Italian Sausage & Veggies with Uncle Ben's Long Grain Rice (perfection for kids)

Recipe Title: Italian Sausage & Veggies with Uncle Ben's Long Grain Rice (perfection for kids - please click here to go directly to my YouTube channel)

Note:  this dish can be converted to a vegetarian dish by omitting the sausages and adding tofu or more vegetables.

By: Miriam Borys

Yield:  6  servings

Ingredients:

3 potatoes
1 ½ onions - small
3-4 carrots
1 cup zucchini
1 cup Uncle Ben’s Long Grain Perfection Rice
2 cups water
1 can tomato soup
1 can diced tomatoes
7 or more Italian sausage (I used mild for the kids but hot sausage works well too) If your family or friends desire more meat add 2 sausages per person as they always want more.

Wash all vegetables, but do not peel if the vegetables are fresh from the garden or your local market garden. In winter I find the carrots have to be peeled.
Using a sharp knife or a mandoline* slices all vegetables into dics.

 Start the layering: potatoes (salt and pepper these if desired), onions, carrots, zucchini.
Add rice, tomato soup and diced tomatoes.
Add water and sausages at the top.
Cover and bake for 1 ½ hours at 350 F (176 C) in the center of the oven.
Remove and serve hot.  This dish tastes delicious as a leftover and great for lunches.

*A mandoline is a cooking utensil used for slicing and for cutting; with suitable attachments for dicing, julienne, and slices for scalloped potatoes

Chef Miriam Borys, B.Ed., MA.
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