Today is Mexican Independence Day a fun-filled fiesta packed with fantastic food, music, friends and family.
Why not mark the occasion this year with Santa Maria’s selection of authentic and delicious Mexican selection. You can indulge in tasty tacos, deliciously tasty fajitas and even some fabulous pulled pork.
We were sent a selection of products to enjoy.
Mr Squishy was extremely excited to see the tortilla chips!!!
My husband is looking forward to the pulled pork and I love the fact it is quick and easy to make. I had a friend over to help me celebrate Mexican Independence Day this lunchtime and naturally I had to make a delicious meal for us both to enjoy. Using quite a few items from the picture above I made some gorgeous fajitas with my own guacamole recipe and served some tortillas to add to the fun.
Guacamole
Ingredients
2 avocadoes
1 small clove of garlic finely chopped
1 small onion finely chopped
zest of 1 lime
juice of 2 limes
1tbp chopped coriander
1tsp chopped pickled jalepenos
paprika (optional)
Method
Clean the skin off the avocados, remove the stone and mush with the back of a fork.
Add in all the other prepared ingredients and stir well.
Sprinkle over a little paprika to make it look pretty (optional)
Serve!
I served mine in a lettuce bowl, you need 1 baby gem lettuce for this.
Great for dipping tortilla chips in.
You can spice this up more with some Santa Maria Hot Sauce.
Fajitas
Ingredients
1.5 tbs Olive oil
500g chicken
3 small onions sliced
2 sweet peppers sliced
1 Pack of Santa Maria Fajita Seasoning Mix
Greek Yoghurt (as much as you need)
Santa Maria Salsa
Method
To Make the Fajitas simply coat the chicken in the oil and then use the whole pack of fajita seasoning. Throw into a hot pan and stir fry.
Once cooked through add in the chopped peppers, cook for a few minutes then add in the onion and cook for a few more minutes.
When cooked through serve with soft tortillas, salsa, guacamole and sour cream or Greek yoghurt.
The fajitas were super simple to make and I am sure if I had allowed my daughters to do it themselves the’d have no problem so for those who don’t cook often or are nervous about cooking rest assured this is virtually fool proof!
Enjoy!
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We re huge fans of Mexican food in are house, we eat it at least once per week. Santa Maria make it so easy xx
They do, it was so simple to make lunch today!
I love fajitas! These are the ones we buy, they are so delicious! The flavours are really moureish. x
This sounds lovely, something I would love to try. Thanks for sharing x
Perfect for a Saturday night supper in front of the TV I’d say
We love fajitas in our house. Used this kit before and it’s fab x
I love Mexican food but I’m guilty of only eating out and not cooking it myself so I’ll have to try some Santa Maria products in the future! 🙂
I love Mexican food and I love the idea of adding the hot sauce to give the fajitas a kick.
These look delicious and lovely and simple to make as well!
I love food like this! But I wish I had it more often!
I think I will now, especially now I found these spice mixes.
Yum I do LOVE fajitas. My husband put hot sauce on his – I think he is mad. xx
They are nice when they are spicy, yum!
I love fajitas but sadly have not been able to find a decent gluten free wrap to have with them!
That’s a shame, I don’t think these are gluten free but they are just as nice wrapped in lettuce leaves.
Mexican food is such a fun social thing to cook. Me and my friend cooked some chicken fajitas the other week and they were so yummy x
I love fajitas and you can use beef instead of chicken if you prefer.
These look so yummy and so easy to make. My dad would love these! xo
They are really good. Why not try making them yourself x
Wow this sounds very delicious. Would love to try it. Good to know it was simple to make.
Very simple and also delicious.
Chicken fajitas are one of my favourite meals, they’re just so fun, especially when you’ve got a group of friends round. When I was at uni we used to have everyone round and do a huge batch of them, we’d end up doing like 10 chicken breasts!
Wow that’s a lot but then they taste great and I am sure all your friends would have loved them.
Craving for Mexican food now! Looks like I can smell the chicken on your photos. Haha
It was gorgeous, we loved it.
That looks like such a tasty feast! I’ve never made my own guacamole before and I can’t believe how easy it is, must give it a whirl sometime!
It is super easy and works amazingly well with lime.
Fajitas are one of my most fave meals ever!!!! I love the santa maria kits!
They are brilliant aren’t they.
I love fajitas! Your look really yummy, I may copy the receipt 😉 x
Enjoy, these were delicious.
These sound lovely! Fajitas are one of my favourite foods especially when they are spicy 🙂
These are good and if you want more heat simply add the hot sauce.
Just one of my fave types of cuisine, I love Fajitas.
They make a great meal!
Great fajitas! My mummy loves Mexican food, however has to dull it down for daddy with yoghurt as he’s not a fan of the heat!!
I love fajitas, they look so delicious too. Now I’m wanting some.
Looks yummy, fajitas are one of our favourite meals. The pulled pork kit was really good too
I can’t wait to try the pulled pork it looks great.
I’m looking forward to trying it.
I love Mexican food and these fajitas look great.
They taste pretty good too.
Such a simple yet super tasty meal! You cannot beat this as a treat dish!
It really is a great dish, I love fajitas.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Fajita’s.
Thanks for tonight dinner inspiration – off to pop to Tesco 😀
Im not even joking LOL
Charlotte x
This is one meal that I fail at cooking every single time, so this looks like a better option to try x
My favourite kind of food, Mexican 😀 I love guac so much! I need to make more Mexican food!
It is pretty healthy too which is a bonus.
We would love this! My partner especially loves food like this
I love Mexican the flavours are gorgeous.
I love Mexican food. This looks delicious too!
Thanks, it was yummy!
Yum! I hadn’t heard of this brand; I love Mexican food but rarely attempt making it at home. I should do it more often.
I have since seen their products in supermarkets and bought some more they are yummy!
I am loving your blog right now, You have just reminded me of Fajitas!! I haven’t had them in months!
I have never tried Santa maria before but I shall 🙂
Glad you are loving the blog it’s always nice to know that my readers are enjoying reading what I write. These were really tasty, I would recommend trying them 😉
This looks great but I might be tempted to give the Jalapenos a miss – they’re a touch too hot for me !