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For those of you that LOVE baking, you must go to this site and check out her baked goodies. She is also giving away The Lady & Sons Just Desserts cookbook. Here is the link to her site: http://www.cincycandybar.blogspot.com/

I must apologize for not blogging lately but life has gone crazy. My youngest son became engaged to the adorable Miss Elizabeth on April 4th, so we are in wedding planning mode. Plus I just haven't been cooking as much. I do have another recipe to post and I will try to get to that a little later today if I can.

Today I hope to get some scrapping done and maybe, just maybe, a fabulous dinner knocked out! BUT it's hard for me to do both...if I'm making some great headway on a project in my scrapping room, it's just too hard to tear myself away! lol

Hugs!

Shrimp Jambalaya

Here is yet another family favorite!!

Shrimp Jambalaya

2 TBSP olive oil
3 lbs andouille sausage (kielbasa if you can't find andouille), halved lengthwise and sliced about 1/2" thick
1 yellow onion, minced
1 bell pepper, diced
2 cups uncooked long-grain rice
1 tsp salt
1 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp ground red pepper
77 oz Chicken Broth (about 2 of the 32 oz cartons + 1 14 oz can)
1 large can diced tomatoes, undrained
1 lbs shrimp, peeled & deveined
1/4 tsp hot sauce
2 TBSP chopped fresh parsley

Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium high heat. Add kielbasa and cook for about 5 minutes. Add onion and bell pepper and saute for another 5 minutes. Add rice; saute 2 minutes. Add salt, thyme, black pepper and red pepper; saute 1 minute. Add broth and tomatoes; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes, or until rice is tender. Stir in shrimp and hot sauce; cover and cook 5 minutes or until shrimp are done. Remove from heat; stir in parsley.