Cafe Rio Recipes - Copycat

Cafe Rio is a popular restaurant that I have never been too. But I have had these recipes and they are awesome. If you want to impress someone for dinner, serve them this! You can get all the recipes at Favorite Family Recipes. We use chicken instead of pork (pigs are gross) and we love the rice too.

Black Bean Soup - Kinda

Directions

2-3 cans black beans (do not drain)

2 cans chicken broth

1 tsp. salt

3 cups cooked rice

avacado, sliced

grated cheese

tortilla chips, crushed

sour cream

Ingredients

1. Blend together the black beans with one of the cans chicken broth.
   
2. Add black bean mixture, other can of chicken broth, and salt to a large pan.
   
3. Cook on medium heat until nice and hot. (You don't need to bring it to a boil). In individual bowls, layer the rice, then the soup, then the other toppings.

Serves 4-6

For some reason it really grosses me out not to rinse the black beans. So I rinse them, which makes this less soupy which is how we like it. It is awesome topped with tortilla chips, cheese and slices of avocado.

Recipe from Favorite Family Recipes.

Pizza Bowties

Ingredients
1 lb. Italian sausage ( or pepperoni or other Pizza type meat)
1 lb. Bowtie pasta
2 cans Fire roasted tomatoes, lightly drained
1 green pepper, chopped
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced (my tomatoes had garlic so I skipped this)
1 tsp. basil
1 tsp. oregano
1/2 cup mozzarella, shredded
1/2 cup Parmesan

Directions

1. Cook the pasta according to the package directions.
2. Brown the sausage with the onion, garlic and green pepper. Drain and rinse under hot water.
3. Put the meat back in the skillet and add the tomatoes and seasonings.
4. When the pasta is cooked and drained, mix it with the sauce and cheese.

Serves 6-8 people

Recipe from Eat at Home.