Red Bean and Rice with Sausage

Ingredients:
One package of Mahatma Red Beans and Rice (maroon package)
One package of whatever brand you like (we use Healthy Choice Turkey) sausage. The kind that come in the two curved links, all ready cooked.

Cut sausage up into bite sized pieces, put into pot with red beans and rice and cook with the rice. If you are like my husband, you'll saute' the sausage first and then dump it in with the rice. But I don't care about it being brown-er. =)

If you happen to make Red beans and rice from scratch. I'll gladly let you do it for me!

Menu: Aug 15-31st

A few notes first: over the past several weeks we have gone out to eat way more than normal, and then we went out of town. So I have several repeats from the last menu. Sorry about that, but I don't waste food!

Secondly, I will have to post the grocery list tomorrow night as I have gone back to work, and my time is kind of limited now. But for tomorrow, we're having red beans and rice with sausage. So all you need on the way home is: sausage (the kind that comes in the big curved two link, pre-cooked package) and mahatma's red beans and rice. Super easy meal. And that's good because I'll be nice and tired tomorrow night!

Wed, Aug 15th: Red beans and rice with sausage

Thurs, Aug 16th: BBQ Chicken Salad ( I could eat this once a week anyway, I love it!)

Fri, Aug 17th: Lemon Basil Bowties with Chicken (Rachael Ray Mag.)

Sat, Aug 18th: Pizza after Church

Sun, Aug 19th: Crockpot Spaghetti

Mon, Aug 20th: Leftover Spaghetti (Salad and bread)

Tues, Aug 21st: Tantalizingly Tangy Meatloaf

Wed, Aug 22nd: Garlic and Lime Pork Chops

Thurs, Aug 23rd: 15 min soup with Spinach, Artichokes and Tortellini with fresh bread

Fri, Aug 24th: BBQ Chicken with Mac and Cheese, Baked Beans, Salad

Sat, Aug 25th: Pizza After Church

Sun, Aug 26th: Black Bean Lasagna

Mon, Aug 27th: Black Bean Lasagna Left Overs

Tues, Aug 28th: Sandwiches and Soup

Wed, Aug 29th: Chicken Chilaquiles (yes, the ones Big Mama posted about. We had just tried them and loved them!)

Thurs, Aug 30th: Chicken Chilaquiles Left Overs

Friday, Aug 31st: Nacho Bar

**I will have to go back and link to recipes later; blogger is being very bizarre right now. In the mean time...go get the red beans and rice with sausage....easy and good!

Daddy Dinner Night

Starting with the next menu plan, we will institute Daddy Dinner Night here at the Storch house. During the summer I have all the time I want to plan and cook, but when school starts, on top of keeping the house together, having dinner help will be very nice.

Here's the scoop: One weeknight a week Terry will be in charge of dinner. I don't care if he brings something home, gives me the ingredients to pick up at the store or takes us out. So, when you see this on the menu, you'll know what's up!