We have an excellent recipe for sausage, black eyed peas and rice. I like it. Michael really likes it. The kids, however...
Luke will actually eat it. With a spoon, he manages to move the rice from his plate to his mouth. Somehow when he is done eating, his plate contains only tomato pieces.
Amanda loves eating the sausages (my little meatatarian!) but isn't really excited about the rest. She spent much of dinner gathering the black eyed peas into a pile and saying that they were sheep, gathered in a cozy bed, snuggling up next to each other. I wanted her to eat them, but she informed me that she didn't eat sheep. She would eat it if I put spoonfuls into her mouth, but only if they contained no tomatoes or onions.
Eleanor dislikes the entire dish. Finally, after about 35 minutes she managed to choke down one small sausage round (about the side of a quarter). She puts it in her mouth and chews for about 5 minutes (does she realize that she is prolonging the agony?). She will eat 6 and 1/3 spoonfuls (that's how old she is) but only if she first examines them for tomatoes and onions. She is very thorough in her examination, and some of the spoonful inevitably falls off the spoon, too bad!
It's a very good dish. It is very hard to feed it to the kids. Michael asked if we could have it again next week...maybe if he comes home early for dinner! =)
(original recipe from Cooking Light. I'd put a link in, but the link seems to be broken. Search for black eyed peas and rice with andouille sausage. I've modified it by making it significantly less spicy and using regular rice, rather than quick cooking rice.)
Sausage, Black Eyed Peas and Rice
1 c white rice
2 1/2 c water
1 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 medium chopped onion
1 clove crushed garlic
12 oz mild Italian chicken sausages, cut into small rounds (use pre-cooked kind, like Amy's)
1/2 tsp Cajun seasoning (I used Paul Prudhomme's poultry seasoning, I couldn't find Cajun)
1 c chicken broth
1 15-oz can diced tomatoes
1 15-oz can black eyed peas
Put rice and water in microwaveable dish, microwave for 10 minutes.
Heat olive oil, cook onion and garlic for about 2 minutes. Add sausages, cook for 3-4 minutes more. Add seasoning, cook for 1 minute more. Add broth, tomatoes and peas. Add rice and cook until rice is cooked, about 10 more minutes.
Luke will actually eat it. With a spoon, he manages to move the rice from his plate to his mouth. Somehow when he is done eating, his plate contains only tomato pieces.
Amanda loves eating the sausages (my little meatatarian!) but isn't really excited about the rest. She spent much of dinner gathering the black eyed peas into a pile and saying that they were sheep, gathered in a cozy bed, snuggling up next to each other. I wanted her to eat them, but she informed me that she didn't eat sheep. She would eat it if I put spoonfuls into her mouth, but only if they contained no tomatoes or onions.
Eleanor dislikes the entire dish. Finally, after about 35 minutes she managed to choke down one small sausage round (about the side of a quarter). She puts it in her mouth and chews for about 5 minutes (does she realize that she is prolonging the agony?). She will eat 6 and 1/3 spoonfuls (that's how old she is) but only if she first examines them for tomatoes and onions. She is very thorough in her examination, and some of the spoonful inevitably falls off the spoon, too bad!
It's a very good dish. It is very hard to feed it to the kids. Michael asked if we could have it again next week...maybe if he comes home early for dinner! =)
(original recipe from Cooking Light. I'd put a link in, but the link seems to be broken. Search for black eyed peas and rice with andouille sausage. I've modified it by making it significantly less spicy and using regular rice, rather than quick cooking rice.)
Sausage, Black Eyed Peas and Rice
1 c white rice
2 1/2 c water
1 Tbsp olive oil
1/2 medium chopped onion
1 clove crushed garlic
12 oz mild Italian chicken sausages, cut into small rounds (use pre-cooked kind, like Amy's)
1/2 tsp Cajun seasoning (I used Paul Prudhomme's poultry seasoning, I couldn't find Cajun)
1 c chicken broth
1 15-oz can diced tomatoes
1 15-oz can black eyed peas
Put rice and water in microwaveable dish, microwave for 10 minutes.
Heat olive oil, cook onion and garlic for about 2 minutes. Add sausages, cook for 3-4 minutes more. Add seasoning, cook for 1 minute more. Add broth, tomatoes and peas. Add rice and cook until rice is cooked, about 10 more minutes.
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