"My family is Cajun, my grandparents spoke Cajun French as well as English, for every holiday my Maw-Maw made dirty rice, and then my mom and her sisters took that over when my Maw-Maw was gone.

And one memorable food they made was the delicious soul food, dirty rice. Dirty (or Cajun) rice was born out of necessity.

It's not quite a one pot but this easy rice recipe has most of the advantages of one. The beef and Cajun seasoning make sure it's packed with flavour and there's plenty of mixed veg in there to ...