Starving Student Sausage Jambalaya

Total time: 35 minutes
Serves 6 people
Calories: 450 per serving
Source: unknown


Ingredients

• 4 Italian sausages, coarsely chopped
• 19-ounce can undrained tomatoes
• 1 1/2 cups uncooked long-grain rice
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp dry mustard
• 1/2 tsp thyme
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 1/4 tsp cayenne (optional)
• 1 sweet pepper or zucchini, chopped

Directions:

1. Place a large saucepan over medium-high heat.
2. Cook sausages until brown, about 8 minutes; drain fat.
3. Add tomatoes, including juice.  Fill the can with water and add to pan.
4. Stir in rice and spices.
5. Cover and bring to a boil, then immediately reduce heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring once, halfway through.
6. Stir in pepper or zucchini; simmer for 5 minutes more.

This recipe takes me back!  I made this countless times in the kitchen at Laval University in Quebec City in the late 1990s.  My boyfriend at the time loved it and it kept us both fed for ages - cheaply too.  It was the perfect meal for those long, cold Quebec nights.  I thought I had lost the recipe, but I recently rediscovered it and cooked up a batch in the Blackford Island kitchen.  Still delicious!  I used to leave out the veggie at the end, but now I know better and it was perfectly delicious with a pepper thrown into it.