3/4 c Chopped onion 1/2 c Chopped celery 1/4 c Chopped green pepper 2 Garlic cloves, minced 2 tb Butter or margarine 2 c Cubed fully cooked ham 1 cn Tomatoes with liquid, cut - up (28 oz.) 1 cn Condensed beef broth - (10 1/2-oz.) 1 c Uncooked long grain white - rice 1 c Water 1 ts Sugar 1 ts Dried thyme 1/2 ts Chili powder 1/4 ts Pepper 1 1/2 lb Fresh or frozen uncooked -shrimp, peeled & deveined 1 tb Chopped fresh parsley In a Dutch oven, saute onion, celery, green pepper and garlic in butter until tender. Add next 9 ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 25 minutes. Add shrimp and parsley; simmer uncovered, until shrimp are cooked, 7-10 minutes. Source: Country magazine (Aug. 1993)