Mexican Salad & Tomatillo Dressing

Some of you asked for the recipe for the salad and dressing from Sunday dinner.  The dressing comes from a Cafe Rio Style Pork Salad and is the closest thing I've found to the real Cafe Rio dressing.  For the salad, I used 3 Costco heads of romaine lettuce and substituted 3 large roma tomatoes for the cherry tomatoes.  For the dressing, I used 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper.  Be sure to use the ranch buttermilk dressing mix (I accidentally used the regular ranch mix once and it did not turn out the same!).

MEXICAN SALAD:

2 - 3 heads romaine lettuce

1/2 cup cherry tomatoes, halved

1/2 red onion, sliced

1 cucumber, sliced

1 cup sliced black olives

2 avacados, peeled and sliced

Toss all ingredients in a large salad bowl.

TOMATILLO DRESSING (Cafe Rio Style):

1 package ranch buttermilk dressing mix

3 tomatillos

1 cup mayonnaise

1 cup buttermilk

1 cup cilantro, chopped

2 cloves garlic

1 tsp cayenne pepper (optional)

Combine all ingredients in a blender; process on high.  Chill before serving.