1 post tagged “vegetarian”

a couple of months back we went to New Orleans.  my first trip there. it was fun and depressing at once.  I still have hundreds of pictures to sort through: several posts worth.
is true what they say:  NOLA is an eater's paradise.  just not a vegetarian's paradise.  most of my time there I took my nourishment in liquid form.  walking the Quarter with a beer in each hand is a good way to get the spirit of the place.  and our hotel had a nice bar and cool barkeep. 

*ahem* back to the food issue:  the one thing that drove me crazy was the omnipresence of red beans and sausage everywhere. with andouille sausage, natch.  I didn't ask for a vegetarian version as I suspect that may be a fast way to get run out of town.  ;P

I wanted to recreate red beans and sausage at home. so armed with a package of mam papaul's red beans seasoning, I set out to desecrate a cajun classic.

first you get your beans        and                                                                                                         soak'em

Red beans

Soak

the next day the beans look like this.                                                                                     drain'em

Drain

Next day

let steve inspect'em       

Inspector

                                               and taste'em      

Taster

cover the beans with
water, about 2 inches over the beans

Boil

and bring to a boil.  cook at a low boil until beans are soft. ~ 2 hours

Boiling

now, get onions and sausage

Sausage and onion

as these are vegetarian, I used boca italian sausages           tasty.



chop the onion

Chopped onions

                                                                    and the sausage

Chopped sausages

Add sausage and onions

add the sausage and onions

to the beans








then, get the seasoning mix 
                                                                                                                                     

Mampaul's red bean seasoning

    and add it to the pot

All together

cook for another 15 minutes or so and serve

Served

don't look like much, but was this ever good!   vegan as prepared.   I suppose rice would be nice, but it was great as is