Mexican Made Easy

Cinco de Mayo with a festive menu, featuring chunky guacamole with serrano peppers; steak quesadillas; yellow chiles with spicy shrimp; and piña-colada ice pops.

Spice meets "Spike" when Marcela welcomes special celebrity guest chef Spike Mendelsohn into the "Mexican made easy" kitchen. There they team up to put a Mexican spin on some American classics -- from burgers "al pastor" to "drunken" strawberry shakes, cilantro-style french fries to Mexican caramel banana cream pie - watch (and taste) what happens when these two power chefs 'mexicanize some favorite American dishes.

The host cooks outdoors with her son, Fausto.

A meatless Mexican meal, featuring sweet-corn-and-chile lasagna; oregano oven-baked cheese; and a creamy trifle al "limon.

Eggs served with two sauces, empanadas with poblano cream cheese and Mexican chocolate-banana cake complete a breakfast buffet.

Mexican street foods are made.

Marcela combines elegant with easy when she shows viewers how to make the perfect "party pass-arounds" consisting of cilantro scallop skewers, mini brie quesadillas, mini Mexican cheesecakes with an apple compote and frozen lime-rosemary margaritas.

Calling all sweet tooths! Indulge as Marcela makes a menu of one mouthwatering Mexican dessert after another. From a decadent and delightful tres leches cake and chocolate-filled cinnamon-dusted churros to Mexican caramel pastries and marzipan, these '"dulce delights" make up a sweet menu to remember.

Marcela creates a menu celebrating the diverse culinary gifts of Mexico's tastiest states - including recipes for Jalisco's famous smothered pork sandwich, Baja's beachside lobster burrito, Puebla's pippian chicken, and Mexico City's caramel popcorn balls.