Cafe Rio Sweet Pork

6 lb. pork roast
2 c brown sugar
1 1/2 cans coke (or 20 oz.)
16 oz. Pace Picante Sauce

Trim fat from roast, and cook in crock pot full of water for 6 hrs. (until tender) Remove roast and shred also remove any fat. Dump water out of crock pot and replace the shredded pork. Pour coke, brown sugar, and picante sauce over the meat. Slow cook for 3-4 hrs. ( I think you could get away with not using so much coke, everytime I've made it, it tends to be on the liquidy side.) Tastes SO GOOD!!

Olive Garden Alfredo Sauce ... with Chicken and Broccoli too!

I just came across this recipe and I can't help but share! This is my all time FAVORITE thing to get at Olive Garden ... enjoy!

Olive Garden Style Fettuccine Alfredo Sauce

Sauce-

8 ounces Cream cheese — cut in bits
3/4 cup Parmesan cheese — grated
1/2 cup Butter or margarine
1/2 cup Milk

Black Pepper, and oregano to taste
8 ounces Fettuccine; cook — drain | In large saucepan combine cream cheese, Parmesan, butter and
milk, stirring constantly until smooth. Toss pasta lightly with
sauce, coating well. Leftovers freeze well.

PS you can double everything to get MORE sauce (you don’t have to double the cream cheese though)

If you want to make it with Chicken and Broccoli-

While the noodles Boil-

I just throw in some frozen breaded chicken tenders in the oven-Like 450 degrees for 20-25 min

I also throw frozen broccoli in the microwave while it all cooks-

Now you have Chicken & Broccoli Fettuccine!

I aslo ALWAYS throw a garlic bread in the oven with the last 15 minutes that the tenders cook!

YUMMY!!!

Better Than (whatever you want to call it! :) Cake

1 German chocolate cake mix (prepared)
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 can Mrs. Richardson's butterscotch caramel topping
3 Heath bars (crushed)

Prepare cake as directed on box and bake on a cookie sheet. Allow to cool 5 mins. Poke several holes all over the cake with the handle of a wooden spoon. Pour sweetened condensed milk all over, allowing to seep into the holes. Repeat process with caramel topping. (you don't have to use the whole can of either topping, but be generous, you want to cake to be VERY moist) Sprinkle crushed Heath bars all over the top.
If you like Cool Whip you can spread that all over the cake, before sprinkling the Heath bars on top. It's delicious either way!

Cindy's Veggie Soup (this soup is worth 0 points!)

2/3 C sliced carrot 1/2 C diced onion 2 garlic cloves, minced 3C broth 1-1/2 C diced green cabbage 1/2 C green beans 1 Tbsp tomato paste 1/2 t. dried basil 1/4 t. dried oregano 1/4 t. salt 1/2 C diced zucchini in large saucepan, sprayed with non stick spray, saute carrot, onion and garlic over low, about 5 min add broth, cabbage, beans, tomato paste, basil, oregano, salt, bring to boil. lower heat and simmer about 15 min. stir in zucchini, heat 3/4 min. serve hot

Tasty Spin on Lasagna

1 lb. lean ground beef
1 cup frozen diced onion, red and green bell pepper, and celery
3 garlic cloves, minced
1 Tbsp. chilli pwder
1 tsp chipotle seasoning blen
1 jar mild salsa
1 15oz. can dark red kidney beans, drained
1 10oz. can enchilada sauce
1 10oz. package frozen whole kernel corn, thawed
12 6in. corn tortillas (I used flour)
4 cups shredded Mexican 4-cheese blend

Toppings: sour crm, chopped tomatoes

Cook first 5 ingr. in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring often, until veg. are tender and beef is no longer pink.

Stir in salsa and next 3 ingredients. Cook 10 minutes to thouroughly heat.

Layer 1/3 beef mixture, 6 tortillas overlapping edges and 2 cups cheese in a lightly greased 9x13 pan. Repeat layer using the rest of the ingredients and top with remaining 2 cups cheese.

