Mmmm Soyrizo.

Yep, it sounds weird. Chorizo made from soy?? But I promise you it was GOOD. It was actually vegan chorizo from Trader Joe's - and since it was vegan there was no casing on the sausages, it was wrapped in plastic. This made it so easy to use in the Jambalaya I made!

If you haven't had Zatarain's, I feel bad for you. Just kidding. Sorta. I buy their reduced sodium (remember the husband has high blood pressure so we try to eat low sodium whenever possible) Jambalaya mix. It is really good and ALMOST as good as my homemade Jambalaya.

Here's my own homemade recipe in case you didn't want to cop out on the mix like I did. If you have access to a TJ's, please try the soyrizo!

Jambalaya
Adapted from Cooking Light
*****This is just as good, probably better for you and better tasting, as Zatarain's!

1  teaspoon olive oil
1 package of sausages, either smoked turkey sausage, chorizo, andouille, or even spicy italian works!
1/2 diced onion
1 diced green or red pepper
1 cup uncooked brown rice
1 can of stewed, diced tomatoes, undrained
1/8  teaspoon salt
1/8  teaspoon dried thyme
1/8  teaspoon black pepper
1/8  teaspoon ground red pepper
1 tbl cajun seasoning
1  cup water
1  can low-salt chicken broth
a bit of hot sauce

Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Add sausage, onion, and bell pepper; saute 5 minutes if sausage is precooked, or until vegetables are tender and sausage is cooked. Add rice; sauté 2 minutes. Add spices; sauté 1 minute.

Add water, broth, and tomatoes; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 30 minutes or until rice is tender. Alternatively, you can pre-cook the rice in a rice cooker and add it at the end, but it wont be as flavorful.