Cafe Rio Pork Tacos and other stuff... amazing

This is so completely amazing... seriously, tastes like the REAL thing. I've made this several times and it's always a huge hit. Courtesy of Suzanne Davis (who got it from Holly Cook), thank you, thank you, thank you girls. Wow! Let me know when you've made it! The easiest and yummiest meal ever.

Cafe Rio Creamy Tomatillo Dressing
1 package Hidden Valley Ranch
1 cup mayo
1 cup cilantro, chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
3 tomatillos - peel off paper, chop
1/3 - 1/2 cups buttermilk, to consistency you want
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper (optional)

Put in blender and mix.


Shredded Cafe Rio Pork
3 lbs pork
16 oz. bottle of chunky salsa (blended in blender so chunks are gone)
1 can coke
2 cups brown sugar

Place pork in crock pot and fill it 1/2 way up the pork with water. Cook on High for 5 hours. Drain off water. Cut pork in thirds. Mix together sauce ingredients and put on top of pork. Cook an additional 3 hours on high. Shred pork with forks. Leave it on low until ready to serve.

Homemade tortillas
3 C. flour
1/2 C. veggie or olive oil
1 1/8 C. luke warm water
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder

Mix all ingredients and knead. If too hard to knead, add a little water but if too sticky add a little more flour. Let stand for about 10 minutes. Makes about 12 small balls. Flatten each by rolling them out and then cook them in a frying pan.**I usually have 2 frying pans going at once so they all get cooked faster

Best Cookies Ever (w/low-cal version...)

Ok, so I've been making these cookies for years now and altering the recipe in the most bizarre ways to create the yummiest (and as low-cal as I could make them) cookies, so enjoy!!

Mix with Mixer:
2 eggs (1/2 c. egg beaters)
3/4 c. white sugar (3/4 c. Splenda)
1 c. brown sugar (1/2 c. Splenda brown sugar mix)
1 c. butter (1/2 c. butter and 1/2 c. applesauce)
2 tsp. vanilla

Add by hand, stirring:
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
2 1/2 c. flour (or 2 c. flour and 1/4 to 1/2 c. almond meal - warning: this will boost the calories, but make the cookies so so moist)
2 packs maple & brown sugar INSTANT oatmeal (for low-cal use the LOW SUGAR version)

1 package semi-sweet choc. chips (or 1 package cinnamon chips, add 1 tsp. cinnamon to first part of recipe if you use those)

Chill before baking for about 10 min.
Bake for 10-12 minutes at 350.

Low-cal version: about 84 calories each (no almond meal)

If you make these the yummy NOT low-cal way and you don't want to do the oatmeal, add an additional 1/4 c. white sugar and 1/4 c. flour.

Also, I've added 1/4 c. peanut butter and it's so yummy... Enjoy!!