every single time, but something else I always like to add to the table is fresh produce. I have been contemplating exactly how we would honour Cinco de Mayo this year and this is what I have come up with:
- Make it a real party and invite family and friends to join the celebration
- Offer my two favourite choices of filling: beef and chicken
- Use Old El Paso Mini Tortilla Bowls for our tacos
- Chop up toppings that are Mexican themed in colour like lettuce, red peppers and carrots
- Invite our guests to bring a surprise topping that fits with our theme (ideas include Old El Paso refried beans, salsa and jalapeno peppers 🙂 )
- Use festive napkins, plates and other tableware to decorate
- Get everyone their own sombrero to wear
- Get a pinata for the kiddos to play with!
Easy Recipe For Beef Tacos
Ingredients:
- 2 pounds of ground beef
- 1/2 can of corn, drained
- 2 packages of Old El Paso Taco Seasoning
Directions:
Cook your ground beef in the frying pan, making sure to drain off the excess grease. Add in your two packages of Old El Paso Taco Seasoning and the water, as per the packet directions. Once the “sauce” has cooked to the right consistency, add in your 1/2 a can of corn for crunch and colour!
Serve up your tasty tacos, beef and chicken, offering your Cinco de Mayo guests some colourful toppings that include your leftover corn, guacamole, sour cream, grated cheese and those listed above. Don’t forget to have some fun!
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How does your family celebrate Cinco de Mayo?
FT&PD
Suz
Disclosure: This post is sponsored by Old El Paso. In exchange for this review, I have received special perks in the form of products and/or compensation. All opinions on this blog are my own.
We celebrate by making tacos!! That Old El Paso seasoning mix has been such a lifesaver raising 5 kids over the years!! We make a mean taco salad also using Old El Paso taco seasoning mix!! 🙂
My husband isn’t a big taco guy, but this gives me an excuse to make tacos and wraps and even taco lasagna one of my favourites!!
We have never really celebrated but now that I’ve read what you say about it why not! Fifth of May is just a couple days away too. I do love Mexican food…This prize is amazing! Thanks so much for it.
We’ve never celebrated Cinco de Mayo but we do love our tacos. What I love about them is that each person gets to add to their taco whatever they like from a selection of toppings. Me I don’t like salsa so I miss that out but others can enjoy as much as they like on their tacos.
We celebrate with the Old el paso taco kits for fish.
We make tacos, rice & refried bean
The adults get Strawberry Margarita Punch & kids same without the alcohol
We do a taco family night and celebrate!
We celebrate by having Mexican food.
We dont celebrate Cinco de Mayo but everyone always looks forward to taco/fajita night. We had one about 2 weeks ago. Everyone has their favourite things to add -tomatoes for my one son, cucumber for the other, lettuce for everyone etc. yummy
We like to celebrate by making tacos!
We’ve never celebrated it before, but I think I will change it and have tacos on Friday!
We celebrate by eating tacos!
We usually just cook up some tacos! 🙂 Thanks!
We don’t celebrate Cinco de mayo.
We don’t really celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but I do like to mark the occasion by making tacos!
Fun to watch on the Ellen show
We celebrate by having tacos, I do a big spread and offer different options like hamburger, chicken or steak.
We make tacos 🙂
We’ve never celebrated it before, but I like your Easy Recipe For Beef Tacos recipe, so will give it a try, thanks!
We make tacos!
We don’t, but we do eat tacos often. Does that count?
We celebrate with a big bowl of chili, and tacos.
We have an asado (tacos included) and drinks in our backyard with the family.
we just have a taco fiesta
We celebrate by eating all the tacos and nachos!
We usually just eat tacos or fajitas. This year we are having taco salad in the mini taco bowls.
We usually have a little taco night of our own!
We celebrate with tacos and nachos
I don’t have any family to celebrate any of the holidays or events. I make myself some great food from south of the border.
We have a make-your-own taco night!
We do Tacos, burritos and everything spicy for our celebrations.
We celebrate with a delicious feast of taco’s, lasagna and have the family over for dinner
we eat allot of tacos
We usually have tacos.
we celebrate having a taco meal.
No we don’t but we celebrate taco night a couple times a month!
