Feliz Cinco de Mayo!

Today is the 5th of May, otherwise known as Cinco de Mayo, otherwise known as my very favorite holiday.  What's not to love about a day where you get to eat lots and lots of Mexican food?  There was salsa, and carnitas, and tacos, oh my!  Delicious and food coma inducing. Happy Cinco de Mayo! 

Baker's Battle

All things considered, I'm not such a fan of cooking in general.  I like the outcome but the practice in general, I have to be in the mood for.  That particular mood definitely did not strike after a long day, which is never a good indication of how the evening will go. 

For some unknown reason, I volunteered to make salsa and taco dip for the Diez de Mayo party at work tomorrow.  And since I've stupidly proven myself handy as a baker, I was told to bring a baked good as well. So off to the store I went, well, actually, two times off to the store I went.  See what I mean?  Nothing in this little tale is foreshadowing a productive evening.

But, even when things appear bleak, they turn out not so bleak.  The salsa, which I thought for sure I'd missed an ingredient of, turned out perfect.  The taco dip which I was convinced I'd spend hours cutting and chopping and never having something to place it in safely, was done within minutes and fit perfectly in a container I'd forgotten I had (which even had a lid!)  And the mini coconut pies which were cobbled together from a recipe I love, that I thought would cause all kinds of pain and suffering, baked up perfectly and are quite delicious even if I do say so myself.  When all was said and done, I even had time to watch the last episode of a series I was dying to see.  All in all it was quite a productive evening.

However, I'm sure getting all of these dishes to work tomorrow, in one piece while not breaking anything may be an entirely different story...