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  1. Monday, March 24, 2014

    Creamy Tomatillo Dressing

    If you live in the western U.S. (and now Virginia or Maryland, too!), you’ve probably heard of Cafe Rio. It’s a Mexican food chain with the best darn pork barbacoa and creamy tomatilla salad dressing you ever did eat. Seriously, that dressing is downright drinkable.

    creamy tomatillo dressing (cafe rio knock off) from @janemaynard

    My cousin Jamie and her family visited us last week. One night we made fajitas for dinner and Jamie whipped up some of the Cafe Rio dressing. It was mighty fine! Honestly, I can’t remember exactly how Cafe Rio’s dressing tastes, but Jamie says this recipe nails it! I did a google search and there are a bunch of blogs and websites with almost the exact same recipe posted, so I have no idea who the source is. But Jamie and I discussed the recipe and realized that she regularly changes up some of the proportions, so we made it our own. Also, I am changing the amounts because the original recipe makes about 30 ounces of dressing! That is a whole lot of dressing that, quite frankly, is more than our family needs.

    creamy tomatillo dressing (cafe rio knock off) from @janemaynard

    This dressing is delicious served over salad or as a sauce topped on tacos, fajitas and burritos. Go crazy!
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    Posted by Jane Maynard at 2:47 pm   23 Comments
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