Spice Up Your Cinco de Mayo

San Diego’s Fiesta Old Town Cinco de Mayo Celebration May 3 & 4

San Diego’s Fiesta Old Town Cinco de Mayo is in it’s 25th year, celebrating Mexican heritage with authentic Mexican cuisine, traditional Mariachi music, colorful dances, interactive children’s activities and more. With over 30 restaurants, 20 museums and dozens of specialty stores, there’s something for everyone.

Santa Barbara Bay Chili Con Queso Dip

Spread the contents of one 12-ounce container of Santa Barbara Bay Chili Con Queso Dip across the bottom of a clear glass serving dish
Sprinkle one to two cups grated cheddar cheese over the queso dip
Follow cheese with a layer of canned diced tomatoes
Next, add an even layer of sour cream
Finish with a spread of guacamole and another sprinkle of grated cheese
For extra elegance, garnish with sliced black olives and chopped green onion
Serve with your favorite tortilla or corn chips for dipping

Great kitchen helpers and tasty ideas from King Arthur Flour

Dessert Shots and Mini Spoon Set. Elegant 4 inch glasses and spoons are a beautiful way to serve small single-serving desserts.

Avocado Pitter and Slicer. Pit and scoop an avocado the easy way with this specially designed tool. The plastic loop removes the pit without damaging fruit, the stainless steel slicer separates the flesh from the peel and slices it into perfect slices,

Manto Splitter. Stainless steel/acrylic slicer gently slips past both sides of the pit, leaving the rest of your fruit intact.

Corn Zipper. At last, an easy and safe way to get corn off the cob! Just run the zipper along your ear of corn from top to bottom, and whole kernels peel right off.

Salsa Seasoning. A dry mixture of garlic, salt, red bell and jalapeno peppers, spices, and natural flavors. Use it as a rub for meat before grilling, or add fresh vegetables or fruits to make salsa.

Chilean Pig Bakers. Set of two handmade, fair-trade clay bakers shaped like adorable pigs. For use on stovetop, oven or microwave.

Toasted Coconut. A sublime topping for so many desserts.

Creamy Coconut Cupcakes. This mix, featuring coconut milk, and coconut, butter and vanilla flavorings, makes a dozen delicious coconut cupcakes with rich coconut frosting.

Lime Coconut Dessert Bread Mix. All-natural mix features Key lime and coconut flavors, and a sweet coconut-lime glaze and makes a delicious light dessert. It includes a jar of King Arthur lime curd.

Lime Oil. Use it as you would fresh rind to give lime flavor to all your favorite Cinco de Mayo treats.

Lime Powder. It’s great in baked goods, frosting, etc. It intensifies the lime flavor in anything and has a great recipe for lime cookies on the back.

Floribbean Key Lime Juice. 100% pure Key lime juice, grown and processed in the mountains of Mexico.

Sonoma Syrups: Meyer Lemon, Vanilla, Mint and Black Currant. These all natural syrups jazz up all kinds of summertime beverages, pastries and sorbets.

www.fiestaoldtown.com or 619.291.4903 | www.Kingarthurflour.com

Photo credits: Fiesta Old Town and Folk Dancer courtesy of Joanne DiBona. Santa Barbara Bay Chile Con Queso Dip courtesy of Michael A. Burns & Associates, Inc. Desserts shots and Chilean Pig Bakers courtesy of King Arthur Flour

Edited by Ellen Schofield