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Lazy Man's Red Beans and Rice

Lazy Man's Red Beans and Rice

1 envelope onion soup mix
1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning (may also be labeled Soul Seasoning)
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 lb. dry small red beans or kidney beans
1 lb. smoked sausage, thinly sliced or cross-cut into quarter-circle wedges
6 cups water

1 or 2 cups of raw white rice
Chicken broth (optional)

Mix it all together in a slow cooker and let it simmer on High for 6 hours. Stir for 2 minutes before serving (this purees some of the beans and thickens the mixture).

In your rice cooker, cook up 1 cup of raw rice if you're serving this as a side dish or 2 cups as a main course. Substitute chicken broth for water if desired as an added flavor kick.

For a side dish, stir the cooked rice into the sausage and bean mixture. As a main course, ladle the mixture over a bed of rice.

Now, are you planning to make cornbread to go along with this? Say no more! Be right over! :)
 

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Lazier Man's Complete and Highly Nutritious Dinner:

1 Phone
1 Wad of crumpled bills
1 Phone book

First, look in the phone book for the nearest Chinese take-out place. Next, dial the number as it appers in the book on the phone. Then order one from column A and two from column B. Wait 20-40 minutes, depending on altitude. Answer doorbell, pay delivery man with wad of crumpled bills, being careful to tip generously. Open package carefully, as it may be hot. Stuff your lazy butt.

Rob
 

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Even Lazier Person's Meal.

Look at husband/wife/life partner/neighbour with hollow, empty eyes. Clutch stomach and let out small whine.

Await service.


Failing that cereal's always a winner with me.
 

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It's not enough that I have to write, I have to eat too?

j/k

How about some popcorn made by the kind folks here at AW? :popcorn:
 

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:snoopy: ...Rob...we would make great roomies....my kind of guy.:Trophy:
 

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Nivvie said:
Even Lazier Person's Meal.
Look at husband/wife/life partner/neighbour with hollow, empty eyes. Clutch stomach and let out small whine.
Await service.

That may seem lazy, but the initial attraction and later care and tending of said "other" can be very non-writing-time-consuming.

Not to mention it can take a long time.

Then you gotta train 'em. Even more non-writing-time-consuming.

I'm with Rob-go with the Food Escorts and tip highly so you're at the top of the route. Which allows for more writing-time and therefore more income-earning.
 

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Our idea of "take-out" around these parts (since nobody delivers here) is to take a gun out into the back yard and shoot something, then clean it and cook it, of course. I don't do those first two though, that's my husband's "job."
 
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poppyhullings said:
Our idea of "take-out" around these parts (since nobody delivers here) is to take a gun out into the back yard and shoot something, then clean it and cook it, of course.

Remind me not to move in next door; I'd hate to drop by for "dinner."
 

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Oven-Baked BBQ Chicken

Prep time: 5 mins.

Place chicken peices (whatever you're preference) into a baking pan. Pour favorite flavored BBQ over chicken and cover with foil. Place dish into oven, set at 375. Rinse potatoes and place in oven. Let cook for 45 minutes. (Continue writing while food cooks itself).

Serve with pre-packaged salad and microwave-nuked veggies of your preference.

Pretend you are exhausted when serving family. They will feel guilty and clean up for you. ;)
 

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Cook? :eek:


Okay, okay...Yes, I cook.

Here's one of my fav recipes to use when I don't have much time:

1 lb of smoked sausage, sliced however thick you want it.

Take about 2lbs of frozen stir-fry veggies (or whatever veggie combo you like), and cook according to directions.

Add the sausage just before done.

Quick-cooking rice, with 1 tbs ginger (up to 5 servings-worth), slivered almonds, optional.

mix 1/4 c teriaki, or soy sauce with a dash of tobascco and a bit of garlic (to taste), and a pinch of cornstarch.

Pour into the sausage veggie mix, and toss well so everything is covered.

Serve the stir-fry on top of the rice.

Chill the left-overs.
 

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That is exactly my quickie fav. Just make sure it's Kielbasa sausage [slurp]
 

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rtilryarms said:
That is exactly my quickie fav. Just make sure it's Kielbasa sausage [slurp]

uh...settle down guys we're taling about dinner favorites ....OK?
 

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poppyhullings said:
Oh yeah, and there's always roadkill. :D

Where I live, that would mean hedgehog. Would make a change from chicken I suppose.

:horse: (Imagine this as rather a large hedgehog. With no spikes)
 

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rtilryarms said:
That is exactly my quickie fav. Just make sure it's Kielbasa sausage [slurp]

I'm weird, I like the smoked sausage better than kielbasa. But sometimes I'll use the CAJUN smoked. *EG*
 

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"Oh yeah, and there's always roadkill."

Funny you should mention that Poppy. Hubby was miffed at me a couple of weeks ago for now telling him there was fresh road-kill available. But honestly, it was 6a.m. I didn't figure he wanted to get up, get dressed, go load the animal, then skin it and cut it up by himself, also, I didn't think I killed it. I stopped the car, a few feet up when there was a place to pull over and checked the car out. Looked like minor damage there, glanced back toward where the deer would be, didn't see it, figured I'd just hit the back of it and it countinued on it's way. Of course the fact it was still dark could explain why I didn't see a brown animal lying dead in the ditch of brown dirt, and weeds.

A couple of days later when I 'fessed up about hitting the animal he looked at me with that look, "where?" I told him he nodded, "you were the one huh? You killed it you know"?

"No, I didn't."

"Yep. Saw it in the ditch when I went to town yesterday." Then he looked at me and said, "why didn't you call me?"

Oh, did I mention we already have plenty of venison (that's road kill for you squeamish people) in the freezer from the hunting season that just ended a couple of months ago.

Nita
 

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robeiae said:
Lazier Man's Complete and Highly Nutritious Dinner:

1 Phone
1 Wad of crumpled bills
1 Phone book

First, look in the phone book for the nearest Chinese take-out place. Next, dial the number as it appers in the book on the phone. Then order one from column A and two from column B. Wait 20-40 minutes, depending on altitude. Answer doorbell, pay delivery man with wad of crumpled bills, being careful to tip generously. Open package carefully, as it may be hot. Stuff your lazy butt.

Rob

This made me spit moo shu chicken on the screen. :roll:
 

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Okay, this one is super simple and will fool your family into thinking you spent some quality time in the kitchen.

Quick Italian Chicken
You need:

1 package of chicken (breasts, wings, legs, whatever you prefer)
1 package of Good Seasons Italian Dressing mix
cooked rice

Just mix up the Italian Dressing according to the package, EXCEPT instead of using the required 1/2 cup of oil, replace it with 1/4 cup of oil, and add an additional 1/2 cup of water.

Pour mixture over chicken (I remove the skin, but that's a personal preference) and bake. (Probably 30-40 minutes at 350, depending on the size of your chicken pieces.)

Serve chicken and sauce over the rice. (A little fresh broccoli zapped in the microwave goes great with this.)

P.S. If you really want to be lazy, just buy a small bottle of ready-made Italian Dressing, any brand, and pour that over the chicken instead.
 
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