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Louisiana Classic Supper




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Recipe Introduction


Red Beans with Sausage
Rice
Tossed Salad
Easy Fresh Fruit Salad
Serve this Louisiana classic over rice with a tossed salad. Fresh
fruit
salad makes a refreshing end to the meal.




List of Ingredients




RED BEANS WITH SAUSAGE
Preparation time: 25 minutes
Total time: 60 to 70 minutes
4 servings
1 pound andouille, kielbasa, or other pork sausage, or lite turkey
smoked
sausage, cut into 1/2-inch slices
2 tablespoons CRISCO Oil *
2 celery stalks, chopped
1 large onion, peeled and diced
1 large green bell pepper, seeds and ribs removed, and chopped
2 teaspoons jarred minced garlic (or 1 large garlic clove, peeled and
minced)
2 cans (1 pound each) kidney beans, drained and rinsed
2 cups water
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1/2 to 1 teaspoon hot red pepper sauce
1/2 teaspoon salt
Rice (optional)

Heat 3-quart saucepan on medium-high heat. Add sausage. Cook 3 minutes,
or
until lightly brown. Remove sausage from pan with slotted spoon.
Discard
drippings from pan.
Reduce heat to medium. Add Crisco Oil to pan, along with celery, onion,
green pepper and garlic. Sauté 3 minutes, or until onions are
translucent.
Add beans, water, bay leaves, Italian seasoning, hot red pepper sauce
and
salt to pan. Return sausage to pan. Bring to boil.
Simmer mixture 30 to 45 minutes, or until thick. Stir occasionally.
Discard
bay leaves. Serve immediately over rice.

Note: The beans can be prepared up to three days in advance and
refrigerated
tightly covered with plastic wrap. Reheat in microwave oven or in oven
at
300ºF for 25 minutes. Sausage can be omitted to make this a vegetarian
entree.

EASY FRESH FRUIT SALAD
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Total time: 10 minutes
4 servings
1/4 cup SMUCKER'S Orange Marmalade or SMUCKER'S Apricot Jam
1/4 cup orange juice
2 seedless oranges, peeled and cut into sections
2 plums, pitted and sliced
1/4 pound seedless green grapes
1 ripe banana, peeled and sliced

Combine Smucker's Orange Marmalade or Smucker's Apricot Jam and orange
juice
Stir well.
Place oranges, plums, grapes and banana in mixing bowl. Toss with
dressing.
Serve immediately or chill.
Bay leaves are used in many dishes. They must be discarded after
cooking
since their flavor is bitter if eaten. If you tie a piece of kitchen
string
to the stem of bay leaves, it's easier to find them when the dish is
cooked.

For fluffier rice, try sautiing your rice in a few tablespoons of
Crisco Oil
on medium heat before adding the water.

If you use a citrus fruit such as an orange in your fruit salad, fruits
like
bananas and apples will not discolor. Squeeze the orange juice right
over
the other fruits, and add the pulp to the salad.

Let the kids rinse and tear the salad greens into small pieces.



Recipe



Dinner Game PlanShopping List

1. Start Red Beans with Sausage
2. Cook rice
3. Prepare tossed salad
4. Prepare fruit salad

1 bunch celery
1 large onion
1 large green bell pepper
Jarred minced garlic or 1 large garlic clove
Lettuce and other favorite salad ingredients
2 seedless oranges
2 plums
1/4 pound seedless green grapes
1 banana
Orange juice
1 pound andouille, kielbasa, or other smoked sausage
Crisco Oil
Bay leaves
Italian seasoning
Hot red pepper sauce
1 pound can kidney beans
White rice
Italian salad dressing
Orange marmalade