Cafe Rio sweet pork

Sweet Pork
Ingredients:
2 pounds pork (I used boneless pork ribs)
3 cans Coke (NOT diet), buying the 2 ltr. is cheaper
1/4 cup brown sugar
dash garlic salt
1/4 cup water
1 can sliced green chilies
3/4 can enchilada sauce (I use Old El Paso brand, mild spiciness but any will work)
1+ cup brown sugar

Directions:
1. Put the pork in a heavy duty ziploc bag to marinade. Add about a can and a half of coke and about 1/4 c. of brown sugar. Marinade for a few hours or overnight. (I did mine overnight)
2. Drain marinade and put pork, 1/2 can of coke, water, and garlic salt in crock pot on low for 6- 8 hours.
3. Remove pork from crock pot and drain any liquid left in the pot. Shred pork. (for those of you who have a Bosch mixer, place meat in mixer with wire whisks and mix on speed 1 for 15-20 seconds, it will be perfectly shredded!)
4. In a food processor or blender, blend 1/2 can Coke, chilies, enchilada sauce and remaining brown sugar (about a cup, you can add a little more or less to taste..). If it looks too thick, add more Coke little by little.
5. Put shredded pork and sauce in crockpot and cook on low for 2 hours.

Cilantro-Lime Rice
Ingredients:
1 c. uncooked rice (long-grain, white rice)
1 tsp. butter or margarine
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tsp. freshly squeezed lime juice
1 can (15 oz) chicken broth
1 cup water
1 Tbsp. freshly squeezed lime juice
2 tsp. sugar
3 Tbsp. fresh chopped cilantro


Directions:
In a saucepan combine rice, butter, garlic, 1 tsp. lime, chicken broth and water. Bring to a boil. Cover and cook on low 15-20 minutes, until rice is tender. Remove from heat. In a small bowl combine lime juice, sugar and cilantro. Pour over hot cooked rice and mix in as you fluff the rice

Cilantro Ranch Dressing
Ingredients:
1 packet TRADITIONAL Hidden Valley Ranch mix (not BUTTERMILK)
1 c. mayonnaise
1 c. buttermilk
1/2 bunch of fresh cilantro
1 clove garlic
juice of 1 lime
1 jalapeno (I left this out, I don't like it too spicy)

Mix all ingredients together in the blender. That's it!

Stromboli

I can't believe I haven't posted about stromboli yet. I make it so often I just assumed I had posted this recipe:

Stromboli

Bread dough- I throw a batch in my bread machine a few hours before it's time to make dinner, but I think the original recipe called for a frozen loaf from the store and allow it to sit out until it's thawed.

1/2 lb thin sliced hard salami

1/2 lb thin sliced deli ham

1/2 lb thin sliced mozarella cheese

1/2 lb thin sliced cheddar cheese

*1 onion thinly sliced

*1 green pepper thinly sliced

Roll out the bread dough to form two rectangles about 10x 18 inches. Cover half of each rectangle (the long way) with half of the salami, half of the ham and half of each cheese.

*The original recipe called to sautee the onion and green pepper together, then put it on top of your meat and cheese. I have learned to leave the onions and peppers out since we're cooking for kids. It's great either way.

Next, fold the bread closed over the top of your meats and cheese and seal it by pinching around the edges. Beat one egg and brush the top of dough with egg, then sprinkle with garlic powder and italian seasoning.

This recipe makes two strombolis. Place them on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 400 for 15-20 minutes.

Yum!

Black bean and corn salsa

This is so good! And it's made of VEGETABLES! ???
Yes. Somehow, that's possible.

Blackbean and Corn Salsa:

1 can black beans drained and rinsed
1 pkg frozen sweet corn, thawed
3 roma tomatoes chopped
cilantro- chopped to taste
a few slices of red onion chopped
1 avocado chopped
2 Tbs vinegar
lime juice

(sorry the pictures's fuzzy. I was moving fast so I could set the camera down and EAT it!)

Bran Muffin Mix

Yeah. Bran muffins. Sounds gross (at least, it did to me) but they're good! And the cool thing about this recipe is that it makes a ton and you store it in the fridge for up to six weeks. So you just make a few muffins whenever you want.

5 C. flour
5 C. All Bran cereal
1 C. oil
4 beaten eggs
2 C. sugar
1 Tbs. salt
5 tsp. baking soda dissolved in 2 C. boiling water
1 qt. buttermilk

Mix all ingredients in a large bowl. Place in closed container and can store up to 6 weeks. Bake at 400* for 15-20 minutes.

Danette's secret soup

Don't share this recipe. :) J/k. I got it from someone else and changed a thing or two, so now its mine.

1 1/2 lb shredded chicken
1 bunch cilantro, chopped
1 onion chopped
1 14 oz stewed tomatos, i usually blend it up or use tomato sauce
1 14oz green enchilada sauce
1 4oz green chilies
2 c water
14 oz chicken broth, I usually use the broth from the chicken
1 teasp cumin
1 teasp chili powder
1 teasp salt
1/2 teasp pepper
1 bay leaf
1 can corn
1 minced garlic

throw it all in the crockpot and cook

Pumpkin bread

3 C. Sugar
4 eggs
1 C. oil
2/3 C. water
3 1/2 C. flour
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp salt
2 C. pumpkin
1 4-serving pkg pudding (just put the powder in dry) I used pumpkin spice pudding
1 pkg chocolate chips

Cream eggs and sugar, add oil, water an dmix well. Mix all dry ingredients together (except pudding) and add to liquid mixture. Add pumpkin and pudding and mix batter well. Bake at 325 for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Link and Spaghetti Sauce for wimps!

Danette the link to that coupon site is http://www.manufacturerscoupons.net/
She has great prices and she is here in Washington so it makes it super cheap.
My Spaghetti Sauce last week was just two cans of Hunts Spaghetti Sauce and a can of chunky tomatoes. I think the two I mixed were Garlic and Herb and Roasted Garlic and Onion. Sorry if you all didn't have enough noodles I ran out. I used to make Spaghetti Sauce from Scratch but it is time consuming and Hunts taste pretty good! One day I will make it from Scratch for everyone!