Cafe Rio Shredded Chicken Salad
Café Rio Dressing
1 buttermilk ranch dressing packet (make as per recipe)
2 tomatillos (tomato like vegetable with a husk around them)
½ bunch of cilantro
1 clove garlic
Juice of 1 lime
1 jalapeño (Use the seeds too if you like it spicy.)
Blend all the ingredients well. Refrigerate.
Cafe Rio Chicken
1 small bottle Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing
1 T chili powder
1 T cumin
3 cloves garlic—minced
5 lbs chicken breast
Cook all together in a crock pot for 4 hours, shred meat and cook 1 additional hour. (Makes enough for an army -- we just save it for left-overs.)
Café Rio Rice
4 c water
4 t chicken bouillon
4 t garlic –minced
½ bunch cilantro
1 can green chiles—or equivalent fresh
¾ t salt
1 T butter
½ onion
2 c rice (see note)
Blend cilantro, green chiles and onion together in food processor. Bring water to a boil and add all ingredients, simmer covered 30 minutes. (This also makes up a boat load. Might want to make half a batch for family size meal.)
Black Beans
2 cans black beans, rinsed and drained
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
Cook garlic and cumin in olive oil. Add beans and salt. Place on medium heat and stir until heated through.
Toast flour tortillas in skillet and top with shredded cheese. Layer beans, rice, chicken, lettuce, guacamole, salsa, and a sprig of cilantro. Top with crunchy tortilla chips and dressing.
Everyones Favorite - Homemade Hot Fudge Topping
Boil together until smooth.
1 cube butter
2 squares unsweetened chocolate
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup canned evaporated milk
Add 1/2 tsp. vanilla, and 1/4 cup corn syrup.
I was looking through my journal and found an entry about Emily written on her birthday when she turned TWELVE-YEARS OLD.
Want to know her friends nicknames? They're Sugar, Foxy, and Babe... but just for the month of February. Whenever she uses barbecue sauce or ketchup, WATCH OUT! More often than not it ends up all over her plate, her front, and her fingers. She still isn't too crazy about the dark. Often she can be found sleeping with Audrey... in the same small twin-sized bed. She likes to be casual... VERY casual; she doesn't mind being grubby or having mussed-up hair... until she dresses up for fancy events, that is. Then wow, is she ever a knock out. She knows her scripture stories, has already read the Book of Mormon on her own. She really is a Honey."
