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Reuben Melt Creole Style
Not Your Ordinary Sandwich! I know most of you have tried a traditional Reuben sandwich with roast beef, Swiss cheese and sauerkraut. Well those are great sandwiches, but I decided to “creolize” my sandwich by changing things up and creating this Reuben Melt, Creole Style! You must start off making a good Creole slaw. And…
Grilled Beef Tenderloin with Creole Belgium Fries and Gorgonzola Cream Sauce
OK people, I am watching the Oscars and I started not to post this after seeing a quick glimpse of Jane Fonda standing in the audience! Did you see this beauty, not the steak, foodies, I am talking about Jane Fonda. Regardless of how you feel about Jane, you gotta admit she looks darn good….
Hawaiian Macaroni Salad
Huli Huli Part II! I recently cooked Huli Huli Chicken after watching an episode of America’s Test Kitchen. Everyone knows how much I love Test Kitchen. My Smoked Huli Huli Chicken was a big hit with my family and they requested I make it again, so here we go. Last time I prepared this meal…
Pot Stickers Creole Style
Savory Bites! I am spending the day with my little brother and he loves Asian food. OK he’s not that little, 6’3 and he’s almost thirty but to me he will always be my baby brother. I am making him Pot Stickers Creole Style. My brother Darnell and I have a very special relationship. I…
Creole Chicken and Grits
Kiss My Grits! To grit or not to grit, that is the question? Well I will tell you this, I love grits! Baked grits, cheese grits, fried grits, regular grits. If there creamy, buttery and fluffy, then I am eating them. The dilemma often arises between quick cooking grits which have been processed and slow…
Andouille Macaroni and Cheese
Andouille Macaroni and Cheese is one of my favorite comfort foods, next to chicken, salad, and soup. OK, all food is my favorite comfort food! Macaroni and Cheese brings back so many memories. My mother would make this every holiday. I can still smell the hot macaroni and cheese slightly browned coming out the oven….
Citrus Chicken 10 Layer Salad
Homemade Creole Buttermilk Ranch Dressing! As I stated in my previous post, Chopped Pasta Salad, I love salad. I try to make at minimum one salad a week. This week I decided to make citrus chicken with 10 layers of goodness and homemade buttermilk ranch dressing. I love ranch dressing and this was so simple…
7 Cheese Mac and Cheese
This is the best 7 Cheese Mac and Cheese, EVER! Yes, I am patting my back and tooting my own horn (toot, toot, beep, beep). I have around 10 different macaroni and cheese recipes I make. From the bacon-mac, andouille-mac, shrimp-mac, crab-mac, truffle-mac, mac-mac, you get my point. Well this is the Mac-i-licious-Mac! The key…
Andouille Stuffed Potatoes
Fast, Quick & Tasty! I decided to make Andouille Stuffed Potatoes today because it’s one of the quickest meals ever. You can stuff potatoes with almost anything and it would turn out excellent. I had some extra Andouille sausage sitting around. Yes, it was just sitting around in my refrigerator saying eat me, and so…
Cevapi Burger w/ Homemade Lepinja Bread
Best Burger Ever! Yes, I claim this as one of the best burgers ever! If your wondering what is a Cevapi burger? It’s a Bosnian kabob full of minced meats, spices, and pure flavor. Bare with me while you learn new vocabulary such as Cevapi, Lepinja and Kajmak. Yes it’s a mouth full, but well…
Chile Relleno with Smokey Chicken
Smoked Out! Day 3 of Smokey Goodness! I have just used the last of my smoked chickens to make these quick and easy baked Chicken Chile Rellenos. I love chile rellenos and I make them two different ways. Sometimes I fry them in a nice chiptole beer batter, which are just plain yummy. I will…
Creole Potato Salad with Hellmann’s Mayonnaise
I love potato salad, especially in the summertime with a nice piece of bar-b-Que chicken. My favorite is Creole Potato Salad with Hellmann’s Mayonnaise. Yes, I know it’s winter but oh well, I still made potato salad today and it was good. I grew up eating potato salad, it has always been a holiday favorite….
King Hawaiian Pasta Salad
Aloha! I first had this salad at a little Asian restaurant in Los Angeles. They would serve this salad with teriyaki chicken, white rice, and a side of congee. Yes, that was a lot of food, and probably way too much rice and pasta in one sitting, but the food was so good. I have…
Creole Dirty Rice
Rice Dressing! I have eaten dirty rice or as we call it Rice Dressing since I was a baby. I don’t ever remember a time not eating rice dressing. I make this for my family every holiday, and remember this really does taste better the next day. Sauteing the vegetables in olive oil is a…
Chinese Chicken Salad
Roasted chicken, crispy lettuce, cabbage, with an orange marmalade vinaigrette makes this quick and easy Chinese Chicken salad my go to meal! The first time I had a Chinese chicken salad was back in 1998 when Big Goo and I went to visit the Getty Center in Los Angeles. If you’ve never visited the Getty…
Potato Stuffed with Chicken Nachos
Flavorlicious! This is a quick, easy meal that is full of flavor and spice. I make stuff potatoes for my family whenever I am in a rush or to busy to create a big fancy meal. We love nachos in my house and in an effort to make nachos a little more filling, I decided…
Turkey Taco Salad
Turkey Taco Salad is one of my quick go to meals. In under 30 minutes you have a great tasting healthy meal. Fresh ripe tomatoes and chopped green onions are key to topping your turkey taco salad. Putting the lettuce at the bottom of the taco shells, allows you to protect your shell from becoming…
Inside Out Hot Wings
Hot Wingin It! I love hot, crispy, chicken with blue cheese dressing. Today, I decided why not put most of the ingredients that is used for the hot wings sauce inside the chicken. Start with fresh, rinsed and dried wing tips. In a large bowl add all the spices. Don’t forget the eggs. Add plenty…
Chopped Pasta Salad
It’s The Lettuce Folks! My family knows how much I love salad. This is hard for them because they love meat. They would eat meat everyday, all day if I would let them. I like meat also, but I love salad more, go figure. I could eat salad everyday. My history with salad goes way…
