Preparation time: 20 minutes. Cook: 35 minutes. Serves: 6.

An easy stove-top ground beef and rice dish zipped up with sausage and tomatoes with green chilies.

1 lb. lean ground beef
1 lb. smoked beef sausage links, cut up
1 c. long-grain white rice
1 med. green bell pepper, chopped
1 med. onion, chopped
1 3/4 c. water
1 (10 oz.) can diced tomatoes and green chilies
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cayenne
1 med. head green cabbage, chopped

1. In a 5-quart Dutch oven, cook beef over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until meat loses its pink color, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain off any fat.

2. Add sausage and rice. Cook, stirring, until rice turns translucent, about 1 1/2 minutes.

3. Stir in green pepper and onion and cook 1 minute. Stir in water, tomatoes, with their liquid, salt, and cayenne. Heat to boiling.

4. Spread cabbage over meat mixture. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer 20 minutes. Stir cabbage down into dish and cook 5 minutes longer, or until rice is tender.