Fruit Pizza

Semi homemade, or made from scratch this recipe is a winner EVERYTIME! I sometimes use a shortbread crust recipe and that works great.

Crust
2 pkgs. refrigerated Sugar cookie crust, or make your own, just use a sugar cookie recipe!
1 container Cool Whip
1pkg. Cream Cheese
2 C. Powder Sugar
Misc Fruit, sliced - Strawberries, Kiwi, Banana, leave whole raspberries, blueberries, mandarin oranges
Press both packages of sugar cookies into bottom of cookie sheet. Bake at 350* for about 10-12 minutes. Let it golden. Let crust cool. Mix together cream cheese, cool whip, powder sugar with hand mixer. Spread evenly on crust and top with fruit! It's as simple as that! Sometimes I drizzle chocolate or a lemon curd over it to make it pretty!

Cafe Rio Shredded Pork and Tomatillo ranch dressing

This is for Cafe Rio Pork Tacos (AMAZING! SERIOUSLY!)

Cafe Rio Creamy Tomatillo Dressing
1 pkg. Hidden Valley Ranch
1 C. Mayo
1 C. 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 or Food Processor 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 (yes, I mean a can of soda)
1-1 1/2 C. Brown Sugar
Place pork in crock pot. Fill with water until about half the pork is sticking out of the 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
3C. 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 12 small balls. Flatten each by rolling them out and then cook them in frying pan.**you can have 2 frying pans gong at once so they cook faster.

Spinach Salad with feta and mandarin oranges

This recipe is from my new cookbook called "The biggest loser family cookbook." I've been trying to change the way that I cook for my family without losing all the fun and taste. I really like this cookbook because it tells me how many calories for each meal and the author really knows what she's talking about. I have learned a lot and the meals are some of our favorites now!

This calls for:

14 cups loosely packed spinach leaves, stems removed

1 (10 1/2)can unsweetened mandarin oranges in juice, drained (about 1 cup)

1 1/2 ounces finely crumbled reduced-fat feta cheese

1/2 cup red onion slivers

6 tablespoons light balsamic vinaigrette ( I just use 1 1/2 tsp. olive oil and 1 Tab. Balsamic Vinegar per serving)

4 chicken breasts (cooked with salt,pepper, and garlic is how I like mine)

In a large salad bowl, combine the spinach, oranges, feta, and onion. Pour the vinaigrette over the mixture and toss. Divide the salad among 4 dinner plates or large salad bowls. Top each with Chicken. Serve.

Per Serving: 240 calories, 31 g protin, 17 g carb, 6 g fat(2 g saturated, 68 mg cholesterol, 5 g fiber, 469 g sodium.

Don't forget to add the diet cola for a special treat:)