Before we had our daughter, my husband and I celebrated Cinco de Mayo with my family (they love throwing a big get together), eating tacos and sipping margaritas. This year, I think it will just be a simple but yummy taco dinner at home for us.
We usually just have taco’s or something , nothing to big
Ive made a Mexican themed dinner for Cinco De mayo
We make chicken fajitas and chicken tacos..yummy!! Thanks
We celebrate with taco dinner and deep fried icecream for dessert
We celebrate by going to our favourite local Mexican restaurant!
We have never really celebrated but now that I’ve read about it and the fact that we all love Mexican food, I will cook a Mexican dish this year
We just have a taco night.
We celebrate by eating tacos for dinner!
We go out to a great local Mexican restaurant, Lindo Mexico
We celebrate by having tacos…love it!
Time to make some delicious and healthy Fajitas for supper! I love using sour cream on my Tacos and Fajitas – but no one else in my family will eat it! So instead of buying it and letting it go bad in the fridge, I discovered using plain greek yogurt instead! Great for smoothies – and now great for Cinco de Mayo!
we celebrate with tacos and virgin margaritas!
We always have Mexican food for Cinco de Mayo! this year, my sister is hosting. I’m going to make sombrero sugar cookies!
We don’t actually celebrate this date – but love Old El Paso products anytime of the year!
We celebrate it by making taco’s or nacho’s and having a party!
We celebrate by making tacos with all the fixin’s!
We celebrate with the Old el paso taco kit with ground chicken.
We usually make it taco night!
We have never celebrated Cinco de Mayo. My husband is not a fan of tacos so I do not make them.
I make a Mexican chicken bake and margaritas!
We have a big neighborhood block party and eat tacos, everything mexican
We celebrate Cinco de Mayo with beef burritos! It’s also our cat; Boo’s birthday so there is always lots of cake! Happy Cinco de Mayo!
Taco night for supper.
We have never celebrated it but I think having a taco night would be a good way to start!
We haven’t celebrated but now, reading this, maybe it’s time to start!!
We’ve never celebrated it before but my kids love taco’s so maybe we should 🙂
We love to have taco or burrito night for dinner in Cinco de Mayo, too! We love using the Old El Paso bowls, too! They make adding tons of toppings fun and easy.
We have tacos throughout the year but for cinco de mayo we have a large taco/burrito bar set up with all the fixins.
We’ve never celebrated Cinco de Mayo but we love Tacos and have a taco night once every couple of weeks.
We make tacos and burritos and enjoy a family meal together.
This year is really the first year that I have really been aware of it but it is a good excuse to have tacos!
We do not celebrate the day but we have taco night every other week.
Old el paso taco kits is the way we celebrate.
We have tacos,burritos,guac and frozen margaritas
We celebrate by having Mexican food night. I’m partial to burritos 🙂
We eat some Mexican food together!
We go to Maria’s, our local Mexican Restaurant. They have a really big party.
we love having tacos and try to do some fun family time with games
I do like tacos and we tend to have a variety of fillings and toppings.
We celebrate by having Mexican food. tacos and loaded nachos.
We celebrate by making tacos
i make burritos every week so for cinco de mayo, hubby goes out and buys me a burrito 🙂 yummy eats
We don’t celebrate and I’ve never even tried taco, but would love to!
Taco bowls for this family. YUM The only way to celebrate anything. LOL
With tacos of course! And margaritas for me! 🙂
We don’t celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but, if we did, it would be tacos.
We have tacos and a few drinks
We’ll be eating tacos or fajitas likely sinc they are in weekly rotation most weeks and big hit here
We have not celebrated it before but perhaps we will start tomorrow with tacos and margaritas.
we celebrate by having tacos, fully loaded we enjoy the soft ones
we don’t really
we usually go to a local restaurant but hubby is traveling this week, so it might just be old el paso to the rescue.
We eat Mexican food all year long, but don’t do anything special for Cinco de Mayo
We don’t celebrate Cinco de Mayo,but i`m always up for some tacos,yumm!
A friend of mine just introduced me to Cinco de Mayo a couple years ago so now we celebrate by having tacos sometime that week! And the kids all love it!
we don’t celebrate it but we love making tacos and nachos
I Love Tacos
We’ve actually never celebrated before! I think this year will start a new tradition… Tacos and naps! ?
