Instructions: In a saucepot, brown the sausage. Add onions, bell pepper and celery and cook for 5 minutes.

Add garlic and cook additional 2 minutes.

Stir in beef broth, tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, Creole seasoning, black pepper, thyme and salt. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and then cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Uncover and simmer for 15 minutes, until sauce thickens slightly.

Stir in green onions and parsley. Ladle each serving over 1 cup cooked rice.

SNAPPLE(r) ICED TEA CLONE

(Lemon Flavor)

Heres a quick and easy recipe for the brand of ice tea that hit the market and quickly blew away competitors Lipton and Nestea. Between 1988 and 1992 Snapple tea sales increased a whopping 1,300 percent. And if you like Snapple ice tea, youll find this recipe will save you some cash. While a (16-ounce)

bottle of Snapple tea costs around $1.00, this top secret clone cost about 15 cents - for the same amount. Here now is the improved version of the recipe that first appeared in "More Top Secret Recipes."

2 quarts (8 cups) water
2 Lipton tea bags
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup bottled lemon juice

1. Bring water to a rapid boil in a large saucepan.

2. Turn off heat, add tea bags, cover saucepan and let the tea steep for 1 to 2 hours.

3. Pour the sugar into a 2-quart pitcher, and then add the tea. The tea will still be warm, so the sugar will dissolve easily.

4. Add the lemon juice. Chill.

Makes 2 quarts.

(Check the book Top Secret Recipes - Sodas, Smoothies, Spirits, and Shakes for other flavors of this clone for Snapple Iced Tea, including raspberry, peach, strawberry, cranberry and diet lemon!)

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