Recipes with Photos
Tante Linda’s Buttermillk Fig Preserve Cake with Buttermilk Glaze
Grab those fig preserves that you have hiding in the kitchen cabinets and get to baking and make this rich, decadent Cajun fig preserve cake. Ingredients2 cups flour 2 cups sugar 1/2 cup cooking oil 1 cup buttermilk 3 eggs 2 cups fig preserves 1 cup chopped pecans 1 tsp salt 1 ...
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Custard Pie or Coconut Custard Pie
Coconut juice or coconut water is the liquid inside a coconut. Coconut milk is produced by steeping grated coconut in hot water then straining; coconut cream is coconut milk cooked down until it thickens, or grated coconut steeped in hot milk instead of water. Ingredients3 eggs 1/2 cup white sugar ...
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Stinky & Foo’s Caj-Mex Cornbread
Mouth-watering Caj-Mex Cornbread that can be a meal in itself or as a side dish. Ingredients2 boxes jiffy cornbread mix 2 eggs 2/3 cup milk 1 pound ground beef or crawfish 1 medium onion, chopped 1 small bell pepper, chopped 1 jar sliced mushrooms 1/2 bag shredded Mexican cheese 1 ...
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Mama’s Tomato Gravy
This dish is truly a taste of the country. I mean in the country where folks are already sitting at the table drinking coffee and eating breakfast by the time the rooster crows. Mama (Patsy Paul) made countless batches of biscuits and tomato gravy in her lifetime. I miss her ...
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Sugar Roux
Many Cajun cooks start off their meat gravy, chicken gravy and sausage gravy by caramelizing sugar. The result is a “brown gravy” that everyone likes and Momma would be proud of. Interestingly the gravy is not sweet; caramelizing burns out the sweetness. Ingredients1/4 cup of oil 1/4 cup sugar 1 ...
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Loretta’s Vegetable Chow Chow Relish
Loretta is like many Cajun cooks mixing up some of this and some of that. This recipe may be considered somewhat vague in directions but it is so good with rice and gravy and uses fresh vegetables from your garden that it is worth trying. Grandpa always has this on his ...
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Gloria’s Crock-Pot Roast
A dear friend of mine shared this recipe with me several years ago, and I have never cooked a roast any other way since. It is so tender it just falls apart. The original recipe called for 1/2 package Lipton Soup Mix – Maw-Maw likes the entire packet! Ingredients1 large ...
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Black-Eye Pea Jambalaya (Rice Cooker)
Plug in dat rice cooker! This is a fast and easy dish to make in your rice cooker. Ingredients3/4 stick butter 1 small onion, chopped 1 small bell pepper, chopped 1 pound smoked sausage sliced and browned 1 1/2 cup raw rice Creole or Cajun Seasoning to taste 1 14oz ...
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Hopping John Black Eye Peas
Our recipe submitter writes: I’m not Cajun, just an ole Mississippi boy, but my Granddaughter married a boy from Mamou so I feel like I’m part of the family. I think all of my Cajun friends will like this dish. Ingredients1 cup dried black-eyed peas 2 or 3 slices bacon ...
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Spicy Black Eye Peas
Happy New Year meal- Pork – Cabbage – Black-eyes. Serve with freshly baked corn bread. Ingredients1 17 oz can of black-eyes peas or 1 cup dry black-eyes cooked 1 cup dry beans = 3 cups cooked 3 to 6 slices bacon 1 can (16 oz) chopped tomatoes, undrained 1 cup ...
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Crawfish Cornbread
This dish is really a meal in itself! Ingredients1 pound crawfish tails 1 pound grated cheese 3 seeded and chopped jalapeno peppers 1 large chopped onion 1 large can cream style can 1 stick butter (8 tbsp) 1 tbsp vegetable oil 3 eggs 1 tsp Creole Seasonings 1 tsp baking ...
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Mac Daddy’s Cajun Venison Meatloaf
This is a semi-spicy Cajun meatloaf that calls for Everglade Seasonings which is also known as Monkey Dust. It is made of salt, spices, monosodium glutamate, dehydrated garlic and onion, sugar, and papain. Ingredients1 pound ground beef 1 pound ground venison 1 cup bread crumbs 1 egg 1/2 tsp crab ...
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Okra Pilau (Pilaf)
Low country pilau (Okra) loaded with crumbled bacon. Ingredients3 bacon slices 1 large sweet onion chopped (about 2 cups) 1 package frozen okra (16 ounce) 2 packages Ready to Serve Cajun Style Rice (8.5 ounces )DirectionsStep 1Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes or ...
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Some Good Grits
My friends all go to town on these incredible grits. Use this dish as a base for Sausage or Shrimp Grits. Ingredients4 ounces butter 1 quart (4 cups) chicken stock/broth 1/4 cup chopped green onions 1/4 cup heavy cream or Half n Half 1 cup grits 4 ounces swiss or ...
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Shrimp Grits
Always a hit at brunches. Just ask that Jenny girl. Ingredients1 pound medium to large shrimp, peeled & deveined 1/4 to 1/2 stick butter 1/2 cup chopped green onions 1/4 pound fresh, sliced mushrooms 1/4 tsp salt 1 tsp garlic powder or 1 clove minced garlic or both 1 tbsp ...
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