Word to the wise: if you don't like spicy, limit the amount of creole seasoning you use and the type of andouille you put in the dish. The andouille I used made the dish even spicier, although I rather enjoyed it. I think this will go into my arsenal, it was too easy!
In honor of Fat Tuesday, we had a little red beans and rice courtesy of Southern Living last night for dinner. I am a big fan of slow cooker meals because, well, you throw things in a pot before you leave for the day and come home to dinner. Obviously this looked better over rice in a pretty little bowl, but it looks like a slow cooker full of goodness to me. I personally thought this beat pre-packaged red beans and rice mixes to pieces. Better yet, you get to control the salt content and quality of the ingredients used. Here's the recipe:
The little man is recovering from surgery on Friday to put in tubes and remove his adenoids... Our ENT remarked, "That was a lot of infection in one little kid!" So hopefully we are on the mend... hopefully our child will be able to breathe out of his nose for the first time since he was 2 months old, and will lose the cough he's had since last April, and will be able to close his mouth every once in a while. Hopefully. He is definitely hearing better, that's for sure, and seems to feel like a million bucks.
