Thursday, November 4, 2010

Old El Paso Family Taco Night {Review & Giveaway}

{This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations, Tina!}

As much as I try to mix things up with meals around here, we do tend to stick with our rotation of the same handful of things. When you find something that the whole family loves, why change it, right?

High up on the list of meals that we all enjoy is tacos. I like that the prep time is minimal and that everyone can create their plate exactly as they like it... plus the fact that the kids do a great job eating is a major bonus. For us, family taco night definitely has a permanent place on the calendar, particularly now that we have had the chance to use the fun serving dishes that Old El Paso sent over.

To help make our family taco nights especially fun, Old El Paso has a line up of products that everyone can enjoy. Their chilies, dinner kits, dips and sides, enchilada sauce, refried beans, seasoning mixes, shells, taco sauce and salsa are the perfect main course or accompaniment to suit a wide variety of tastes.

The Old El Paso taco seasoning mix selection even includes flavors like Burrito, Cheesy Taco, Chili, Fajita, Taco, Mild Taco and a 40% less sodium seasoning option for great taste and less salt.

Or, to really mix things up, Betty Crocker has some fun recipes to put a twist on taco night, such as Easy Fish Tacos and Tarantula Tacos. What kid wouldn't think having a spooky olive spider crawling on their food wasn't really cool?

But that's not all. Old El Paso has another entertaining way to keep families laughing at the dinner table by having some fun with El Tacodor, the world's only family taco night game. Just download and print the instructions, score card and challenge sheet and you'll be ready for quickfire trivia, wordplay and pantomime fun that can be brought out any time your family is looking to have a little extra hilarity with dinner!

With a variety of seasonings and other complementary products, Old El Paso offers everything you need for deliciously fun nights with the family. Check out their website for news, great tips, recipes and more and even share your own family fiesta photos and videos on the El Tacodor Family Spotlight. Then, head to the store to stock up on Old El Paso products with a printable coupon for 60¢ off of any two of their products today!

Are you ready to have family taco night with your family? Thanks to Old El Paso and MyBlogSpark, one person will be all set to have a tasty good time, because...

One lucky person will win an Old El Paso family taco night prize pack including a packet of Old El Paso Taco Seasoning, a Cactus Chip & Dip Serving dish, a set of 3 Fiesta Chili Pepper serving dishes and a $10 gift card to purchase taco fixings!

To enter to win: Tell me what you might do to make family taco night a special occasion in your house OR which night of the week might you designate for this fun meal.

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Giveaway will end on November 26th at 11:59pm CST. Do me the favor of leaving an email address or making absolutely sure it is visible in your profile, I have to have a way to contact the winner. The winner will be chosen by random.org and announced here as well as emailed and will have 48 hours to contact me or respond to notification or a new winner will be chosen. This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only.

A big thank you to MyBlogSpark and Old El Paso for providing an Old El Paso family taco night prize pack for me to review as well as for one lucky giveaway winner. The opinions shared are my own and honest and if you really need to see more, click here to see how I roll.

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Sippy Cup Mom said...

Taco night is always Thursday nights! Tonight!

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we have taco night at least once a week, but whenever we feel like it! husband loves tacos, especially turkey.

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I would probably pick Hump Day lol

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I'd say taco tuesdays... but we aren't usually consistent. We make homemade guac and salsa to make it special

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kygirl said...

Friday night is taco night here.

erica said...

I'd make Wednesday Family Taco Night. Sounds like a great way to break up t he week. I'd

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This sounds like a great end of the week treat

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Taco night is always on Saturdays.
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Taco Tuesdays for us

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Friday night would be great for Taco fun night.
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Kat said...

I would do taco night on Tuesday.
I think "Taco Tuesday" sounds fun. :)

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We would do Taco Night on Wednesday.

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Friday night would be our taco night.

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Friday night would be great for Taco fun night.

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crboyd said...

Saturday night is taco night at our house and we always try to have something unique and off the wall to add as topping to our tacos.

Mysharona said...

We do it on Weds to break up the week.

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fridays might be a good night for family taco night

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Erika said...

Taco night is always on the weekend - usually Friday or Saturday night!

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McKim said...

I usually pick Friday nights. It's an easy meal that everyone likes when I'm glad to be at the end of the work week!

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We usually have family taco night on a thursday, everyone helps out, toppings are lined up on counter and everyone fixes it the way they like it, carawling(at)hotmail(dot)com

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We would choose Friday as family taco night.
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We have tacos every Tuesday. It is our favorite meal.

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Friday night and we have tons of toppings to make it fun

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Becky Barrett Beitzel said...

This looks like so much fun. My son just started school so for a fun end of the week thing, on friday nights its pizza/movie night with the whole family. But how much more fun would THIS be?? it would be so special to take out these special plates for the occasion to celebrate or family with a tradition of movies, board games and now Taco night!

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I would make this a special night on a Friday or Saturday when my college kid is home. We'd have tacos and movies!

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Wednesday is a great night for Taco Night!

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I would designate Fridays as Taco Night!

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Friday is taco night!

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Taco night is the perfect occasion to invite friends and family over!

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It would be Sunday nights, because that's the only night we're all home together eating dinner at the same time.

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I would choose Sunday for Taco Night because everyone is always home for dinner then.

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I would think that Saturday night would be a good time...because every other night we have things going on...we still sit together as a family...but the GOOD meals I save for Saturday night!
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