Cinco de Mayo Fiesta: 8 products to celebrate

Cinco de Mayo (“Fifth of May”) commemorates the date of the Mexican army’s victory over France at the Battle of Puebla in 1862 and American celebrations include plenty of Mexican-style fare and plenty of Margarita’s. Interested in throwing your own Cinco de Mayo fiesta? The following 8 items will help! 

BeanVivo Black Beans 

Price: $3.99 per pouch

BeanVIVO brings the first line of ready-to-eat organic beans to the table with delicious global flavors and seasoned spices in ready-to-eat in microwaveable pouches. Perfect for Cinco de Mayo comida, eat better without sacrificing on taste with their scrumptious black beans. Yum!

Highlights:

• BeanVIVO manufactures the first line of organic seasoned legumes, in convenient pouches, all made in the U.S.

• Pouches are ready to go — heat and eat

• Made in the USA, featuring a QR code on each pouch for traceability to bean fields in the U.S.

• 100% organic certified.

• The pouches make for a smaller environmental footprint than cans.

Pirani Reusable Cups

Price: $24.95

Fantastic for any fiesta, and much better for the planet than plastic cups, Pirani Life are reusable, insulated tumbler cups. They hold 16 ounces, are stainless steel, triple-insulated and keep drinks cold 12+ hours; hot up to six. From tumblers to accessories, the brand designs durable eco-solutions to help reduce single-use plastic. Bring this Reusable Party Cup to your favorite game, tailgating outside a concert, into your college dorm, on your back deck, or wherever you choose to party. In the summer or winter, your drinks will remain perfect. 

 

 

Snap It Camera Subscription

Price: starting at $9.99

Capture your Cinco de Mayo’s festivities with the Snap It disposable camera subscription service. You have the fun and let Snap It do the work. Choose from a variety of subscription boxes that come with a disposable camera which has a flash and can take 27 pictures. Free developing is included in some plans with a link sent straight to your phone to instantly download the images (or choose to have them processed on your own). Learn more here.

 

Ricante Sauces 

Price: $5.00+

In a world filled with mediocre salt laden sauces, Ricante stands out from the rest with fruit and veggie based sauces that are surprising and palate pleasing. Ricante is everything you want in a sauce; bold flavor, no sugar or salt added, and just the right amount of approachable heat. Handcrafted amongst the ripest and most flavorful produce in Costa Rica, Ricante is not only Non-GMO, Gluten-Free and Keto Friendly, but Whole30 approved! Ricante launched with 5 incredibly unique hot sauces, marrying non traditional essences like apples, mangos, carrots and habaneros. They then collaborated with Whole Foods and released 4 versions of Everything Sauce. Ricante’s Everything Sauces are a thicker, heartier blend of lush fruits and veggies. (The Tropical Guanabana ChimiChurri is out and out addictive!) Also available on Amazon

Verve Culture’s Tortilla Press Kit

Price: $45.00

Nothing tastes better than homemade tortillas and with Verve Culture’s best selling Tortilla Press Kit, you will get the authentic flavor right in your own home for Cinco de Mayo! You can tell the quality difference with homemade tortillas and this Tortilla Press Kit will make it easy for you and your family to whip up! Mix equal parts masa corn flour (widely available in grocery stores) with water; make a golf ball-sized dough, put it in the press, and close it. Press once, rotate, and gently press again. Cook ~1 minute on each side. Then keep your tortillas warm in the included handmade servietta napkin.

 

Molcajete with Tortilla Basket

Price: $60.00

Serve up your homemade tortillas and freshly made guacamole with this set. The molcajete is a century-old mortar and pestle used by Mexican cooks. Its rough surface is made entirely of volcanic stone, ideal for grinding and releasing flavorful oils from vegetables and spices. Like cast-iron, your molcajete bowl can go in the oven, retain heat for an hour, and it picks up flavors over time, continually enhancing the foods you’re working with. Perfect for salsa, guacamole, queso, mole, and more. Each molcajete is packed in a tortilla basket made of handwoven palm leaves. Each one is unique in color and pattern. You can use the basket for corn chips, or tortillas.

 

Lasting Freshness Vacuum Seal Food Storage Container Set 

Price: $29.00-$60.00

Just imagine no more brown guacamole! Lasting Freshness is here to save the day with a vacuum seal food storage system that’s superior to conventional methods, keeping food fresh five times longer. The vacuum food storage containers include a pump system that is designed to suck all of the air and moisture out so food stays fresher longer. 

 

Bossy Pants Candles

Price: $24.99

Did someone say margaritas? Celebrate Cinco De Mayo with a margarita candle from Bossy Pants Candle. Yes, it smells like a frozen margarita with a top note of lime, orange peel, grapefruit and a twist of lemon, followed by a subtle orange blossom nuance, and a green mint leaf, and woody-spicy base-note. All Bossy Pants candles are hand poured in small batches, are vegan and cruelty free, and are truly a labor of love.

Happy Cinco de Mayo!

 

 

 

 

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