Cafe Rio Sweet Pork Salad

Complete Recipe

Ingredients

• 6 large Tortillas (click HERE)
• Shredded cheese, Mexican blend
• Cafe Rio Rice (click HERE)
• Cafe Rio Black Beans (click HERE)
• Cafe Rio Sweet Pork (click HERE)
• Lettuce (NOT iceberg, use leafy green or Romaine)
• Diced tomato, onion, and cilantro (pico de gallo)
• Guacamole (click HERE)
• Sour cream
• Tortilla Strips (click HERE)
• Cotija cheese, crumbled (or you can use Parmesan)
• Cafe Rio Cilantro Ranch (click HERE)
• OR Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette (click HERE)

Instructions

• Here is how we put it all together: First of all, we bought the aluminum deep-dish pans (they had these at the grocery store, you will know when you see them.. they look JUST like the Cafe Rio tins). Lay a tortilla in the bottom of the pan, sprinkle cheese on it, and put in the oven at 375 for about 5 min or until the cheese is melted. Remove from oven, add beans, rice, pork, then lettuce and a little scoop of diced tomato and onions (pico de gallo). Add guacamole (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED) and sour cream. Add crushed tortilla chips, a shake of Parmesan cheese, and top with a few cilantro leaves. Serve with the cilantro ranch or vinaigrette dressing and there you have it! (makes about 6 salads)

This is SOOO yummy. I didn't follow it exactly, and it still turned out great. Instead of coke, I used sparkling water and brown sugar. I didn't do the tortillas, tortilla strips (just used chips), the rice, or the vinaigrette. I also just used avocado instead of the guac, and didn't use the cotija or parmesan, or sour cream. I also sauteed some sliced onions and frozen corn, mmmm. Oh, and I used way less tomato juice in the beans.

Zucchini and Rice skillet

This is a very adaptable recipe. I made it the correct way the first time and it was ok, but I could tell there was potential so I made some changes. 

Olive Oil
Chicken (I used 5 chicken tenders)
1 Zucchini diced
diced onion, maybe 1/2 cup
diced green and red pepper (I think I did 1/3 pepper each)
1/2 of a 15 oz can diced tomatoes and juice
1 can black beans, drained
frozen corn
cooked rice (I used the frozen kind you microwave for 3 min, whole bag)
cheese (I used a mexi blend)
seasoning (the only thing I used was borsari original)

Cook the chicken in the oil, cut it into small pieces. While cutting the chicken, I put the zucchini, peppers, and onions in the pan to saute. Add back in chicken when veggies are almost done. Add in tomatoes, black beans and corn. When veggies are done, add in the rice, mix it all up, turn off the heat and sprinkle some cheese. I add seasoning to the chicken, then to the veggies, then again right before the cheese.

Idea originally from here

Borsari Seasoning

This stuff is awesome. We use it on everything, you should buy it. We've seen the orange ginger one at Whole Foods, but not the others. All 3 rock.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001HTG6FG/ref=oh_o02_s00_i00_details

Teriyaki Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup tamari soy sauce (soy sauce)
• 1 cup water
• fresh grated ginger (about 1 tbsp or to your taste)
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 minced garlic clove
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/4 cup cold water

Directions:

1. Combine 1 cup water, tamari, brown sugar, garlic and ginger in a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
2. Dissolve cornstarch in 1/4 cup of cold water and add to sauce.
3. Stir constantly to allow the sauce to thicken.
4. If the sauce is too thick add a little water or tamari to thin.

Note: This is not a sweet sauce, so if you want a sweeter one, add a few more TBS sugar or honey
From here.