Crawfish or Shrimp Dip
A Party Dip – great for family gatherings or weddings. Ingredients 1 cup chopped onions 1/2 cup chopped celery 1/2 cup chopped bell pepper 2/3 cup chopped green onion tops 2/3 cup parsley 1 (4 oz) jar pimentos 2 tsp butter or margarine 2 to 3 lbs crawfish or shrimp ...
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Fig cake I – Gateau de Figue
One of the best Cajun known classics. Sit with your friend(s) and family and enjoy fig cake and a fresh cup of steamy coffee, coffee milk or a cold glass of root beer.. Ces’t si bon!  Ingredients 2 cups flour (all purpose) 2 cups sugar 1 cup cooking oil ...
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Sweet Lettuce Salad
Grandma always had fresh lettuce in her vegetable garden; this was a daily dish during the spring and fall months. Because they stay crisp, romaine leaves are great to use for this recipe also. Ingredients 1 head lettuce leaves, washed and drained 1/2 cup white vinegar 1/4 cup water 1/2 ...
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Canned Hot Pickles Cucumber or Mirliton (Mirleton)
Used with gumbos or any rice and gravy dish in Cajun Country, chayote is a gourd-like squash that is about the size and shape of a very large pear. The skin is pale green and smooth with slight ridges that run lengthwise. Many compare the color to a light green ...
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Green Pepper Jelly
The color of this jelly lends itself to the Christmas season. Put a ribbon around the mason jar and a pretty label and you have yourself a unique Christmas gift idea. Ingredients 14 red or green bell peppers, cleaned and cored 1/2 cup hot peppers 6 1/2 cups sugar 1 ...
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Traditional Holiday Eggnog
Ingredients 12 eggs, preferably fresh 1/2 tsp salt 2 quarts milk 1 cup brandy or whiskey 2 tbsp vanilla extract 1 cup sugar 3 tsp ground nutmeg 2 cups heavy cream or whipping cream Directions Step 1 Prepare at least 4 hours before serving. In heavy 4 quart pan beat ...
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Cabbage with Vinegar
My children loved this very simple, easy to prepare dish. It is best suited to be served with stews and gumbos. Ingredients 1 fresh head of cabbage, small 1/2 cup low-acidic white vinegar 1/4 cup water Salt and pepper to taste Directions Step 1 Using a large, sharp knife, finely ...
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Shrimp Piquant Stew
Since seafood is plentiful in the South, one of the more popular dishes is shrimp stew. With some of our Cajun slang, shrimp is sometimes pronounced “shramp”. Either way you say it, it is still good. Boiled, peeled eggs are often added to this recipe. Ingredients 3/4 cup flour 1/2 ...
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Garfish Roast
Ingredients 1 onion, chopped 1 bell pepper, chopped 3 to 4 garlic cloves, chopped 1 garfish roast Salt and pepper to taste Oil for frying Directions Step 1 Make a slit in the side of the Garfish so as to create a pocket. Mix together the onion, bell pepper and ...
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Garfish Balls (Patties) or Choupique Balls I
Garfish Patties or Choupique Balls Ingredients 1 onion, chopped 1 bell pepper, chopped 3-4 cloves garlic, chopped 3 lbs Garfish meat Salt and pepper to taste 1 packet of fish fry or a mixture of 1/3 cup flour and 1/3 cup yellow cornmeal seasoned with 1/2 teasppon each black pepper, ...
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Easy Monkey Bread
This is a variation of the biscuit monkey bread. Chrissy’s siblings always enjoyed it better made with frozen bread and I prefer the Bridgford brand. Ingredients 2 loaves Bridgford Frozen Bread (thawed) 1 ½ sticks butter or margarine 2 tbsp cinnamon 1 cup white sugar 1 1/2 cup brown sugar ...
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Cheppard’s Pie
Ingredients 1 can mixed vegetables 1 onion, chopped 1 package Brown Gravy Mix 2 potatoes, peeled and cubed 2 cans biscuits 1 1/2 lbs ground chuck 1 tbsp oil Water (see directions) Directions Step 1 Preheat oven for the biscuit temperature. Step 2 Put oil in a medium saucepan and ...
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Cajun Fig Cookies
Figs are a delicious fruit, often thought of as sacred. At one time, Greece even made it illegal to export figs, wanting to make sure that they had the advantage at the Olympic Games. Mawmaw sure would’ve high jumped for fresh figs to make her jam and preserves. Ingredients 2 ...
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Strawberry Fig Jam II
Figs jams can be made with virtually any Kool Aid flavors – the original six flavors were Strawberry, Raspberry, Orange, Lemon-Lime, Grape, and Cherry, Although not all are a perfect choice, many are suitable to flavor figs including Black Cherry, To reduce the amount of sugar and sweetness, Kool-Aid flavors ...
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Corn and Crawfish Chowder Soup
Cajuns love their seafood. This “soup for the Cajun soul” can be made with crab, shrimp, crawfish, all three or in combination with each other. Most everyone use the term Bisque and Chowder interchangeably. However bisque is smooth, chowder is thick and chunky. Traditionally it’s pieces of vegetables and seafood. ...
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