Make it a fiesta at your house with this easy south-of-the-border-style menu.

• Tilapia Tacos with Chipotle Cream
• Cooked Spanish rice
• Purchased sugar cookies
• Cinnamon-spiced hot chocolate

Test Kitchen Tips: For easy cooked Spanish rice, look for the pouches of cooked rice that reheat in the microwave in just 90 seconds.

For cinnamon-spiced hot chocolate, add a cinnamon stick to each cup of hot chocolate that you prepare.

Shopping List

• 1 pound fresh or frozen skinless tilapia fillets or other white fish
• 1, 8-ounce carton dairy sour cream
• 1 jar chipotle chile peppers in adobo sauce
• 1 onion
• 1 tomato
• 1 bunch cilantro
• 1 head garlic (or 1 jar bottled minced garlic)
• 1 pound butter
• 2 limes
• 1, pkg. 9- to 10-inch flour tortillas
• 2, 8.8-ounce pouches cooked Spanish-style rice
• 4 bakery sugar cookies
• 1 package instant hot chocolate mix
• 1 container cinnamon sticks

Pantry Items

• salt
• ground cumin
• ground cinnamon

Equipment Needed

• measuring cups and spoons
• cutting board and knife
• kitchen scissors
• Microplane® grater or fine shredder
• juicer
• small bowl
• medium bowl
• 12 inch nonstick skillet
• wide spatula
• fork
• slotted spoon
• microwave

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