Red Beans and Rice with Andouille Sausage for my Brother

So, my brother left me a message asking for my recipe for Red Beans & Rice with Andouille Sausage and I just had to laugh because it's one of the easiest dishes I put together.

And so Mark, (and Shelly) here it is...

1 pkg of Zatarain's Red Beans and Rice
2 links of Aidell's Cajun Style Andouille Sausage

Follow directions on Zatarain's package of rice.
Note: I usually slice the Andouille sausage and brown it a little before I add it to the rice.
One package of rice with the sausage will serve 3 or 4 people. You will have to double the amounts for 6-8 people.

And that's the recipe. Enjoy!

Dinner Last Night

Appetizer... Spinach & Mushroom Pinwheels



















Grilled Shrimp with Rice Pilaf and Grilled Vegetable Ratatouille

Saturday in the Backyard

It was such a beautiful and warm today. Frank and I spent the day in the backyard listening to KKSF and reading our books. Very relaxing and peaceful -- a perfect Saturday.

This morning we went to Summerwinds to pick up some annuals, potting mix and pots. I'm going to do container gardens again and Frank is going to transplant some plants that have become root-bound in their pots. We decided to save that "work" for tomorrow, though.

It's nice to have a backyard that we can use as an outdoor room during the warm weather season. We had our lunch out there and we are having dinner out there too.

This weekend is the Sunnyvale Art & Wine Festival downtown. I'm working in our company booth at 1 o'clock tomorrow. It will probably be a busy, warm day tomorrow...

Dinner Downtown

Ever since the weather turned nice, Frank and I have been walking to downtown for dinner. It's so nice that historic Murphy Ave with all of its restaurants and funky shops is so close to our house. Last week we had dinner at Il Postale and this week we had dinner at Dish Dash . It was so nice, that we sat at one of the outside tables. As usual, the food and service was just excellent! That place always seems to do brisk business. Even during the dot-com bust it always seemed that place was doing okay.

It's so nice having this standing "date" with my husband. I look forward to our Thursday night dinners downtown.