Dirty, Dirty, Dirty Rice

This one's easier than the one from the box.

Chicken stock. Rice (three quarters of a cup of uncooked rice per person). Onion, Green Pepper, Celery (Remember the Holy Trinity of Cajun Cooking?).

A quarter pound of hamburger for each person.

Bring the stock to boiling, add the hamburger and boil for 5 minutes. Add the veggies and the rice.  If you have any smoked sausage left, cut it up and throw it in. Bring it back to a boil.

Now make it dirty: add a teaspoon of black pepper, a half teaspoon of Cajun Seasoning and a tablespoon of parsley.

When it has boiled for 10 minutes, turn it down to low, cover it, let it think about the many ways it wants to be consumed by your love -- of good food.

When the stock is soaked up, when the beef is done, when the veggies are sighing as if they've discovered chocolate for the first time, it's ready. Serve it with French bread and a merlot.

Sorry it was so late in the day; Her Majesty the Cat was on for the vet today and it proved a struggle. I won, I think, but I'm certain she thinks she won. I won't argue; she'd win.

Tomorrow: Jambalaya and a history lesson 

See ya' round the watercooler.

-Chrissie