Last Christmas we got some of those sausage and cheese gift sets that people buy when they don't know what to get you for Christmas. :-| We find the sausage in those to be downright nasty --- so fatty and yucky. My daughter had the idea that maybe I could make jambalaya with it. I found this recipe and made jambalaya for the first time ever. It was fabulous and everyone here just raved about it. It did take a long time to make but I am admittedly a slow cook. I cut up that Christmas-gift sausage and browned it in a pan first before adding it to the recipe. I also used turkey bacon. Other than that I think I followed the recipe exactly. Great taste, plenty of leftovers and a very happy family! Oh and I know I can truly be happy if I see one of those Christmas-gift sausages again this year. :)

Reviewed On: Nov. 29, 2008

This salad was very tasty, with a complex blend of flavors and beautiful color. I am enjoying the leftovers today. :) Because I was taking this to a large family get-together I doubled the salad ingredients. However, I made the dressing without doubling those ingredients and it was still WAY more than enough dressing. Unless you like your lettuce doing the back stroke in the dressing or you just want leftover dressing for later you could probably cut the dressing ingredients in half and still have plenty.

Reviewed On: Nov. 29, 2008

This turned out fabulous! I didn't and wouldn't change a thing! I doubled the recipe to serve 9 people, it all disappeared and 2 of the other families at the gathering asked for the recipe. I'll be making this again very soon.

Reviewed On: Nov. 28, 2008