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Pretend you really miss Cafe Rio and can't wait until it opens. Here are some recipes to tie you over until Rio is really here. If you want to re-create the salad, all you need is a large tortilla with cheese melted on it, lettuce, salsa, guacamole, tortilla strips and the items below. Enjoy! I plan on testing this out this weekend if anyone is interested... Café Rio Dressing 1 buttermilk ranch dressing packet (make as per recipe) 2 tomatillos (tomato like vegetable with a husk around them) ½ bunch of cilantro 1 clove garlic Juice of 1 lime 1 jalapeño (Use the seeds too if you like it spicy. You could substitute a few drops of green tobasco for the jalapeno.) Use a food processor to blend all the ingredients well. Refrigerate. Cafe Rio Chicken 1 small bottle Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing 1 T chili powder 1 T cumin 3 cloves garlic—minced5 lbs chicken breast Cook all together in a crock pot for 4 hours, shred meat and cook 1 additional hour. (Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing has 2 grams of sugar per serving. I try to avoid dressings with sugar, but this is a very small amount. You're only using 8 ounces of the dressing per 5 pounds of chicken if you follow this recipe, so it should be fine, even for South Beach Dieters.) Café Rio Rice 3 c water 4 t chicken bouillon 4 t garlic –minced½ bunch cilantro1 can green chiles—or equivalent fresh ¾ t salt 1 T butter ½ onion 3 c rice (see note)Blend cilantro, green chiles and onion together in food processor. Bring water to a boil and add all ingredients, simmer covered 30 minutes.(For South Beach diet, use Uncle Ben's Converted Rice to make this, which is very low on the glycemic index. I would still use the rice sparingly on my salad.)