Costa vida salad

This blog has the rice, chicken, beans, and  tomatillo dressing. Delicious!!!

Original recipe  Cooking with Mandy

Rice:
4c water
2 cloves of garlic
2t of chicken bouillon
Boil for a minute, then add 2c of brown rice, cook 40 min, then add 1-2t lime juice, 1/2c cilantro

Black Beans:
soak over nite
cook in crockpot for 3-4 hours
Then add 1-2 cloves of garlic, 1t cumin, 1/2c tomatoes/or salsa/or tomato sauce, salt, add right b4 you serve cilantro

I love to make the dressing, beans, and rice in bulk then freeze and pull out when I need it

Tomatillo Salad Dressing
From Mandy

3 fresh quartered tomatillos (or La Victoria-Mild green salsa)
juice of 1 lime
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup mayonnaise (can subsititute plain yogurt)
1/2 cup sour cream (not totally necessary)
1 pkg. ranch buttermilk dressing mix
1/2 bunch of fresh cilantro
4 green onions, cut into chunks
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
4 tsp sugar

With the lime i like to cut off the peel and cut it in half and put it in the blender.Combine all ingredients in a blender; mix well. Refrigerate for at least an hour before serving.

Serve with Costa Vida Salad or Chicken Taquitos

One blogger said instead of tomatillos you can substitute- Green Salsa, La Victoria-Mild (pictured) is completely mild, whereas Herdez is much more spicy. I prefer La Victoria, as I get all of the flavor of the tomatillos but I control the level of heat with the hot sauce.