Bacon and Potato Hash

Cheesy bacon potato hash for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Delicious and ready about 30 minutes. Your tired from working all day, you want something quick and tasty. This is your go to meal. It's filling and absolutely tasty. You may think this recipe complicated, but its not. Its one of the easy recipes I'm going to cook for you. Oh my goodness, my kitchen smells so good. You must try this recipe. 

Debo's Pecan Smoked Sausage And Rice

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In 1694, rice arrived in South Carolina. Rice has been grown in southern Arkansas, Louisiana and east Texas since the mid 19^th century. Many Cajun farmers grew rice in wet marshes and low lying prairies where they could also farm crayfish when the fields were flooded. In recent years rice production has risen in North America.

Rice cultivation began in California during the California Gold Rush, about 40,000 Chinese laborers immigrated to the state and grew small amounts of the grain for their own consumption. Commercial production began only in 1912 in Butte County. By 2006 California produced the second largest rice crop in USA.

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Debo's Pecan Smoked Sausage and Rice

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Ingredients:

1 (14 oz) smoked pecan sausage, cut into 1/4 slices, then quarter each slice

2 (8.5 oz) Uncle Ben's whole grain brown & wild (Mars, Incorporated)

1 small onion, chopped

extra virgin olive oil, just enough to cover bottom of pan

1 teaspoon pepper

pinch salt

1 tablespoon garlic herb seasoning

Directions:

Place olive oil in skillet over medium heat. Add onions, cook until tender. Add sausage, pepper, garlic herb seasoning and salt. Cook rice according to package directions. Once rice is cooked, add rice to sausage and stir well. Enjoy!

Tomato Salad

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Did you know that tomato is a fruit? Yes, that's right tomato is a fruit, but consider a vegetable for culinary purposes. Tomatoes are one of the most common garden fruits in the US.

The earliest signs of tomatoes being grown is 1710, when herbalist William Salmon reported seeing them in what is today South Carolina. It is possible that some people continued to think tomatoes were poisonous at this time, and were grown more as ornamental plants than as food.

About 130 million tons of tomatoes were produced in the world in 2008. China, the largest producer, followed by US. California accounts for 90% of US production and 35% of world production.

Ripe, raw tomatoes approximately 93% water.
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Tomato Salad

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Ingredients:

1 pint grape tomatoes, cut in half

1 small vidalia onion, thinly slice

11/2 tablespoons olive oil

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon pepper

1 1/2 teaspoon dried basil

mozzarella cheese, shredded

Directions:

Cut tomatoes in half and place in bowl. Add onion, olive oil, salt, pepper and basil, toss well. Sprinkle with cheese. Enjoy!