It all started with my Mama's gumbo recipe!
This chicken fricassee with it’s fancy name and rustic look has simple ingredients to satisfy any comfort food craving. Like most classic Cajun dishes a fricassee (pronounced free-kah-say) begins with, you guessed it, a roux. The roux gives the slow cooked chicken a rich, thick […]
Sitting at dinner the other night when celebrating my daughter-by-love, Jami’s birthday I thanked her dad for the crappie he had given us a few days before. We then began talking about different ways to prepare crappie or sacalait (pronounced sock-ah-lay, the Louisiana French way to […]
That Hot Wing Desire A few years ago I discovered how much I like wings. My husband and I had gone out to eat and landed at a Buffalo Wild Wings. It was my first experience at one of those lively pub-like atmospheres. The […]
This little blog is 1-year-old this month! It’s been so much fun sharing with you a bit of my Cajun heritage and those classic recipes from just south of LA 14. Here’s my first video on how to debone and stuff a chicken or a poulet […]
Are Red Beans and Rice Cajun or Creole? It’s always surprising to people when I tell them I didn’t grow up eating the famous Louisiana dish of red beans and rice. I thought it was because Daddy didn’t like them, but Mama said she didn’t […]
A Chance Meeting? I have been searching lately for a good recipe for blackened fish, but you know how busy these days are. It’s time to gear up for the holidays. No extra time! Then a few weeks ago I crossed paths with a […]
Jambalaya has been a popular Cajun dish for a long time. Its originated from France and Spain and is similar to the Spanish dish paella. Jambalaya made its way to New Orleans first before the Cajun’s embraced it as one of their beloved rice dishes.
I have recently noticed an Instagram account called Zydeco Chop Chop . Those of you who aren’t familiar with Instagram it’s an App that allows you to share photos with friends and family and it also offers businesses a place to creatively display their products. […]
The Search For A Rice Cooker Recently, I asked my Face Book friends if they could recommend a good rice cooker. My old (very old) and faithful Hitachi rice cooker was starting to leave it’s contents with an under-cooked bite after it’s chime. So I […]
If you enjoyed A Red Gravy For Your Fish, you’ll like this same gravy cooked with chicken thighs served over pasta just as much. The slow cooking marries this rich sauce and dark meat so well I think it’s better than any pasta sauce I’ve […]