Bake covered @ 350 for 40 minutes, uncover and bake 10 more minutes
Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

Here's a great Steak Rub

1 Tblspn Garlic pwdr
2 tspns oregano
1 1/2 tspns black pepper
1 tspn sea salt
1 tspn lemon pepper

mix well

rub steaks w/ olive oil then sprinkle each side w/ rub and work it in
let marinate for 4 hours ~or overnight~

My Favorite Chewy Cocoa Brownies

1 2/3 cups sugar
3/4 cup butter or margarine
2 Tblspns water
2 eggs
2 tspns vanilla
1 1/3 cups flour
3/4 cocoa
1/2 tspn baking pwder
1/4 tspn salt
3/4 cup chopped nuts

whip together wet ingredients
add in dry

Double this to fit in a 9x13 pan

cook @ 350 for 25 minutes

Sarah Newell's Cabbage Salsa

6 cups finely chopped, shredded cabbage
1 red bell pepper, chopped
2 tomatoes, chopped
1 cup cilantro leaves, chopped
2 fresh jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped
1/4 cup lime juice
1 Tblspn salad oil
1 tspn cumin
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
2 avocados chopped

serve w/ corn chips and try not to eat the whole bowl yourself!!!!

Cowboy Coffee Cake (Burbidge kids favorite breakfast)

2 1/2 cups flour
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 t. salt
2/3 cup butter
1/2 t. cinnamon
1/2 t. nutmeg
1 cup oatmeal (not quickoats)
mix these together till crumbly and hold out 1 cup

Add to remaining:
2 t. baking pwdr
1/2 t. soda
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs

pour into a 9 x 13 pan
sprinkle cup of crumblies over top
bake @ 375 for 30 min.

The Best Banana Squares

2 eggs
1 cube butter melted
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 over ripe babanas
beat in mixer
then add:
1 1/2 cups flour
1 tspn baking soda
1/4 cup buttermilk
1/2 tspn vanilla
1/2 cups chopped nuts
1 cup chocolate chips

bake @ 350 for 45 minutes

sprinkle with powdered sugar when done.

Grammie Mimi's Yummy Waffles

melt one cube butter in a mixing bowl
mix after each
add 2 cups butter-milk
2 cups flour
3 teaspoons baking pwdr
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon soda
4 eggs

Best with maple syrup

Add for variety:
chocolate chips
chopped almonds
or cinnamon

Cafe Rio Chicken & Rice

chicken
1 small bottle kraft zesty italian dressing
1 Tbsp chilli powder
1 Tbsp cumin
3 cloves garlic minced
5 lbs. boneless chicken (about six)

mix and pour over chicken in crockpot. cook for four hours, shred chicken when it is almost all the way cooked

rice
3 cups water
4 tsp chicken boullion
4 tsp garlic minced
1/2 bunch ciliantro
1 can green chilles undrained
3/4 tsp salt
1 Tbs butter
1/2 onion
3 cups rice

Boil water and add all ingredients, simmer 30 minutes

Cafe Rio Tamatillo Dressing

1 large jalepeno
1 clove garlic
1 tamatillo
1 handfull cilantro
1 lime/juice or 1/4 cup lime juice
1 cup mayo
1 pkg. hidden valley ranch mix

put in blender, put over cafe rio chicken salads or burrittos

the start of some good cookin'!

Hey all! For a while we've been talking about a place to put favorite recipes and ones that turn out good somewhere that we could all share :) So here we go! I know for us, Anthon has been after me to cook more at home now that I have a better cooking spot and I have a hard time coming up with menus on my own so I'm really excited for this! Also I'm sure I'll be asking for good recipes as much as posting ones that I have found :) So any ideas are more than welcome! I started putting a few good websites on the side, if you have any to add, let me know! I hope this will be a good way to get some good home cookin' going in all our homes!