Jambalaya on a Summer Night

In my search for a good story last night I came across Claire Dewitt and the City of the Dead. I've got a thing for PIs and I like mysteries so it seemed to be a decent choice. It's a bit slow getting going but I haven't lost faith yet. I also got a great recommendation from my fantastic friend Terri who's intellectual recommendations are usually spot on.

Claire Dewitt takes a case in New Orleans and in once scene goes to a restaurant and gets Jambalaya. I thought, I've never had Jambalaya... I should try it. So I did! Tonight I made a Jambalaya and I did it without a recipe or even looking up the definition of the dish. I took kielbasa (made with turkey and a meat I LOVE to use in hodge podge dishes), Pineapple, green peppers, onions, carrots, broccoli, and put it all in a big ol' pot with olive oil and the juice from the pineapple and put it on high until the juice evaporated mostly.
Then I added partly cooked rice and my homemade sauce of 1/2 cup ketchup (without high fructose corn syrup), 1/4 cup white vinegar, 2tbs Worcestershire sauce, and 2 tbs brown sugar. I brought the whole mix back up to a boil and then let it simmer for about 15 minutes.

The results were fabulous! Paired with some honey dark wheat bread to sop up the sauce and rice and I made a killer meal.

The book wasn't the ray of inspiration in the way that I expected but it was good for a new idea for some good food. Even if that's all it does, I think that's a win.

Tomorrow is my Dr. appt! I'll finally be able to calibrate my scale. I'm hoping that I am officially between 200-205 but we shall see. It hasn't been that long since I embarked on this journey and the first 30 days has gone really well.  Here's to another successful and productive 30!

<3 Katie
Day 30
199lbs
 Hey Paula Deen! Jealous?!

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