Sweet Pork Salad<\/strong> Tomatillo Ranch Dressing<\/strong> Combine all ingredients in a blender. Blend well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Sweet Pork Tacos Sweet Pork Enchiladas Sweet Pork Nachos Sweet Pork Burrito Sorry if you are getting a little tired of all this sweet pork stuff. But hey, its what’s going down around here lately. And we, at least, are having fun with it. Everyone should experience this at least once. If you are looking for the post with the recipe for the pork, rice, etc. . . its here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I think I’ve gotten a little out of control in this quest to perfect my Costa Vida burrito recipe. I need some serious help. . . really, its borderline obsession here. We had some friends over a few nights ago, and I thought it would be fun to try a whole array of Costa Vida […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-life","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n(flour tortilla, black beans, rice, sweet pork, green leaf lettuce, pico, grated Parmesan cheese, tortilla strips, dressing)<\/em>
\nWe attempted to make the tortilla strips but cutting corn tortillas into strips and frying them in oil. It kind of worked.
\nThe dressing used on the salad is the Tomatillo Ranch Dressing (recipe found here<\/a>, and listed below)
\n![](\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03.04_salad.png\")
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\n1 Buttermilk Ranch Mix packet.
\n2 cups mayo
\n2 cups buttermilk (or 1 cup sour cream and 1 cup milk)
\n2 tomatillos
\n1 jalapeno, seeded
\n1\/2 – 1 bunch cilantro, chopped
\n1 Tbs lime juice
\n1 clove garlic, crushed<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>(corn tortillas, sweet pork, lettuce, and pico – served with cilantro-lime rice and black beans)<\/em>
\n![](\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03.04_taco.png\")
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\n<\/strong>(corn tortillas, sweet pork, and Monterey jack cheese – smothered with green chili enchilada sauce – served with rice and beans)<\/em>
\n![](\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03.04_enchilada.png\")
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\n<\/strong>(tortilla chips, black beans, sweet pork, and Monterey jack cheese – heat to melt cheese – serve with pico, sour cream, and guacamole)<\/em>
\n![](\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03.04_nachos.png\")
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\n<\/strong>(flour tortilla, black beans, cilantro lime rice, sweet pork, Monterey Jack cheese, green chili enchilada sauce – smothered with additional sauce and cheese – served with green leaf lettuce and pico de gallo )<\/em>
\n![](\"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03.04_burrito.png\")
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