Cinco De Mayo Shopping List

Hay Caramba, it's almost time for Cinco de Mayo. I hardly need an excuse to glut myself on Mexican food. I'm loco for the stuff. (It should really be loca since I'm a girl, but I didn't want to confundir/confuse everyone.) I'll be making Mexican favorites for the next five days, from chips and fiery tomato salsa, to grilled flank steak tacos with cilantro slaw, classic rice and beans, and pineapple-orange-raspberry sherbet for dessert. (By the way, the picture is from my recipe for Salsa Picante on CookingLight.com) Here's what you'll need from the grocery store if you want to follow along. It's going to be fantastico. No le va a costar mucho, tampoco. (It's not going to cost you too much either.) See how much you're learning over here at Prudence Pennywise? Think how much money you're saving on your Spanish lessons!

4 white onions

1 head garlic

4 hot chili peppers, either jalapenos or serranos

2 fresh tomatoes

1 big bunch cilantro

3 limes

1 large Haas avocado

a very small banana (please don't tell my sister Leslie-she'll cry)

1 lb. flank steak or skirt steak, or premarinated carne asada or meat of choice (or grill some mushrooms and go veggie)

1 (14 ounce) can fire roasted tomatoes

lots of chicken broth

1 lb. sack dried pinto beans

1 cup long grain rice

olive oil

corn tortillas

tortilla chips

6 ounces angel hair cole slaw (in a bag)

8 ounce can crushed pineapple

frozen raspberries

4 cups orange soda

1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk