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Classic Cajun Cooking And More

Whether you're a fan or an admirer of Cajun food, you'll find popular Cajun and Creole recipes and other trendy dishes here. The recipes are easy to follow and include helpful hints for delicious results.

Food For Falling Into Fall

Fall is in the air, and these recipes will help you transform to cooler weather, shorter days, and festive gatherings.

  • A loaf of sliced pumpkin bread with a bowl of butter and icing beside it.
    Soft Moist Pumpkin Bread
  • A bowl of chili topped with grated cheese.
    3 Bean Sweet-Heat Chili
  • A pot of cooked jambalaya.
    Pork Jambalaya With Sausage: A Traditional Cajun Dish
  • A bowl of Shrimp Okra Gumbo with rice.
    Shrimp Okra Gumbo Recipe: Made With Smothered Okra
  • Cowboy stew in a blue bowl.
    My Sister's Cowboy Stew In The Instant Pot
  • Cabbage Soup With Andouille Sausage
  • Jar of spice mix with a small pumpkin and a spoonful on a board.
    Pumpkin Spice Mix
  • Two Pumpkin Streusel Muffins on a blue plate with a multi-colored cup.
    Pumpkin Muffins With Streusel

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Recent recipes from my kitchen to yours!

  • A pot of smothered cabbage.
    Instant Pot Smothered Cabbage, An Easy Southern Recipe
  • A row of four chocolate fudgy cookies on a light gray scalloped platter.
    Brownie Nuggets No-Bake Cookies Recipe, Easy Boiled Cookies
  • A large glass bowl of layers of salad ingredients of peppers, corn, onion, bacon, cheese, and cornbread.
    Easy Layered Southern Cornbread Salad
  • A sliced, cooked beef brisket on a white plate with a bunch of fresh parsley.
    Easy Oven-Barbecued Brisket Recipe with BBQ Sauce
  • A square piece of cornbread on a bowl full of black eye peas and a slice of jalapeno pepper on top of the bread..
    Boudin Cornbread Recipe With Fig Pepper Jelly Topping
  • Collage of 40 photos of Louisiana recipes.
    40 Best Louisiana Recipes From Louisiana Woman Blog
  • A bowl of mashed potatoes with a pat of butter in the center sprinkled with chopped parsley.
    Best Homemade Mashed Potatoes, Prize-Winning Recipe
  • A pot of chicken thighs cooked in a rusty roux gravy for chicken sauce piquant.
    Chicken Sauce Piquant Recipe, A Smothered Cajun Stew

TRENDING CAJUN DISHES

These tried, and authentic recipes are getting the most attention these days!

  • Fig Pepper Jelly in glass jars with lids.
    Fig Pepper Jelly
  • Three jars of jam with fresh figs beside them.
    Strawberry Fig Jam With Strawberry Jello
  • A plate of hush puppies and dip.
    Best-Ever Hush Puppies
  • Molded Congealed Salad, Cherry Or Lime Flavored on a bed of lettuce.
    Congealed Salad, Lime Or Cherry Flavored
  • A bundt-style fig cake with fresh figs and fig leaves.
    Fig Cake
  • A loaf of fruit bread and figs.
    Fresh Fig Bread
  • A green oval dish of Louisiana Ric Dressing.
    Best Louisiana Rice Dressing
  • A pot of cooked jambalaya.
    Pork Jambalaya With Sausage: A Traditional Cajun Dish

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About Kay

At Louisiana Woman Blog, I share recipes and stories about life in South Louisiana. The food here is authentic and easy to prepare, like Cajun grandmas and mamas make. I hope you enjoy a taste of my rich Cajun heritage with recipes that preserve the precious culture of South Louisiana.

Seafood Recipes

A wide selection of recipes for cooking crawfish, fish, shrimp, and more!

  • A dish of cheesy crawfish dip on top of tortilla chips with lime slices.
    Crawfish Nachos: aka Cajun Crawchos 
  • A bowl full of Seafood Gumbo.
    Seafood Gumbo
  • A bowl of mock crab meat with a dressing in a salad.
    Easy Crab Salad Recipe, with Real or Imitation Crab
  • A Crawfish Fettuccine served in a glass casserole dish.
    Crawfish Fettuccine
  • A serving of Crawfish Étouffée on white rice.
    Cajun Crawfish Etouffee Recipe: To Étouffée Is To Smother
  • A white bowl filled with Shrimp And Corn Soup.
    Louisiana Shrimp And Corn Soup, A Cajun Recipe
  • Cooked shrimp, sausage, and mushrooms in a spicy sauce in a pan stirred with a wooden spoon.
    Barbecue Shrimp Bowl
  • A spoon in a blue bowl of seafood bisque with lumps of crab and shrimp. on a wooden table with small salt and pepper shakers.
    Seafood Bisque

Top Dessert Recipes

  • Fresh Fruit Salad in a white bowl.
    Best Fresh Fruit Salad with a Creamy Dressing
  • A glass casserole dish of strawberries and jello.
    Strawberry Pretzel Salad With Step-By-Step Instructions
  • A glass dessert dish of blackberry dumplings over a scoop ice cream.
    Easy Southern Louisiana Blackberry Dumplings Recipe
  • A Chocolate Bunny Pie with chocolate bunny on top.
    Chocolate Bunny Pie
  • A piece of No Sugar Sweet Potato Pie with a dollop of whipped cream.
    No-Sugar Sweet Potato Pie
  • A stack of Royale Chocolate Chip cookies.
    Royale Chocolate Chip Cookies with Macadamia and Coconut
  • A piece of Cajun Cake on a purple plate and a bite-sized piece on a fork.
    Cajun Cake Recipe: Pineapple, Coconut, Pecan Cake
  • A King Cake with colored sugars of purple, green, and gold.
    King Cake Recipe: A Traditional Version

At Louisiana Woman Blog, I share recipes and stories about life in South Louisiana. The food here is authentic and easy to prepare. I hope you enjoy a taste of my rich Cajun heritage with recipes that preserve the precious culture of South Louisiana.

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Popular

  • A Dutch oven filled with vanilla custard, la bouille recipe with a wooden spoon in the middle.
    La Bouille Recipe, Old Fashioned Cajun Custard
  • A blue plate of chicken and shrimp jambalaya.
    Chicken And Shrimp Jambalaya Recipe With Sausage
  • A pie covered in a golden topping in a scalloped pie dish on a papre bag.
    Paper Bag French Apple Pie, Baked In The Oven
  • A white rimmed bowl on a green polk a dotted napkin with a spoon filled with couche couche recipe and milk.
    Couche Couche Recipe, A Cajun Mama's Breakfast Cereal

Here are more of the homepage's trending recipes.

  • A Crawfish Fettuccine served in a glass casserole dish.
    Crawfish Fettuccine
  • A bowl of dip with saltines sitting on a platter of crawfish.
    How To Boil Crawfish: With Helpful Tips
  • A plate of hush puppies and dip.
    Best-Ever Hush Puppies
  • A pot of boiled shrimp.
    Easy Boiled Shrimp Recipe

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