We usually eat out at one of the wonderful Mexican restaurants here in Tucson.
How does your family celebrate Cinco de Mayo?
i can be honest and say we dont,but we love mexican food
My doesn’t celebrate Cinco De Mayo but would do enjoy our tacos!
My family has never celebrated this before-maybe we will this year with a taco feast!
Taco’s, Enchiladas and pinatas!! So much fun!
We celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a taco night! And I’m thinking I should add margaritas to the menu for the adults since it falls on a Friday night this year!
I’m making Mexican chicken in my crockpot
Simple recipe of chicken and old El Paso taco seasoning package and salsa
It’s a bit weird they don’t want follows? I mean old El Paso ?
We celebrate by having Mexican for dinner
We’re attending a cinco de mayo festival and having tacos there
We have a Mexican inspired dinner for Cinco de Mayo
My daughter and I are going to see the new Guardians of the Galaxy movie tomorrow morning and then going to lunch at our favorite little, local Mexican restaurant for lunch. She won’t be home for dinner or I’d be making Mexican recipes for our dinner (most likely it would have been salmon tacos with manga/avocado salsa – we’ll have to do that next week). We’re lovers or Mexican food at our house and I’m making it at least once a week these days. Sometimes more.
We haven’t celebrated it before but we may celebrate this year with tacos.
We celebrate by having tacos.
We will be making tacos.
We will be making beef tacos.
we will have a mexian night with some amazing food
We have tacos of course!
We like to celebrate with nachos and melted cheese.
We celebrate with food.
We have tacos for dinner and later on Mommy & Daddy enjoy Coronas on the patio!
Going to make vegetarian tacos – ole!
We don’t celebrate it, but it sure does look like fun!
We celebrate with tacos and nachos! We put a spread of ingredients for the family to build their own.
We love making 7 layer taco dip, burritoes, and definitely salsa and chips
We celebrate by having burritos and family movie night.
With burritos of course.
dont do anything
We like Mexican food
We make soft tacos and margaritas!
we make tacos!!
We have never celebrated Cinco-de Mayo.. but we do love Mexican food especially tacos!
We’ve never celebrated Cinco de Mayo but we all LOVE tacos and taco salad
never thought of a celebration – it could be fun, though. thanks
No have never thought of it before.
It would be terrific to
win a $250 Walmart Gift Card and an Old El Paso Prize Pack.
In response to your question of
How does your family celebrate Cinco de Mayo?
We don’t celebrate Cinco de Mayo but i enjoy eating Tacos and Nachos.
Thank you for having this contest.
We celebrate by having Mexican food!
We don’t really but this year our son’s school had a Cinco de Mayo fundraising event. The margaritas were awesome 😉
Loaded nachos!
With my nudging, anything spicy. Nachos, tacos, or jalepenos straight out of the jar (when no one will join me or is home)
We usually have tacos or enchiladas to celebrate
We have tacos and Margaritas !!!
we never have celebrated in the past but now we will. We usually have tacos once per week.
We make a bunch of tamales and tacos, and grub down! My son adores tamales, so they are a must! Thanks for the chance!
We have never celebrated “Cinco de Mayo”, and we don’t eat tacos very often. Guess what even though we missed the day, 5th, we are going to have them tomorrow night. I have to go to the store for a few items but what the heck.
We gavd nachos with guac… thats it!! Sometimes with Corona 🙂
We have chili cheese fries ad Tacos for dinner . its one of our fav dinners !
We have lots of homemade Mexican food and watch a movie together!
We celebrated by having yummy tasting tacos that my hubby made
Nachos at home was the plan this year.
We really do not celebrate that day. but we love eating Mexican food.
Especially Old El Paso chips and salsa, the crunchy Tacos.
Via Mexico.
We look forward to Cinco de Mayo and celebrate every year.
My husband had margaritas at his work.
We had Fajitas at home 🙂
We have never celebrated it but we do love tacos in this house so maybe we will start.
Celebrated with tacos and tequila!
We celebrate by having a family night with fajitas and different appetizers <3
We eat Mexican food
Haven’t celebrated that before but my family and I love tacos fajitas and nachos with all the toppings imaginable. thanks for the chance.
