SALMON, RICE, AND TOMATOES

1/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped green bell pepper*
2 tablespoons bacon fat or meat drippings
1 1/2 cups boiling water
2 cups cooked or canned tomatoes (or 2 1/2 cups chopped raw tomatoes)
Salt and ground black pepper
1/3 cup raw rice**
1/4 cup chopped olives
2 cups flaked canned or cooked salmon***

Cook onion and green pepper in the fat in a large fry pan until the onion is yellow.

Add water, tomatoes, and salt and pepper to taste. Bring to boil. Add rice and simmer until rice is tender - 20 to 25 minutes - adding more water if needed.

Add olives and fish and cook 2 or 3 minutes longer to blend the flavors.

*Celery may be used instead of the green' pepper.

**One cup of cooked rice may be used instead of the uncooked rice. Omit boiling water. Add the rice, olives, and fish as soon as the vegetables are tender and cook 5 or 10 minutes longer.

***Other cooked fish may be used in place of salmon.

Makes about 4 servings
From: Recipelink.com
Adapted from source: Money-Saving Main Dishes, USDA Home and Garden Bulletin No. 43, 1955