the poor man's jambalaya

My sister studied in Seville, Spain as part of her college experience and adopted this recipe for a simple, smorgasbord of a meal.  I was only lucky enough to stumble upon making it when chatting with her on the phone a few years ago with the common "what should I make for dinner" question between sisters.  All you need are a few pantry items - hot dogs, eggs, rice, ketchup & a little onion for flavor.  When you're going gourmet with it you can elaborate on these items like I did - chicken & apple sausage, whole grain brown rice, sauteed garlic & onion, and some peas for a little green.  The only trick to this simple recipe is timing all of the different elements to come together at the same time. 

I started by boiling the rice, the peas & sauteing the garlic & white onion so that these flavors could start to marinate. 

Then, while the chicken apple sausage were grilling on the outdoor Foreman the scrambled eggs went on the stove. 

 

I used 4 eggs, plus 2 egg whites to create more volume without the added cholesterol.  Once the eggs were thoroughly cooked, they were added to the sausage, peas & rice mixture. 

 Stir it all up, and you've got yourself a well balanced meal plus a few indulgences all in a single bowl!

 I had to add a little ketchup for that perfect amount of tang.  It sounds gross at first, but once you try all of these flavors together, you'll have to agree.