Date Night - Dinner and a Movie - Machete

Phil and I started doing a themed date night we're un-originally calling 'Dinner and a Movie' night.  We're aiming to do this once a month to start.  We'll take turns choosing a movie and planning a dinner that suits the theme/setting/time of the movie.


Happy Cinco De Mayo! 
It's been awhile since I've done a Dinner and a Movie night and unfortunately this one was a solo date night - but quite enjoyable nonetheless.
The third movie choice was:

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Of course it was a Mexican themed evening.  I had a Margarita and Fish Tacos with Guacamole for dinner.  Although I'm not a huge fan of gory movies, I love the style of these types of movies.  If you haven't seen it before - seeing Steven Segal is reason enough to watch it.  Trust me.  Ridiculous. . .

Although I don't normally drink alcohol (I think I'm actually allergic to it) I had to make myself a Margarita (I picked up a bottle of Mexican Tequila on our last holiday and hadn't opened it yet).

 Salsa!  I don't use a recipe anymore for salsa - just chop up some tomatoes, red onion, throw in some lime juice, some garlic and cilantro. Easy Peasy Lime-on Squeezy. Ha. . .

Corn Tortillas!  I actually don't prefer the texture of these tortillas but the flavor worked well with the filling.

This recipe was pretty basic when compared to the tacos I usually make at home but were surprisingly tasty.  I forgot about the salsa recipe that was recommend on Martha's site so I made my own simple salsa and found it worked nicely.

For dessert - Mexican Ice Cream Sundaes with Cinnamon-Chocolate Sauce.  I originally intended on keeping my dinner as authentically Mexican as possible which is why I bought dulce de leche ice cream instead of grabbing regular vanilla.  BOY WAS IT WORTH IT!!!  So yummy. . .and this one was half the fat of their regular dulce de leche. Yes please!

My sundae!  I had to remake the sauce 'cause the first time was way too bitter for my liking.  I just added more cream and some regular chocolate chips which did the trick.  The cinnamon was a nice compliment to the chocolate and reminded me of the hot chocolate I had back in Mexico.

I heated up some mango slices in the oven and would have proffered it cold.  I also think it could have been a bit more ripe as well but oh well!  Still yummy.


Hope everyone had a great Saturday!