VEGETARIAN RED BEANS AND RICE!

My good friend Kara is in Town from New Orleans and she was kind enough to show me how to make some traditional New Orleans red beans and rice.\r
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Recipe:\r
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- 4 cups dried red beans (soak the beans in water according to the direction on the bag) \r
- white rice\r
- 1 bell pepper\r
- two white onions\r
- 4 celery stalks\r
- sausage or tofurkey \r
- 2 ts. dried oregeno leaves\r
- 2 ts. garlic powder\r
- 2 ts. thyme\r
- 2 ts. salt\r
- 1 ts. white pepper\r
- 1 ts. black pepper\r
- 1 ts. cayenne pepper\r
- canola oil\r
- 4 cloves garlic