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In Honor of Vieux To Do: Shrimp, Creole Tomato, & Zydeco

“Vieux To Do” is this weekend in the French Quarter in New Orleans, LA.  This festival is three in one: Creole Tomato, Cajun Zydeco Music, and Seafood Festivals.  To get ourselves ready to eat, drink, dance and thoroughly enjoy the heat we are preparing a shrimp dish along with a creole tomato salad.  We have Zydeco music on, opened a favorite bottle of wine and we are ready to cook.  Join us as we enjoy the bounty South Louisiana offers…

Mais C’est Bon!

Enjoy!!

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Crawfish Boil Potato Salad

The roar of the propane burner, the pungent aroma of crab boil and pepper, and the taste of ice cold beer – it’s a crawfish boil. What’s more natural in South Louisiana than a crawfish boil with relatives and friends? Now, several days later, let’s use those leftover boiled potatoes and crawfish for a salad.

If you have not been to a crawfish boil, you can boil the potatoes in crab boil and purchase fresh Louisiana crawfish. When the potatoes are done, drop the crawfish in the water and let sit for ten minutes. Drain and you are ready to prepare the salad.

Mais C’est Bon!

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Russian Kale

Louisiana’s favorite greens include Mustard, Collard, and Turnip.  The more gourmet greens like Kale and Chard can be found at farmer’s markets yet not so much at the local grocery.  We have had Kale and Chard in the past; yet, it was from a friend’s garden and the greens were mature and we now know, past their prime.

Because of our past experience, we would not give the young Kale or Chard at farmer’s markets a second glance.  Finally we decided to give young Swiss Chard a chance and it was well worth the effort.  Last week at the market, there was young Kale and we purchased some.  The recipe below is the result of much experimenting.  We like it and yes, we will purchase more young Kale.

In the south, we were used to cooking greens down with pot liquor and serving them with cornbread.  We now realize that young greens are great just sautéed!

Mais C’est Bon!

Enjoy!!

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Scrambled Eggs with Beet Greens

This week at the farmers market, we purchased young beets with greens still atached. One of our favorite ways to use the greens is with scrambled eggs. The greens add texture to the eggs as well as nutritional benefit. For an added touch this week, we decided to make Beet Jam to go with the scrambled eggs. The jam takes a couple of hours and is well worth the effort.

 Mais C’est Bon!!

 

 

 

Scrambled Eggs with Beet Greens

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Pinto Beans

Although Red Beans is a traditional New Orleans Monday Meal, we eat all types of beans and on any day.  This week it is Pinto Beans.  We cooked these on Sunday and used them all week in various ways from entrees to side dishes.  Monday was traditional bean day since Monday was also wash day.  It was easy to put a pot of beans simmering on the stove while completing other tasks like washing.

Mais C’est Bon!

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Taco Soup

This recipe was given to me many years ago by my cousin, Judy Campbell. I am not sure where it came from so I am not sure where the credit goes. I usually change a recipe by adding something, taking away something, etc. This recipe is so easy and taste so great that no change was needed. It truly is as easy as opening cans.

Enjoy!  Mais C’est Bon!!

I made this soup last weekend when we camped at Tickfaw State Park in Springfield, LA with 6 other RVs.    

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Cajun Shrimp on Rice

 

Cajun ShrimpPort Allen, LA – Laurie and I are fans of farmers markets and the fresh treasures they hold. On our last visit to the Red Stick Farmer’s Market in Baton Rouge, LA, we purchased fresh shrimp direct from the shrimper, carrots from the farmer who grew them, along with parsley and green onions. Using these fresh ingredients along with others we created the following recipe.

Enjoy! Mais C’est Bon!!

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