Cafe Rio Pico is quick and easy and tastes just like the pico added to almost every menu item at Cafe Rio! Another recipe to add to ABK’s “Cafe Rio Style“collection of recipes. Why is this called Pico de Gallo (pronounced GUY-OH)? In Spanish, Pico means spicy or beak. And gallo means rooster. So Pico… Read More
Mexican Dish
Cafe Rio Style Creamy Tomatillo Salad Dressing
Cafe Rio Style Creamy Tomatillo Salad Dressing is an essential component to any Cafe Rio style meal! What’s a Cafe Rio salad without the dressing? While other copycat recipes use dried or bottled Ranch dressing, this recipe is all home made. Cafe Rio Style Creamy Tomatillo Salad Dressing is creamy, tangy… Read More
Cafe Rio Style Black Beans
Cafe Rio Style Black Beans are simple to make at home and taste just like the black beans at our favorite fast-casual restaurant Cafe Rio! Serve them on a salad, in burritos, with tacos, quesadillas, or just own their own with some rice. This will become your go-to black bean recipe. A few weeks ago,… Read More
Cafe Rio-Style Sweet Pork Salad
Cafe Rio-Style Sweet Pork Salad is one of the most popular items on Cafe Rio’s menu! Now you can make Cafe Rio-Style Sweet Pork Salad at home for a crowd at a fraction of the price of eating out. If you live in the great state of Utah, or have visited here in the past… Read More
Tessa’s Southwest Chicken Rollups
I’ve had this recipe for Tessa’s Southwest Chicken Rollups in my files for years. Every once in a while I pull it out and make a batch. They usually disappear about as quickly as they come out of the oven. This week, I served them with Sheri’s Simple Salsa. Great mid-week meal, with chips and… Read More
Guacamole Taquero (Taco-Shop Guac)
Found this recipe for Guacamole Taquero (Taco-Shop Guac) last months issue of Saveur magazine. I altered it a bit. LOVE it. Perfect as a stand alone dip, or with tacos, or on top of enchiladas, taco salad, etc. Tonight we had it with some Southwest Chicken Roll ups, which I’ll post soon. Guacamole Taquero takes about… Read More
Sheri’s Super Simple Salsa
Sheri’s Super Simple Salsa is our family go-to salsa.It’s made with canned, crushed tomatoes so you can make it year round. It’s as good in December as it is in July. In July, just add some fresh cut tomatoes to freshen it up a bit. It takes about 5 minutes to throw together, and it’s… Read More
Ground Turkey Enchiladas with Corn and Cilantro Topping
Ground Turkey Enchiladas with Corn and Cilantro Topping: I was out of town last week, so I didn’t blog about any of our Mother’s Day happenings…This was the scene at our house on Mother’s Day after church: Elder Gonzales and Stephen on SKYPE! Our son Stephen (read about him here) is serving a mission for… Read More
Green Chili Enchiladas for a Crowd
Green Chili Enchiladas for a Crowd. I love enchiladas. We make several different types, my absolute favorite beingthis recipe for Santa Fe Enchiladas. It’s a wonderful recipe, but time consuming. Not great if you have to make, say, enchiladas for 200. I looked for a recipe I could easily make in bulk, without losing the… Read More
Tomato and Red Pepper Mexi- Rice
Shall we call this the series on Mexican dishes? Not super authentic, but dishes with a Mexi-flair. Earlier in the week , it was Mexican Breakfast Tortillas. In the next few days, I’ll post a simple Green Chili Enchilada recipe for a crowd and a Mexican Salad. This rice dish – Tomato and Red Pepper… Read More
Mexican Breakfast Tortillas
Last Wednesday, we dropped our son, Stephen off at the Missionary Training Center, in Provo, Utah. Stephen will be serving a two year mission for our church-The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, aka the Mormon church. It was a day filled with mixed emotions. For almost 5 months, since he opened his… Read More
Mexican Pulled Pork Carnitas
I wanted to have a little Cinco De Mayo celebration earlier this month. Between baseball rain outs and reschedules, end of school year craziness, and lifeingeneral, our celebration was reduced to a throw together dinner. You know how my kids LOVE Boston Butt. I found a couple of recipes that looked easy and yummy-one was… Read More
Beef Enchiladas with Roasted Tomatillo Sauce and Fresh Peach Salsa
Beef Enchiladas with Roasted Tomatillo Sauce and Fresh Peach Salsa Whenever I ask my kids what they want for a birthday meal, or any meal for that matter, the answer I get most often is: enchiladas. I loved the Santa Fe Enchiladas we made a while back. The sauce was a little on the spicy… Read More
Santa Fe Enchiladas
How do you know when recipe is a success? How about when your 17 year old son asks if you can make it for his birthday dinner…next January. I tried Santa Fe Enchiladas after my friend Emily emailed me the recipe. I loved the spicy, tangy combo in these enchiladas. Now, I’m not a big… Read More
Black Bean Chicken Taco Salad
I have fond memories of my Mom’s tacos. She made tacos using ground beef, chopped onion, a package of Schilling Taco Seasoning, Ortega taco shells, American cheese, chopped tomatoes, grated carrot, and iceberg lettuce. I LOVED taco night. When I was a young married girl (yes, very young). How young? Well, let’s just say… Read More
Mexican Rice with Cilantro dressing
Mexican Rice with Cilantro Dressing is inspired by everyone’s favorite Cilantro Lime Rice at Cafe Rio, a popular fast casual restaurant with roots in Utah! I crave Cafe Rio on the daily. Luckily I don’t have to go to the restaurant every day because I can make my favorite dishes in my own home (although… Read More