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Locavore Roasted Corn and Sweet Potato Galette

Cajun French: saler (sa-lā) — salt

 

Choosing to be Locavores makes us very aware of food seasons. Each season has its specialties and none more so than Fall in South Louisiana. Last week we purchased sweet potatoes, garlic, and ears of corn. One morning we had eggs with mushroom and corn. While enjoying breakfast, John stated tomorrow we would fix sweet potato galettes. The recipe below is the new and improved version 2.0, as one of our food testers (Matt, twitter.com/@othermattreed) named it.

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Southwest Breakfast

Cajun French:  la crêpe (la krep) – Pancake

 

Knowing we were going to hitch up and leave Hord’s Creek Lake in Coleman, TX today, we decided to have our morning coffee outside during the coolest part of the day.  Realizing it seemed dark for 6:30 in the morning, I opened the door to a dark sky and realized rain must be in the area.  This part of Texas, as most of Texas, has not seen rain in a very long time and we were happy for them.  For us it meant either packing up and leaving in the rain or staying an extra day.  We opted for the extra day.  That decided, we now needed breakfast and pancakes became the menu.  John’s creativity kicked in and soon he was making salsa.  Salsa and pancakes – why not?  We then added fig preserves on top and Wow what a combination!

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Veggie Omelet

Cajun French:  l’omlette (l’om-let)  –  Omelet

 

Making breakfast special is a great way to start the day.  How about a double mushroom omelet – mushrooms on the inside and mushrooms for garnish?  We had both  baby portabella mushrooms and button mushrooms and decided to use both in different ways.  Adding peppers, onions, and garlic gave this omelet a special flavor.  

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Iko Iko Jockamo Breakfast

Cajun French:  la patate douce (la pa-tat doos)  –  sweet potato

 

Abita Jockamo IPA (India Pale Ale) is an excellent beer,  reminding us of the many European beers we enjoyed while living in Germany.  Although we enjoy beer, it is not something we drink every day.   Yet somehow we always seem to have various types in the refrigerator mainly due to friends bringing over beer and leaving what’s left in our fridge.  Finding Jockamo IPA, we decided to give it a try with Bruce’s Sweet Potato Pancake Mix and it was a great marriage.

“Jockamo is named for the tribes of dancing, singing, chanting “Mardi Gras Indians” who have marched in New Orleans for over 250 years.”   When you taste this dish you will hear the drums and start singing “Iko! Iko!…Jockamo feena nay”.

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Cajun Beer Sweet Potato Biscuits with Poached Eggs

Cajun French: la bière (la bee-air) – beer

 

Beer Biscuits had been on our list of things to make and we decided to make it Cajun – Abita Beer and Sweet Potato Biscuits!

Ok, that settled now how to serve the biscuits – with poached eggs.  Ok, we need more than just eggs.  We decided to jazz it up with fresh lump crabmeat and a lemon dill sauce.

This dish could not only be served for breakfast but also for brunch.

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Simple Combinations: Eggs and onions

Cajun French:  l’oignon (l’on-ee-on) – onion

 

Sometimes we try to make things too complicated by using many and varied ingredients.  We are trying to make some of our recipes simple, easy, quick and healthy.  So began “Simple Combinations”, where we use two to three ingredients for the main item.  It is easy to add fresh fruit, bread and/or fresh vegetables.

Here is another “Simple Combination” using eggs and Creole onions to make a quick and healthy meal.  Chopping the onion takes the longest amount of time.  While the onions are cooking, slice the tomato and cut fresh fruit.  The sweetness of the cooked Creole onions along with fresh eggs, both from the Red Stick Farmers Marekt, made an incredible combination.

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Bloody Mary Brunch

Cajun French: déjeuner (dā-ju-nā) – breakfast

 

 

Okay, so we are not having just Bloody Marys for brunch but they sure make preparing brunch more interesting.

It’s the 4th of July and we were being very lazy just enjoying the morning.  After drinking more coffee than anyone should, it was time to think about food.  Opening the fridge and taking lots of items out, what the heck go for the Bloody Marys.  Now with drink in hand, we decided to fix eggs with everything taken out of the fridge.

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