Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Salad

Sweet Pork
1 boneless pork roast
2 C Brown sugar
2 C Salsa
Cook in a crock pot on high for 6 hours. Place on top of lettuce in a flour tortilla and top with:
Black Beans
Cilantro Lime Rice
Grated Cheese
Shredded Lettuce
Chopped Olives
Chopped Tomatoes
Chopped Onion
Cilantro Lime Dressing

Cilantro Lime Rice
In a baking pan (size depends on how much you are making) combine:
1 1/2 C uncooked white rice
3 C Chicken Broth or 3 C hot water and 3 Tbsp Better than Bullion Chicken Base (from Costco)
2 tsp lime zest
3 Tbsp chopped Cilantro
2 small cloves garlic minced
1 Tbsp butter
juice of 1 /2 lime
pepper to taste
stir to incorporate all
Cover tightly with plastic wrap and then tin foil
put in oven at 350 oven and cook for 1 hour or at 325 for 1 1/2- 2 hours

Cafe Rio Cilantro Lime Dressing
1 envelope ranch dressing mix
1 C buttermilk
1 C Mayo
2 Tomatillo's
1/2 bunch cilantro
1 clove garlic
juice of 1 lime
1 jalapeno chopped with seeds removed
mix in blender

Strawberry Pretzel Jello Salad

Crust:
2 C crushed pretzel sticks
3/4 C melted butter
3 Tbsp sugar
Mix together and press in bottom of a 9 x 13 pan.  Bake at 350 (metal pan) 325 (glass pan) 8 minutes. Let cool completely.

Layer 1:
Beat-
1 C sugar
8 oz Cream cheese softened
Fold in:
8 oz Cool whip
Spread over pretzels.

Layer 2:
1 6 oz pkg  strawberry jello
2 C boiling water
2 10 oz pkgs frozen strawberries partially thawed
Mix jello and water until dissolved. Add strawberries and mix together. Set aside for 10 minutes. Pour over 1st layer.  Chill

* can also do with Rasberries and Rasberry jello

Sunshine Chicken Salad

Combine and chill 30 minutes:
1 pkg dry Ranch salad dressing mix
1/2 C mayo
1/2 C yogurt
1/4 C honey

Combine in bowl:
2 C cooked chicken cubed
1 C celery chopped
1 8 oz can pineapple tidbits drained
1 8 oz cab sliced water chestnuts, drained and chopped
1 1/2 C seedless red grapes (cut in 1/2 if large)

Toss with dressing, and sprinkle with 
1/2 C slivered almonds toasted

serve on croissant rolls or plain