Cost: $6.71 Prep Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

1 smoked sausage (14-16 oz), 2 onions, 1 large green pepper, 2 cups Instant Rice, 2 cans black beans

Cooking Instructions

Sausage and Peppers (10 minutes)

Peel 2 onions and cut into large 1 inch chunks.

Take the green pepper, cut in half, remove the seeds and the stem, and cut into 1/2 inch strips

Cut your sausage into 1/2 inch circles. Get large frying pan/skillet. Spray with cooking spray and turn heat on medium high. Drop sausages, peppers and onions into skillet and cook about 5-8 minutes.  (Note: since your sausage is "fully cooked" you are just heating it up and combining the flavors of the sausage, onions and peppers)

Rice (10 minutes)

Pour 2 cups hot water into small pot and bring to a boil.

When boiling, pour 2 cups instant rice into pot and add salt and pepper for seasoning.

Place lid on pot and wait 5 minutes for rice to cook.

When rice is done you can combine rice with sausage and peppers or serve it on the side

Black Beans (2 minutes)

Pour 2 cans black beans into microwave-safe bowl and place in microwave for 2 minutes.

Cost of Meal

1 16oz Smoked Sausage $2.49 

2 Onions (10 onions in $3.00 3 lb bag) $0.60

1 Green Pepper $1.19

2 cans Black Beans ($0.69 ea) $1.38

2 cups Minute Rice (1/2 box at $2.09) $1.05

Total Cost $6.71

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