Corn and Shrimp Chowder Soup
What a delightful and rich tasting soup. Serve this as an appetizer and you will be the hit of your dinner party. Great anytime comfort food is needed. Ingredients 1 stick margarine or butter - 1/2 cup 2 tbsp flour or gravy mix 1 medium chopped onion white onion preferred ...
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Stuffed Turkey Bell Peppers
My husband and I love turkey meat. Our supermarket has ground turkey at such bargain prices I decided to make my stuffed bell peppers with it and then ended up using products in our pantry to complete the ingredients. This is an original recipe and is simply delightful. Ingredients 1 ...
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Pecan Filing for Cake aka Pecan Praline Filing
How wonderful to have a recipe from such a lovely Cajun Ma Ma. Ingredients 3 cups crushed pecans 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar 2 cups evaporated milk 1 stick butter (1/2 cup) Directions Step 1 In a medium saucepan, add the sugar, milk and pecans until sugar is melted and ...
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Taco Soup
The flavor is tremendous and the ease of preparation surprising. Ingredients 1 (15 oz) can Ranch Style Beans with Jalapeno onions (with liquid) 1 (15 oz) can Golden Hominy and/or Black Beans (with liquid) 1 (15 oz) can Whole Kernel Corn (with liquid) 1 lb ground meat 1 (10 oz) ...
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Creamed Gravy with Ground Meat
Chipped beef served on toast or biscuits has long been know by its alternative name which we can not enter on our site – SOS – Something on Shingles. Ingredients 1 lb ground beef 1/3 cup minced onions 3 tbsp butter or margarine 3 tbsp flour 2 cups milk Salt ...
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Praline Sauce
Great ice cream topping made a little healthier. Ingredients 1/4 cup packed dark brown sugar 1 tbsp cornstarch 1 cup skim milk 1 tsp low calorie margarine 1 tsp vanilla 3 tbsp chopped pecans, toasted Directions Step 1 Combine sugar, cornstarch and milk in a saucepan. Cook over medium heat ...
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Praline Sauce Topping
This is a quick and easy topping for virtually any cake or bread pudding. Makes topping for a 9-inch square or 13Ă—9 inch cake. Ingredients 1/2 cup brown sugar 2 tbsp Swans Down Cake Flour 1/4 cup melted butter 2 tbsp water 1/2 cup finely chopped pecans Directions Step 1 ...
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Red Lobster Biscuits II
I made these for my children and served them with beef roast. They are so wonderful tasting. The garlic salt and butter is the recipe to these great biscuits. Ingredients 2 cups biscuit mix 1/2 tsp dry mustard 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper 6 tbsp butter flavored shortening 1 cup sharp ...
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Coconut Cake
I can remember as a young girl going to my grandmother’s house for the holidays and looking forward to my aunt bringing a coconut cake. ceci est un bon gâteau (this is a good cake and a classic) Ingredients 1 cup butter 2 cups granulated sugar 5 eggs 1 tsp ...
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Smothered Potatoes and Onions – Potato Stew – La Sauce de Patat
A very popular Cajun classic side dish; add smoked sausage, browned ground beef or shrimp and make it a complete meal. This dish is also known as “La Sauce de Patat” or “the sauce of potato”. There are cooks who do add butter and cream to this dish. Ingredients 6 ...
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Homemade Pork and Beef Gumbo Sausage
When you are a displaced Cajun and do not have access to fresh sausage, here is an easy alternative – Make them yourself. On a typical boucherie day when the hog is slaughtered and the sausage is prepared, the sausage links which are soft are hung outside on a clothes ...
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Fruit Dip with Condensed Milk
This makes eating your fruits so much more fun. Great for your next party or family gathering. Ingredients 1 8 ounce package cream cheese, softened 1 can sweetened condensed milk 1 tsp fresh lemon juice Directions Step 1 In a medium bowl, blend the softened cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk ...
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Butter Roasted Pecans
Fall season and pecan harvest….two wonderful events unless you add cooking with pecans. Ingredients 4 cups pecan halves 1 stick butter 1 tsp salt Directions Step 1 Preheat oven to 300 degrees to roast. Step 2 Melt butter in roasting pan. Place pecans in pan and mix with butter. You ...
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Cappuccino in a Jar
I have made this recipe many times for Christmas gifts…you know the one you want to buy them something but don’t know what and don’t want to spend too much money. One recipe make 2 -12 oz. jar. You can also put it in smaller jars. Just buy a pretty ...
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Chicken Broccoli Casserole
Dem Cajuns gotta watch what they eat sometimes. So dey have to do like everybody else and try dat Atkins. This dish is very Atkins friendly at 5 net grams of carbs per serving and is very filling. Ingredients 10 ounces frozen chopped broccoli 4 cups cooked chicken 1 can ...
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