The Coca-Cola Company provided promotional consideration for my participation in this program. I am excited to be partnering this year with Coca Cola to talk about all things ESSENCE®! ESSENCE Festival 2015® is fast approaching and I thought I would celebrate the wonderful occasion with Shrimp Etouffee! Nothing goes better with Shrimp Etouffee than a…
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Gumbo Party
It’s that time of year again! Yes, the weather is warming up and I am preparing to throw my annual Gumbo Party! What’s a Gumbo Party? Well, a Gumbo Party is a party that I throw every year before it’s too hot to eat Gumbo. Because Gumbo can be heavy and spicy I really enjoy…
Muffuletta Cheese Bread
With Mardi Gras fast approaching, I’ve really been in a New Orleans state of mind! From the Gumbo to the Beignets, I can’t get the food out of my mind. This leads me to my all time favorite, Muffuletta Cheese Bread. This is not just any ordinary cheese bread. And believe me, I love cheese…
Cajun Mardi Gras Shrimp
It’s almost Mardi Gras time and what better way to start celebrating then with a spicy shrimp dish! My Spicy Cajun Mardi Gras Shrimp are beyond delicious. When you mix butter, spices, more butter, lemon and shrimp, it’s about to be a party in your mouth. First, we need shrimp! The bigger the better is…
Stuffed Shrimp Bread
It’s that time of year again and I am in the mood to cook all my favorite comfort foods! My Stuffed Shrimp Bread is comfort food at its best. I love stuffed shrimp and I love bread so I figured why not combine the two and turn them into one delicious dish? And this is…
Cajun Jambalaya Pasta Cheesecake Factory Copycat
My Cajun Jambalaya Pasta Cheesecake Factory Copycat recipe is a true PARTY in YOUR MOUTH! Yes, I’ve eaten this dish numerous times at the Cheesecake Factory, and YES it’s delicious. When my foodie friend Miss Lady asked me to recreate this recipe I knew I was about to take this dish to another level. I…
Slow Cooker Bean Soup with Andouille Sausage
It’s Halloween and I created one of my perfect, simple meals to serve the family when they return home from Trick and Treating! My Slow Cooker Bean Soup with Andouille Sausage takes less than 5 minutes of prep time. My Crock Pot Slow Cooker takes care of everything else! This dish is family friendly, warm,…
Cajun Shrimp Coubion with Fish
It’s Cajun cooking time folks. I am so excited about my Cajun Shrimp Coubion with Fish I pulled out my Mardi Gras beads! Yep, that means this is real authentic tasty Louisiana party food. I’ve eaten Coubion my whole life. Coubion is one of those true southern comfort food dishes. My mother originally cooked Coubion…
Chicken Fried Steak
It truly is a beautiful day! The weather is bright and sunny and there’s a little breeze in the air. I am not sure where the breeze is coming from in the middle of the desert, but hey, it happens folks! On this perfect day I decided what better to cook than tasty Chicken Fried…
Creole Fried Shrimp
Who doesn’t love crispy fried shrimp? It’s something about eating Creole Fried Shrimp that just makes me very happy! I believe well seasoned, fried perfectly, spicy shrimp, is just pure food goodness. It really doesn’t get any better than that when it comes to seafood eating! The key to perfect shrimp is large shrimp! I…
Cajun Chicken Alfredo
I have the perfect chicken recipe for you today! Easy, Tasty, and Quick, that’s what my Cajun Chicken Alfredo is all about. The wonderful people at Perdue Farms were kind enough to send me their PERDUE® PERFECT PORTIONS® Boneless, Skinless Chicken Thighs for recipe development. Perdue Farms is a family owned and operated company for…
Creole Breakfast Sausage
My family loves when I make breakfast sausage from scratch. Yes, I often purchase sausage because it’s quicker, but nothing beats the taste of fresh sausage. My favorite sausage to make is ground turkey with lots of spices. I often like to add cayenne pepper for an added kick! The key to great sausage is…
Baked Creole Muffuletta Sandwich
It’s sandwich eating time up in here! O.K. here’s the run down on what’s happening in my house. Big Goo’s on vacation, and since he’s king of sandwiches I decided to make him a big ole sandwich to snack on for a couple of days. Normally, Big Goo sandwiches consist of roasted turkey and cheese…
Creole Brussel Sprouts with Bacon
If it’s smothered and Creole, we all know it taste real good! That’s why my Smothered Creole Brussel Sprouts with Bacon is such a big hit in my family. I love brussels sprouts and I love bacon, which makes this dish beyond delicious! If you don’t eat bacon, then you can omit it, it would…
Creole Salmon Cakes with Hot Mayonnaise
O.K. crab cake lovers, I have an alternative to crab cakes which taste just as good, if not better! Salmon Cakes…yes, not just any salmon cakes, but salmon cakes made with Wild Caught Alaskan Salmon. Let me explain my dilemma with salmon. I don’t eat Atlantic salmon because from what I’ve read, the water is…
Creole Mardi Gras Recipes
It’s Mardi Gras time!!!!! You know what that means? Good food, fun, and festivities! Everyone’s in search of Creole Mardi Gras Recipes and I have a list of my favorites! Rather you’re looking for gumbo, jambalaya, fried fish, mac and cheese are cheese bread, I have a recipe just for you. One doesn’t have to…
Slow Cooker Smothered Chicken and Okra
It’s Slow Cooker Sunday folks! On the menu today, we have my world famous, Slow Cooker Smothered Chicken and Okra. O.K. it’s not really world famous…but more like, family famous I would call it. Okra, let me tell about Okra…it has a bad rap by folks who just don’t know how to cook it! No…
Roasted Chicken Soup Creole Style
Yes, people…it’s cold outside! I live in the desert and we’re having 30 degree nights. Roasted Chicken Soup Creole Style is on the menu today. I know that’s not the same extreme weather, as some of my friends happily informed me, to contact them when the temperature drops below 0, like their experiencing! O.K. I…
Slow Cooker Chicken Jambalaya
It’s time to appreciate the goodness with Kyvan foods! The wonderful people at Kyvan foods sent me some tasty products to try out this week. Kyvan foods were also generous enough to provide a giveaway (entry below) of their wonderful products. I am starting out by taking Kyvan’s Jambalaya sauce and turning it into a…
Smothered Cabbage with Bacon
It’s the last day to enter the Vitamix Giveaway (entry below). It’s almost New Years Day and no southern kitchen would be caught without a big pot of smothered cabbage to bring in the New Year! I love cabbage and my delicious Smothered Cabbage with Bacon is one of my favorite side dishes to cook!…
