Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Breakfast
Vanilla yogurt with fresh strawberries

Dinner
Jambalaya

Recipes:

JAMBALAYA
This is really easy and good.

2 Tbs. peanut oil
1 large onion, chopped
1 1/2 green bell peppers, chopped
4 large stalks celery, chopped
3 cloves garlic, minced
28-oz. can diced tomatoes, with juice
4 c. defatted seasoned chicken stock (1 c. of this can be replaced by water)
2 c. diced ham
1/2 to 1 tsp. thyme leaves
2 bay leaves
1 c. uncooked long-grain rice
1/2 lb. cooked shelled shrimp (about 40 per lb.)
3 Tbs. chopped fresh parsley
a couple good splashes of Worcestershire sauce
a couple good splashes of Tabasco sauce

Pour the peanut oil into a large stockpot. In the oil, saute the onion, green pepper, celery, and garlic until tender.
Add tomatoes, chicken stock, ham, thyme, and bay leaves. Simmer, covered, about half an hour.
Add the rice and simmer, covered, 20 minutes.
Add the shrimp, parsley, Worcestershire, and Tabasco and simmer, covered, another 20 minutes.

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