Supposedly \”chop suey\” means, \”mixed up\”; and I thought of it when I made a late lunch/early supper today.

I had a hankering after Chinese food, but didn\’t want to spend the money on a restaurant. One of my favorite Chinese dishes is fried rice; so I set to.

First I cooked up a pot of brown rice. I had some steamed broccoli; some canned sweet peas; and part of a red onion in the fridge. I had soy sauce, too; and a jar of coconut oil.

After the rice was done, I sliced up some of the red onion and a clove of garlic. I drained any remaining liquid out of the peas; and got out what broccoli I wanted. On a recent visit to the salvage store, I got a can of Vienna Sausages in Buffalo Sauce® to try. I sliced up two of the sausages, and put them in a bowl with the rice.

Then, I heated up the skillet with a little coconut oil in it. Also, I started a tiny saucepan of water heating, in case the stuff in the skillet began to get too sticky.

I sauteed the onion until it looked milky. Then I added the peas and broccoli and kept stirring. After a while I put in the garlic, rice, and sausage. Next I added a good splash of soy sauce. After some more stirring, I decided it was done. I stirred in freshly ground white pepper and that was it!

So there\’s chop suey. This certainly was not gourmet cooking; but it\’s food!