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

Cowboy Lasagna

1. 1 lb ground beef
2. 4 Tbsp minced onion
3. generous sprinkling of  Worcestershire sauce
4. 3 Tbsp Parsley divided
5. 10 3/4 oz can tomato soup
6. 1 can Corn
7. 3 Tbsp dry ground mustard
8. 32 oz bag Tator Tots
9. 4 C Mozzarella Cheese
10. Salt & Pepper

Brown Ground Beef spices, drain and add corn and soup
Simmer for about 10 minutes
In a greased 9 x 13 pan, arrange Tator tots single layer and top with 2 cups of cheese
Pour ground beef mixture over cheese, and top with remaining cheese and 1 Tbsp of Parsley
Place in 350 oven for 30 minutes.
Let stand 5 minutes before serving

Oreo's

2 Pkg Devils Food Cake Mix
4 eggs
2 sticks butter softened
mix together and put rounded scoops on cookie sheet
Bake at 350 6-8 minutes

Cream Cheese filling
1 8 oz cream cheese softened
1 stick butter softened
4 C powdered sugar
1 Tbsp vanilla

Mexican Lasagna

Char 2 chile Peppers and put in plastic bag 15 minutes to sweat so will peel easily

Lightly char the edges of 12 corn tortillas

Chop 1 onion and cook till tender in 2 Tbsp hot olive oil

Add 2 Tbsp chopped oregano, 3 minced garlic cloves

Chunky pulse 1 can tomatoes + 1 Tbsp Chipoltes Adobados Peppers and add to onions along with 2 Tbsp tomato paste

Peel peppers and remove stem and seeds. Cut up into 1/2" pieces

Shred 2 1/2-3 C poached chicken

Shred 8 oz Monterey Jack Cheese

Put about 1 C sauce in bottom of  9 x 13 pan

layer 6 totillas fanned

spread 1/2 chiles over totillas

spread 1/2 chicken over chiles

drizzle with approx 1/2 C Cream

Spread 1/2 Cheese over above

repeat layers 

Cover with foil, bake at 375 for 30 minutes, uncover, cook 15 minutes more

Frito Corn Salad

3 cans corn
1 can black beans rinsed and drained
1 red bell pepper diced
1 green bell pepper diced
1 C miracle whip
mix all together
just before serving add
1 bag chili cheese frito's or can put beside and add to each serving
(don't make more than you will eat at one sitting, fritos will get soggy

Indonesian Fried Noodles

2-3 Japanese style noodle-chuka soba
Sweet Indonesian Soy Sauce
Garlic minced- (lot)
1/2 bunch turnip greens chopped (strong flavor, might want to add sparingly)
2 carrots chopped thin
1 med onion sliced thin and divided
4 eggs scrambled
chicken base
salt
pepper
1/2 -1 lb chicken cut into small pieces

Cook noodles, drain and lightly coat with olive oil. Set aside
Heat oil, cook 1/2 of onions, and garlic till transparent
add Chicken and cook
add eggs and cook
add some of your cooked noodles, salt, pepper, about 3 Tbsp chicken base, enough soy sauce to make noodles light brown, turnip greens and carrots adjust with rest of noodles to right consistency
toss all together to mix well and lightly cook about 3 minutes
add rest of onions, cook 2-3 more minutes, add little more olive oil and any more soy sauce as needed

*be sure to get the Indonesian Sweet soy sauce

Mexican Haystacks

Brown In a hot pan:
1 lb Hamburger
1 onion chopped
Drain off any grease, return to burner and add:
1 can tomato sauce
3 cans full of water
1 can tomato paste
dash sugar
garlic
1 can stewed tomatoes
1 tsp chili powder
1 tsp oregano
salt
1 tsp cumin
1 can kidney beans drained
Reduce heat and simmer

Cook
1 C rice according to directions

Pile your haystack starting with Fritos
Meat mixture
Rice
Shredded Cheese
Lettuce
Chopped Tomatoes
Olives
Sour Cream
Guacamole