Category: Cajun

Laissez les bons temps rouler!

Y’all, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this is the best crock-pot recipe I have ever created.  Whoa! Maybe it was so delicious because it’s 20 degrees and snowy outside.  Or maybe it’s because I love cajun food.  Or maybe it’s because I love coming home to dinner already done…

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Mardi Gras Comfort food – Day 3 Bananas Foster

One word: Cheesecake. I’m sure you’re thinking “But the title of this post said Bananas Foster.  What does cheesecake have to do with Bananas Foster?”.  Well, nothing really BUT today it has EVERYTHING to do with it! When I started on my Mardi Gras posts, I had decided that I was going to attempt to…

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Mardi Gras Comfort Food – Day 2 Beignets

“A good cup of Creole Coffee!  Is there anything in the whole range of food substances to be compared with it? And is there any city in the world where coffee is so delightfully concocted as in New Orleans ?” – The Picayune’s Creole Cook Book (1901) On this rainy, lazy morning in Nashville I…

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Mardi Gras Comfort Food – Day 1 Etouffee

TGIF…Wow, what a week. It was one of those weeks that just never seemed to end.  The stacks of paper grew and the phone messages piled up.  By 5 o’clock every day I was exhausted and just wanted to go home and veg.  And I did every night!  Just when I thought I was going…

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