Jambalaya & Baked Banana French Toast
Charla taught me how to make Jambalaya based on her recipe
(which I’m sure she adapted from somewhere but I'm still giving her all the kudos :).
2 Tb. olive oil
8 oz. sausage (I usually get turkey andouille)
~ 8 oz. chicken, cooked
1 large onion
3-5 cloves garlic
1/2 tsp. dried thyme
1/2 tsp. parsley, dried or fresh
1 1/2 c. boiling chicken stock
1 1/2 c. white rice
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
1 tsp. hot sauce
1 14 oz. can tomatoes
1 green bell pepper
2 Tb. white wine
Heat oil in saucepan. Add sausage and brown. Add chicken and
onions, cook for about 3 min. Add garlic, thyme, and parsley. Stir well, then
add stock, rice, cayenne, and hot sauce. Add bell peppers and tomatoes with
juice and break up with a spoon. Bring mixture to a boil, stir well, cover and
simmer gently 15-20 min. Stir, add white wine and cook another 5 min.
Charla was very good at walking me through everything but
I’m not sure if I could do this again without Charla, or without getting
totally overwhelmed and frustrated. However, I am feeling more comfortable in
the kitchen and tackling recipes with more than four steps or ingredients.
Also, the basics of doing this meal project, such as cooking
chicken and sausage was really useful. I also learned how to appropriately cut
vegetables and chicken and it’s these basic cooking skills that are really
necessary to learn.
As always I had a fun time and the food turned out really
delicious! Success! Next time I would cut down the quantity being made since
Ansell and I ate jambalaya basically everyday for 5 days straight.
Baked Banana French Toast
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| Before being baked |
I am a huge breakfast fan and my latent cooking skills
always shine when I do breakfast. I found this amazing recipe from Bakerella’s
awesome website and couldn’t wait to try it! I wasn’t disappointed!
This is a fairly simple breakfast food that has a few things
that make it a favorite:
* It is in a contained baking tray which makes it
o -Easy
cooking and cleaning
o -Reduces
possible burning
o -All
pieces were warm when we ate since it was all cooked together
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| After the oven time |
*It involves bananas. I love bananas baked in
breakfast stuff.
*It needs to chill so it’s perfect for making the
night before.
*Look how photogenic it is!
This is such a winner! Will definitely make it again!
The Art Festival was huge and extended several blocks down King St and traffic was blocked off. They had various different artists but I was only impressed/interested in about 5 of them. 
However, I was really glad that we get to have events like this and throughly enjoyed myself!
