Cinco de Mayo Festivities

This year for Cinco de Mayo we had Pulled Pork Enchiladas.  They were absolutely fantastic!  I was so thrilled with how they turned out.   We were very happy to have friends over to share them with.

To make these babies I used the Mexican Pork recipe from the Our Best Bites cookbook.  Once that was done in the slow cooker, I divided the pork (drained of ALMOST all of the cooking liquid) between the tortillas.  Then I put some black beans and Monterey Jack cheese in each tortilla.

Meanwhile, in my baking pan (I used a 9x13 and a 9x9) I put a bit of green enchilada sauce over the bottom.  Then rolled up the tortillas and placed them seam side down in the pans.  I combined some of the remaining liquid from the pork with a 28 oz can of green enchilada sauce and poured that over all the enchiladas.

Cover with foil and bake at 400 F for about 25 minutes.  Then remove the foil and sprinkle generously with more cheese (I was running low on Monterey Jack so I added some cheddar).  Cook another 5-7 minutes uncovered until the cheese is bubbly and barely golden. 

I also whipped up some delicious Pico de Gallo so have with tortilla chips.  It's really very easy to make and tastes good too.

Pico de Gallo (fresh salsa):
2-3 ripe tomatoes, diced
1 small onion, diced
1/4 c cilantro (or to taste -depends how much you like cilantro)
Juice from 1/2 a lime
Salt to taste

As I mentioned before, sadly this year we had no pinata, but there's always next year!  Here is our pinata from last year -Tomas the Taco.  Anyone else celebrate Cinco de Mayo?  What are your fun traditions? 

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Ole!

Meet Tomas, the taco pinata.  He is my latest masterpiece.  Sadly, he was beaten to death earlier this evening... but on a brighter note, he left behing many *sweet* memories (not to mention treats and toys).

Happy Cinco de Mayo,  Tomas -and to all you lovely folks too!

We had a great day today -filled with great food, good company and fun!

We made enchiladas for supper.  See my previous post here for more info on the food. 

Here are some more photos

Carter getting ready for the beating

Tomas, before he got all pimped out in his fiesta attire



Oh, papier mache, how I love thee!  So messy, so fun, so easy, so green (recycling those millions of unwanted flyers I get each week).... what more could a girl ask for?