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We’ve been asked how to put together a cheese plate for Cinco de Mayo. Truth to tell, Mexico’s signature cheeses, from fresh to aged, are white cheeses made for cooking. They’re not intended to be nibbled during cocktail hour or as a cheese course. To learn about Mexican cheeses for cooking, read our article, Cooking…
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[1] Ice cream tacos: olé! (photo © Taste Of Home). [2] Chocolate shavings for “taco’ garnish (photo © Hebert Candies). How about ice cream tacos for Cinco de Mayo? You can make them the easy way, with frozen round toaster waffles, or make crunchy pizzelles and fold them into taco-like shells. But we adapted…
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Crunchy and beefy! Photo courtesy National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. This isn’t exactly an authentic Mexican recipe, but it’s close enough for Cino de Mayo. Presented by the Cattlemen’s Beef Board and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (“Beef, it’s what’s for dinner”), it’s a stylish, fresh way to serve guacamole or salsa with tortilla chips. Just…
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Delicious cheesecake, sugar-free and gluten-free. Photo courtesy Cinderella Cheesecake. For a cheesecake-loving mother who has given up sugar, here’s a find: sugarless cheesecake from Cinderella Cheesecake Company. It’s sweetened with maltitol, the finest-quality sugar substitute, and has a gluten-free cinnamon cracker crust. The classic-style cheesecake recipe also includes cream cheese, eggs, sour cream, natural…
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For Cinco de Mayo, these mango bowls are great as a dessert with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or lemon sorbet. The recipe is from Urban Accents, which makes it with its Rio grande chili blend, an award winning chili seasoning that balances a smoky mesquite flavor with chili pepper, onion, garlic and bell…
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