Taco pizza and beer!
We celebrate with the Old el paso taco kits for fish for some folks and taco’s for the others !
Actually dont celebrate it, but if I lived in the cit I’d head to taco time LOL
We don’t celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but eat Mexican food often :0
We don’t celebrate, although i’m not sure why… I’m always looking for an excuse to cook Mexican food.
We’ve never celebrated Cinco de Mayo
We celebrate by having burritos.
the three of us all work together making a yummy meal my son loves to cook thank you for your generosity
We usually eat Tacos 🙂
Enjoying Tacos is good way to celebrate!
We have a taco night and a pinata.. SO fun!
We went to a Cinco de Mayo party at the Steam Whistle Brewery in Toronto!
We have tacos. Family loves it.
We don’t celebrate cinco de mayo but we love mexican food!
We don’t celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but we do have taco night nearly once a week! It’s an easy favourite for everyone in the house.
We don’t celebrate cinco de mayo
We celebrate Cinco de Mayo with Taco night!
we celebrate with tacos
We dont but its a wonderful holiday!
We don’t celebrate Cinco de Mayo but we do love Mexican food and have it once a month or so, I usually make tacos or burritos
We eat tacos until we burst
We don’t yet celebrate Cinco de Mayo–but it’s not too late to start!
My family celebrates by having a nice low-key dinner
I need more tacos in my life.
Truthfully, I have never heard of it before. I will be googling it now that I have. We eat tacos a couple of times of week tho. Thank you for the chance to win.
We don’t celebrate cinco de mayo, but we do eat tacos often and sometimes go to Chipotle!
We usually just notice that it is May 5 and sometimes have tacos.
We celebrate Cinco De Mayo with mexican food and family!
i’ll be honest we dont do anything, it’s just another day for us but we do love tacos 🙂
We go out for a Mexican meal
We don’t celebrate cinco de mayo but we did have tacos this week.
We make fajitas and drink Caronas!
I make my award winning quacamole
We do not celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
We don’t celebrate Cinco de Mayo, but we do love our tacos!
We celebrate Cinco de mayo by eating lots of yummy Mexican food like tacos
I can’t remember a time when we celebrated it.
It’s the day after my wedding anniversary, so my husband and I usually go out for a nice Mexican themed dinner!
Extra tacos of course.
Typical with a little “festive” food; that’s about all.
We don’t celebrate Cinco De Mayo but we do have Tacos weekly!
We always celebrate cinco de mayo with a special Mexican meal.
We have lots of tacos and margaritas !
Our family celebrates with tacos too, beef tacos that is. Have never tried chicken tacos
We celebrate with our favourite fajitas including lots of different toppings.
we cook a large meal
We’ve never celebrated before but I think it calls for tacos from now on.
By enjoying Tacos!!
We haven’t celebrated specifically before, but we like Mexican food and eat it often. Salsa is an almost everyday thing in our house.
WE DON’T REALLY CELEBRATE IT..HOWEVER I LOVE MEXICAN AT ANY TIME
we don’t celebrate it as I never really had any ideas to celebrate but once my son gets older I think I’ll use your idea of the pinata making! That would be a lot of fun!
Our family does not celebrate Cinco de Mayo
I celebrate by eating some delicious Mexican food!
Cinco de Mayo means Taco Night!!
We had homemade Burritos with guacamole on May 5. YUMMY!
We celebrate with tacos and each finding out something we did not know about mexico
We dont…..we eat mexican year round!
When we lived in SoCal, we would have a Mexican themed party, especially when the boys were little. But now, we just celebrate by having a Mexican themed meal with tacos or burritos and my guy and I relax on the patio with a Corona.
We don’t!
We don’t celebrate it.
We eat tacos
With Taco dip and Nachos 🙂
We celebrate with a Mexican meal of all our favourites – Guacomole dip, Cheese Nachos and enchilladas with a pitcher of Margaritas for the adults!
we dont celebrate it but we DO love tacos 🙂
We are not Mexican but we try to teach our kids the origins/cultural importance of these celebrations (without being culturally appropriative).
