'My daughter created this soup when she needed to use up some leftover pork,' explains Eleanor Niska from Twin Falls, Idaho. 'More water can be used for a thinner soup or less water for a noodle dish. It's good with mushroom flavored ramen noodles, too.'
No need to slave over the stove to prepare a delicious jambalaya! Toss the chicken, sausage, shrimp, vegetables, and seasonings in the slow cooker, and forget about it until dinner time.
A roux cooked to a deep reddish-brown is what gives gumbo it 's distinctive flavor. This gumbo incorporates andouille sausage, cubes of beef, crab and shrimp in a highly seasoned stew with okra.
These oven-baked meatballs are fast and easy to prepare and very kid friendly. You can serve them with pasta and spaghetti sauce or just eat them with ketchup, as my children do.