Recipes by Mawmaw
Cajun Seasoning All-Purpose Spice Blend
Most Cajun cooks will shake a little of this and some more of that – with this you shake only one time. Salt added separately according to your dietary needs. Ingredients 5 tablespoon onion powder 3 tablespoon garlic powder/granules 2 tablespoon paprika 1/2 tablespoon dry mustard 1 teaspoon black pepper ...
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Shrimp, Tomato, and String Bean Pasta
Delicious, easy to prepare and “gud”. This recipe is an adaptation from Fast and Fresh made with three Cajun favorites – Shrimp – String Beans – Tomatoes..Oh wait there is a fourth favorite – Pasta. We love linguine for this recipe Ingredients 1 pound cleaned shrimp 1/2 pound fresh or ...
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Pumpkin Pancakes
Happy Halloween!!! Giant pumpkins can be grown for competitions, with some weighing over 1000 pounds! In 2010, the world record was 1810 pounds! That’s huge according to sciencekids.com! As a food, pumpkin can be baked, roasted, steamed or boiled or made into pancakes! You can make scratch pancakes for this ...
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Fried Okra
Ingredients 1 pound okra (if using fresh okra cut in 1/4 inch coins) (if frozen thaw to room temperature) 1 cup yellow cornmeal 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup oil 1 egg or 1/2 cup buttermilk Directions Step 1 Mix cornmeal and salt in a medium bowl or a baking pan. ...
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Crawfish Mac and Cheese
My daughter had sent me Truffle Oil from Belgium while living overseas, I then set out to find a recipe or recipes where I could use the oil. It seems there are recipes all over the net using this product. This recipe is an adaptation from FoodNetwork. Although not original ...
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Sliced Bread Topped with Cinnamon Sugar
A simple recipe that packs in the memories.I can still remember the smell making these for my children right before school or as an afternoon snack. Ingredients Sliced Bread 2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup sugar butter Directions Step 1 Combine the sugar and cinnamon Step 2 Lightly butter each slice ...
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Momma’s Sunday Chicken
eduation.yahoo.com relates that the Cornish chicken, a breed of poultry that originated in Cornwall, England, gained prominence only after it was established in the United States. Its body shape is quite different from that of other chickens. Both males and females have short legs and broad muscular breasts. The stuffing ...
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Baked Pork Chop
Pork has always been a favorite of the Cajun culture. Our more popular dishes made from pork are boudin, cracklings, and hog-head cheese, From the High Plains Midwest Agricultural Journal –Pork tenderloin is just as lean as a skinless chicken breast. –It takes about eight minutes to broil, grill or ...
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String Beans (Green Beans) and Potatoes
From the LSU College of Ag Center = Snap beans, green beans, or string beans…no matter which name you prefer, they are one and the same and in season! Green snap beans are categorized into two different groups, bush or pole beans, based on growth characteristics. If the bean plant ...
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Stuffed Banana Peppers
Pawpaw picked a peck of cheese-stuffed bacon-wrapped banana peppers. When his hands started burning, we found he could coat his hands in sour cream, evaporated milk, fresh lime juice, vaseline, or vegetable oil to soothe his skin. Ingredients 12 Sweet Banana Peppers or 6 large 1 small chopped fresh tomato ...
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Roasted Red Potatoes
Red potatoes stay firm when cooking and are frequently referred to as new potatoes. Red potatoes which have medium to low starch hold their shape when boiled, baked or sliced. Which is why most Cajun use them to make their potato salads. Ingredients 8 to 10 small red potatoes cut ...
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Oyster Stew
How do I love oysters , let me count the ways….This is one of them. Ingredients 3 tablespoon fresh bacon fat or butter 1 small onion 2 tablespoon minced shallot 2 pints oyster with liquer 3 cups whole milk or half and half 1/4 cup green onions 1/4 cup chopped ...
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Blueberry Pie
With July being Blueberry month – here are a few fun facts from the USDA and a great pie recipe adapted from Better Homes and Garden. ▪ Blueberries grow in clusters on bushes but don’t ripen at the same time ▪ Blueberries are also called star berries ▪ Wild blueberries ...
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Watermelon Puree Frozen Popsicle
It’s Watermelon Time!!! Did you know July is celebrated as National Watermelon Month? And because it is full of water;the fruit is called a WATERmelon. About 91.5 percent of the entire food is water thus why it is probably one of the most popular foods during summer. Every part of ...
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Spiced Fig Preserves
If you have never tried Spiced Fig Jam…now is the time to make it!! July is Fig month Pick, them – Cook Them and Can Them and Eat Them. Afraid of wasp in the trees? Here is an interesting fact about that. From omgfacts.com fig wasps and fig trees have ...
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