My family and I like to enjoy Cinco de Mayo by making some of our fave Mexican foods such as guacamole, tacos, and churros.
We don’t celebrate it but we definitely don’t need a special occasion for tacos! We’ll eat them anytime!
Tacos ?!
TACO BELL!!!Thanks:).
We celebrate by making fajitas or tacos
making tacos!
We do…with lots of delicious Mexican food!
We do a Mexican themed dinner.
Cinqo de Mayo is on my birthday so we always party it up!!
It is my brother’s birthday too! We eat birthday cake and Mexican food. 🙂
We celebrate by making a yummy taco meal!
We do not celebrate that but we do seem to eat an incredible amount of tacos for some odd reason.
We don’t celebrate cinco de mayo
We celebrate by eating tacos.
Taos for all and Margaritas for me! <3
We celebrate Cinco de Mayo with friends and all our kids. We have a potluck dinner and there is so much yummy food. My daughter is proud to make the guacamole. We made homemade banner flags this year in red, white and green to tie in with the table decor.
We celebrate by having a taco night and nacho platters for snacks.
family loves tacos and so everyone is in the kitchen helping make them
We don’t celebrate Cinco de mayo
USA so I can’t enter – and now I’m craving tacos!
We love Mexican culture and food but don’t specifically celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
We in the past haven’t celebrated Cinco De Mayo but looking at the suggestions it definitely could be a new tradition. I would celebrate with tacos or fajitas.
No celebration here this year but I pretty much can’t stop making tacos so I’m gonna count that
we celebrate by having tacos of course
We either make tacos or enchiladas as long as it involves avocado and sour cream everyone is happy
Some serious munchies and tequila!!
we don’t really celebrate but we love tacos
We order tacos from our local Mexican restaurant! The whole family loves it!
We celebrate with a family dinner of make your own tacos
I would love to win in this. I love el cinco de mayo and love El Paso tacos. Viva Mexico!
We don’t . I always have Nachos or Tacos and we make pinatas a few times a year so I don’t hold to having one day to celebrate fun .
Last year was our first year celebrating. We had our daughter and son in-law over for Mexican food, including taco’s, guacamole etc.! 🙂
celebrate by having Mexican food.
we dont do anything for cinco de mayo
We eat Mexican food!
This year we made chicken tacos! Yum
By having a party mexican themed!
We’ve never celebrated Cinco De mayo, but do look forward to eating Mexican street food in at the local market
We don’t do anything really but we always seem to be on vacation during that date so we eat out.
tacos!!!!!!!
It’s not something we typically celebrate, but I’m all for setting up a fajita and taco night!
We help out on the farm seeding during may
I’ll be honest here. We don’t celebrate it. We’re Canadian with zero Mexican heritage so why would we? We do however love tacos if that helps
we make tacos
We don’t celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Seems like a nice time for tacos
We usually make Tacos.
We have tacos and fajitas! Old El Paso helps with that 🙂
Of course we do tacos!
We have a great Mexican place nearby and usually go there.
We like to make tacos at home!
We celebrate with either tacos or nachos sometimes.
Food, drink, and lots of fun!
We don’t celebrate cinco de mayo but we sure do love tacos
We celebrate by having nachos and a shot of tequila
We partake in a lovely Mexican-themed dinner.
We celebrate with some traditional Mecixan flavour…with the help of an El Paso kit of course!
We celebrate making a variety of different Mexican foods and an abundance of Margaritas!
Tacos and enchiladas for supper, always on Cinco de Mayo. Have you tried Oven Baked Chicken Tacos? So good.
Usually with Mexican food but one day we should really visit Mexico at that time
We don’t really celebrate cinco de mayo
I have never actually eaten Mexican food, this would be a great chance to try!
My family does not celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Maybe we will next year.
They had a special on at a burrito place so we went there for dinner.
We don’t usually celebrate it, but tacos sounds like a fun idea!
We don’t celebrate it, but we don enjoy Mexican food.
We celebrate by having taco family night
It’s not something we typically celebrate, but some tacos might be in order!
We have tacos, fajitas, margaritas with all the fixings along with some salads and Mexican rice.
We love tacos with all the trimmings and so we will celebrate CincoDe Mayo by having them.
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