Happy Cinco de Mayo!

Trying to decide how to celebrate Cinco de Mayo, in a food-related way, of course. By tweaking my Cuban recipes and seeing if I can pretend to make them Mexican.

Perhaps I could take out the sofrito from my frijoles negros, and substitute some chiles? They do eat black beans in Mexico, after all.

Or, change the stuffing in my empanadas. Instead of picadillo, perhaps some mixture of sweet and savory squashes, or pumpkin.

And then there is yuca frita, which is indeed eaten on the Caribbean coast of Mexico.

Drinking tequila instead of a Cuba Libre should be no problem.

Enjoy the holiday!