Gumbo

Warning: I didn't have okra available when I made this, so if you chose to follow this recipe, be prepared to defend this dish's gumbo-ness.

Ingredients:

3 celery stalks

1 onion, chopped

1 red pepper, chopped

1 tomato, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 cups vegetable broth

3 links sausage (I used a spicy chicken sausage)

1 1/2 cup cooked white beans

2 cups cooked rice (I used brown)

2 T flour

2 T chopped parsley

2 T Worcestershire sauce

1/2 ts Cajun seasoning

1 dash salt & pepper

Preparation:

In baking dish, drizzle sausage with olive oil, salt and pepper. Bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes.

In deep frying pan, sautee onion, garlic, celery and red pepper for 3-4 minutes. Add parsley, cajun seasoning, Worcestershire sauce and salt & pepper. Cover with vegetable broth. Bring to a boil, turn heat to low and cover for 15 minutes or until vegetables are soft. Add tomatoes and beans.

Remove sausage from baking dish, slice and add to pan. Add 2 T vegetable broth and 2 T flour to baking dish to make gravy from dish drippings. Add to pan to thicken. Let simmer for 5 minutes.

Spoon over rice. Parsley to garnish.