Red (Kidney) Beans & Rice

My neighbor, Chris, gave me his mom's "Red Beans and Rice" recipe back in November 2011. I've made it a few times since then, and I've altered it to my liking, but I put the original recipe (that Chris sent me) at the bottom of the post.

"Jambalaya"

One of my favorite dishes to order of all time is jambalaya but it had never occured to me to make it. When I start making it, I started to break the rules by using angle hair pasta instead of rice and adding mushrooms to it. Hence, the quotes around "Jambalaya." Enough blah blah, on to the cooking, please!