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Home » Holiday Recipes

Cinco de Mayo

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with bold, flavorful recipes perfect for your festive gathering, party, or family dinner. This collection includes Tex-Mex appetizers, main dishes, sides, desserts, and drinks that are perfect for sharing and packed with vibrant flavor. Whether you’re hosting a big fiesta or just enjoying a fun themed dinner at home, these Cinco de Mayo recipes are simple, and crowd-pleasing.

  • An overhead closeup view of meal prep containers with black beans, white rice, street corn, and seasoned diced chicken.
    High-Protein Street Corn Chicken Bowl (Meal Prep)
  • A clear meal prep container with shrimp drizzled in sauce, a lime wedge, and a radish slices.
    High-Protein Street Corn Shrimp Bowls (Meal Prep)
  • A round gray plate with mini chicken flautas topped with sour cream, guacamole, diced tomatoes, and chopped cilantro. Lime wedges surround the mini chicken flautas. A gray and white napkin sits at the top of the photo next to the plate.
    Mini Chicken Flautas
  • A vertical image with a white grid of 15 air fryer Cinco de Mayo recipes. A yellow circle in the center has white text reading 27. The red rectangle banner in the center of the image has text reading Air Fryer Cinco de Mayo Recipes.
    27 Air Fryer Cinco de Mayo Recipes
  • A white grid of 15 images. Each image is a different Cinco de Mayo Mexican dish featured in the post. A black banner in the center has white text saying 19, yellow text in caps saying Cinco de Mayo, and orange cursive text saying Mexican recipes.
    19 Cinco de Mayo Mexican Recipes
  • An overhead view of Mexican chicken and peppers on a round black plate over an orange napkin. There's a small blue bowl of black beans, a small black bowl of Mexican rice, and a small wooden bowl of chopped cilantro.
    Garlic-Lime Chicken and Peppers
  • Two clear glasses with blackberry margarita in them, which is dark red liquid and ice cubes, a lime wedge is on the rim of each glass, and a toothpick with three blackberries sits on the top of each drink. The glasses are sitting next to a small white round dish with fresh blackberries.
    Easy Blackberry Margarita Recipe
  • Air Fryer Chicken Stuffed Poblano Peppers on a round white plate topped with sour cream and green onions.
    High-Protein Air Fryer Chicken Stuffed Poblano Peppers
  • Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas on a round orange plate with fresh lime wedges. Three wooden bowls sit next to the plate with spices.
    Air Fryer Chicken Fajitas
  • Air Fryer Fish Tacos
    Air Fryer Fish Tacos with Spicy Slaw
  • A hand holding a chip with Rotel cheese dip on it over a black round bowl of Rotel cheese dip with fresh diced tomatoes and cilantro on top; the black bowl is sitting next to corn chips
    Don Pablo’s Queso Dip Copycat
  • Garlic-Lime Crockpot Chicken Tacos
    Garlic-Lime Crockpot Chicken Tacos
  • Stuffed Peppers with Ground Beef in red, green, and orange bell peppers sitting inside a clear round baking dish.
    Stuffed Peppers with Ground Beef
  • Strawberry Champagne Margaritas
    Strawberry Champagne Margaritas
  • Chorizo Queso in a round black cast-iron pot with Flour Tortilla Chips around it
    Chorizo Queso Dip with Flour Tortilla Chips
  • Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
    Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
  • An overhead view of two light green bowls of Mexican Street Corn in a Cup surrounded by lime wedges on a white tabletop.
    Mexican Street Corn Salad (No Grill Needed – Easy Stovetop Method)
  • A round white plate with chicken enchiladas next to a yellow bowl of red enchilada sauce and white rectangular casserole dish with cooked chicken enchiladas and a green bowl of rice.
    Instant Pot Chicken Enchiladas Casserole
  • Southwestern Salsa with Black Beans and Corn
  • Instant Pot Street-Style Beef Tacos
    Instant Pot Street-Style Beef Tacos
  • Mexican Black Beans in a round white bowl topped with queso fresco and cilantro over a gray background.
    Mexican Black Beans
  • Three chicken flautas on a round white plate topped with fresh shredded lettuce and diced tomatoes.
    One-Pan Chicken Flautas
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Hello! I'm Tiffany.

I'm the recipe developer and food photographer behind Simply Happenings. I'm also a wife, mom to two adventurous little boys, registered nurse, and I live in the great Midwest. I like to feature high-protein recipes, one-pot meals, and delicious recipes you can cook with your favorite household appliances.

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