This is not really a recipe but more like a principle for creating a fast, easy meal with odds and ends. I think of it whenever I have leftover sausage. It was passed on to me by the now ex-wife of my husband's best friend in the late 1980s. Her name was Joy, so we always just called it the Joy meal. I tried to think of a more descriptive name, but this was difficult due to the variability of most of the main ingredients, so the Joy meal it remains. You can use any sausage, any vegetables, and any melting cheese you have in your fridge. The essentials are just a bit of leftover sausage, a big stack of diverse vegetables, fried in a bit of fat, and the flour, milk, tomato paste, and cheese, which are added to your vegetable medley to form a sauce. It is always good and very comforting.

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