Recipes with Photos
Carrot Copper Salad – Copper Pennies – Marinated Carrots
Also known as copper pennies, this makes a very good side dish with your main meal especially roast. Great for parties too! Ingredients2 Bunches (packs) of Carrots 1 Bell Pepper, cut into strips 1 can Cream of Tomato Soup 1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce 1 tbsp Salt 1 tbsp Black Pepper ...
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Cabbage, Corn and Green Pea Salad
The blend of three Cajun favorite vegetables in a smooth dressing is sure to appeal. Great as a side for any meal – bring on the rice dressing or the rice and gravy! IngredientsDressing: 1 cup oil 1/2 cup vinegar Salad Slaw: 2 cups chopped cabbage 1 large can whole ...
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Liver and Onions
My Mom used to say, you can’t sit on the fence about liver, you either like it or you don’t. In our household, everyone loved it! Generally red pepper flavors better than black pepper for liver dishes. Ingredients2 pounds liver, sliced thinly 2 large onions Small amount of flour for ...
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Bert’s Eggplant Crabmeat Stuffed Portabellas
Ms Bert (as she is known by her friends) was lucky enough to be coached by some of the best cooks in the Kaplan area. Her Dad, Wilton, has his own restaurant, her Aunt Carrie had a catering business and her grandma Mire had a lot of hungry mouths to ...
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Cajun Pecan Pepper Jelly Dip
There are several versions of Cajun Caviar – this is one of them. A word on this dip: The longer left in the fridge the better. One day is good; the next day is better; and one week later it is “Oh my God, how good”! The secret is to ...
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Hearty Gumbo
The cook shares – I find most gumbo recipes to watery for my taste. So I loaded this one up with a bunch of stuff – chicken, smoked sausage, shrimp and okra. I use a dark roux, which doesn’t thicken the gumbo as much as a light one. Therefore the okra ...
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Sausage and Beef Stuffed Bread
This is a favorite family recipe for any get together or just because. Bridgeford is my preferred brand for this recipe. To get a lovely shiny crust on your bread, brush lightly scrambled egg white on the dough before baking. Ingredients1 loaf of Bridgeford frozen bread 1/ 2 pound regular ...
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Yummy Spicy Garlic Beans & Sausage
Yummy spicy beans and sausage – just the right side dish for rice and gravy, or dirty rice. Simply delicioso! Ingredients1 link of hot smoked sausage 2 cans chili (pinto) beans 1 beef bouillon cube 1/2 cup hot water 1 tbsp butter 1 tbsp garlic, minced 1/2 tsp Tony Chachere's ...
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Yummy Rice Dressing
This is one of our favorite rice dressing (also known as dirty rice) recipes. Add this to a meatball stew and talk about good! Ingredients1 pound ground pork 1 pound ground beef 2 cups rice 1 can beef broth 1 small can liver spread, Devil's food or ground liver1 cup ...
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Aunt Ruby’s Blue Cheese Dressing
Blue cheese dressing is a popular salad dressing that has been adopted into Cajun culture. Great with our Cajun Hot Wings recipe on this site Ingredients6 ounces Blue Cheese crumbles 1 cup sour cream 1/3 cup mayonnaise 1/4 cup wine vinegar 1 tbsp grated onion (very fine) 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp garlic ...
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Strawberry Blond Crab & Shrimp Etouffee
Crab & shrimp in a light red sauce. Delicious! No crabs – Gumbo crabs at supermarket work well or use only shrimp. Ingredients2 pounds cleaned shrimp 12 to 16 sm/med cleaned crabs 2 cans Rotel tomatoes 2 cans Cream of Shrimp 2 cups onion blend (a combination of chopped onion, ...
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Sausage Mac and Cheese
A good twist on plain old Mac and Cheese. Ingredients9 tbsp unsalted butter 1/2 to 1 pound smoked sausage 1 pound pork sausage or regular-spicy Italian sausage 1 cup chopped yellow onions 1/2 cup chopped green pepper 1 tbsp Creole/Cajun Seasoning 4 tsp minced garlic 1/2 tsp anise seeds (optional) ...
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Crawfish Monica
This recipe is an adapted version of the original recipe and has been a popular requested dish. From Wikipedia  ~ Crawfish Monica is a Louisiana food tradition. Ingredients include pasta, crawfish tail meat, onion, garlic, seasoning, cream, wine, salt, pepper, and butter. The original dish was created by chef Pierre Hilzim who is the ...
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Shrimp and Tasso Pasta in Olive Oil
Tasso, a nicely seasoned, intensely flavored smoked pork, adds a wonderful flavor to this dish. This recipe also goes really well with grits. Ingredients1/3 cup olive oil 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1/3 cup diced Tasso 1/2 pound peeled shrimp 2 tsp Creole seasoning 1/4 red bell pepper, diced 1 zucchini, ...
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Mark Boudreaux’s Cajun Jambalaya
Jambalaya, a Cajun/Creole dish, is perhaps the most versatile main dish that Louisiana has to offer. The most important thing with this dish is to use the right equipment; any heavy bottomed cast iron pot or Dutch oven. Ingredients1 pound Andouille (Cajun) or mild smoked pork sausage, sliced 1/4-inch thick ...
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