Food" for thought Friday

Do any of you ever get tired of the same old stuff you cook for dinner or are you ever looking for some new yummy treats to bake, especially with the holidays coming up??? Well heres what my friend want to do to help with that issue. she thought it would be fun to start up a thing where every friday she will post a new recepie and I want all of you to do the same thing on your blog! Even just post the recepie you cooked the night before if you want but she just thought this would be a fun way for all of us to get some good recepies flowin. Feel free to start this up with your friend bloggers too as well. we hope you all will participate so we can get me some new fun recepies. So here is her recepie for today. she thought with the holidays coming up that we are always looking for goodies to make for people so here is one for you today. I will post her recepie and mine.





CAFÉ RIO STUFF

Chicken
5 lbs chicken breast 1 small bottle zesty Italian dressing 1 Tbsp chili powder

1 Tbsp cumin 3 cloves garlic, minced

**mix all ingredients together in a large crock pot. Cook on high for 5-7 hours. Remove chicken and shred with fork. Reserve a small amount of juice and pour over shredded chicken to keep moist keep warm.

Lime Rice
In a sauce pan sauté: 2 Tbsp butter 1 yellow onion, chopped 4 cloves garlic minced (1/2 tsp = 1 clove garlic) In a large pot bring to boil: 6 2/3 c water

8 tsp chicken bullion ½ bunch cilantro, chopped 2 tsp cumin
2 small cans diced green chillies 1Tbsp lime juice ½ tsp salt
**Add onion and garlic to boiling water.
Add 3 cups long grain rice. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 min.

Pico de Gallo
4 fresh tomatoes, chopped 1 white onion, chopped ¼ bunch cilantro, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced ½ tsp lime juice 1 tsp salt 1 tsp pepper
**Combine ingredients together in a medium bowl.

Pork
Pork Roast 1 bottle of honey BBQ sauce 1 Tbsp honey 1 liter of coke
**Place all ingredients in large crock pot and cook on low all night.
In the morning take the roast out leaving the juice in the crock pot, shred the roast.
Then place the shredded roast back in the crock pot and leave it on low.

Tomatillo dressing
1 pkg. buttermilk ranch mix 1 c buttermilk 1 c mayo ½ tsp lime ju.
1-2 tomatillos, peel ½-1 clove garlic, minced ½-1/3 bunched cilantro, chopped
½-1 small jalapeno, seeds removed
**Blend ingredients together in a blender. Add additional mayo if dressing is too thin. Keep refrigerated.


I have really only made the pork and the dressing out of these recipes and both are delicious so I am sure all the others are as well. *heidi*