Honey Balsamic Glazed Pork Tenderloin

1-4 pork tenderloins

4 cloves garlic chopped
1 Tbs. chopped, fresh rosemary
1/2 C. balsamic vinegar
3-4 Tbs. honey
2 Tbs. olive oil
1 Tbs. dijon mustard
salt and pepper to taste

Mix ingredients for the glaze.
Set aside a small amount of glaze in a bowl for later.
Brown pork on all sides in a saute pan for about 5 mins.
Place pork in a 9x13 pan and pour sauce on top.
Bake at 400 degrees for 30-45 mins.
Brush reserved glaze on top or serve on the side.
Slice pork and serve with garlic mashed potatoes (and enjoy that nice breath later on).

Recipe from my sis Amy.

Shredded Smoked Kahlua Pork

• Pork loin
• Kosher salt
• Liquid Smoke (I found it at Walmart in a 4 oz. bottle- it goes a long way)
• Banana leaves or plastic wrap
• Aluminum foil

Rub the pork loin with kosher salt and sprinkle with liquid smoke. If you have banana leaves available, wrap them with the leaves. Otherwise, plastic wrap works ok. After wrapping in plastic wrap or leaves, wrap with aluminum foil. Place in 9 x 13 cake pan or broiling pan and bake at 200 degrees overnight (10-12 hrs). Take out of oven and shred the pork—do not discard the liquid! Enjoy!

This recipe is from Mandy H. care of Camie M. Super good!

Cafe Rio taste-alike Recipes

Shredded Pork

• 3-4 pounds pork loin
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 bottle red taco sauce
• 1 Tablespoon cumin
• 1 can Coke

- Cook pork on low in crock pot with water covering 1/2 of pork for 6 hours or until able to shred.

- 3 hours before serving, drain liquid off pork and add coke, taco sauce, brown sugar and cumin.

- Continue to cook for approximately 3 more hours.

Rice

• white rice
• chicken broth
• chopped cilantro
• chopped white onions
• lime juice

- You get to experiment on the portion sizes. Cook the rice in chicken broth instead of water with cilantro, onions, and lime juice.

Tomatillo Dressing

• 2/3 cup mayo
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 T. lime juice
• 1 T. cumin
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. pepper
• 1 package dry ranch dressing
• 3 tomatillos

- mix all ingredients in a blender and serve over salad.

Salsa

• 6 tomatoes diced
• 1 green pepper diced
• 1 onion chopped
• 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
• 1 T. lime juice
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 mango diced (can use peaches)

(thanks to my friend Kelli for these great recipes)