A Mexican Gift Basket

Create a Mexican gift basket with the ideas on this page OR go to Design It Yourself Gift Baskets and click on the items you want in your basket and they'll send it out for you! I have to say that just writing about Mexican food makes me hungry.

At right: Deep in the Heart -Texas Gift Basket

Click here to design your own Mexican gift basket

If you want to make your own:
You can find the ingredients for a your gift basket at any larger grocery store or any small Mexican grocery store.

Find a Southwestern style basket or use a tortilla warmer to hold everything. If you want filler, you can use red, white and green paper or a southwestern style napkin or towel. Then start with a good bag of chips and a gourmet salsa. Add some dried or canned beans, queso fresco (Mexican crumbling cheese), dried or canned chiles, fresh limes, good corn tortillas (if you don't know a good corn tortilla when you see it, you definitely need to visit a Mexican grocery store) and a couple avocados. 

Other ideas:

• Mexican cookbook
• galletas (Mexican cookies or crackers)
• chicle (gum)
• chipotle peppers or sauce
• Jarritos sodas
• chicharrones
• mole sauce
• comino (cumin)
• tamales