Cajun Food Where You Find It
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.
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Egg Coddlers, manufactured by Royal Worcester, have been used in England since the 1800s. Pipkin was believed to be the original name for the egg coddler. The pipkin was an earthenware pot used for cooking. Coddled eggs are similar to poached eggs, except the eggs are cooked inside the coddler immersed in boiling water. When the eggs are cooked, the coddler is removed from the water, lid removed, and breakfast served in the decorated porcelain dish.
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Coddled Eggs
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.
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Enjoy!!
Green Onion Pancakes? One recent morning while drinking coffee in the wilds of Mississippi– well, how about RVing at the Bogue Chitto Water Park near McComb, MS, and discussing breakfast, pancakes came to mind. Of course not just regular pancakes – Green Onion Pancakes. We had fresh green onion sausage and that sounded interesting. These are simple and have a unique flavor.
Enjoy! Mais C’est bon!!
What’s for breakfast? If you are like me, you get tired of the egg, bacon, and toast or some variation thereof; we have a treat for you. Really, our Pancake Torte will put a smile on anyone’s face. This easy breakfast dish, which could also be a dessert, will dress up any breakfast.
Enjoy! Mais C’est Bon!!
This Breakfast Pie is a great alternative to the common camping breakfast of eggs, bacon, and toast. The pie is easy to make and can be made the day before and refrigerated. The pie is also very adaptable to personal taste. Any ingredients may be added to the basic ingredients of bacon, eggs, onions and pie crust. The pie can become vegetarian by leaving out the meat and adding a variety of vegetables even using leftovers from the night before .
Do not use a pie plate to make this pie. We tried a pie plate the first time we baked it and there was too much crust. The pizza pan gives less crust and more filling.
One pie makes six servings.
Serve the pie with fresh fruit salad.
Enjoy! Mais C’est Bon!!
Breakfast Pie
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.
Tomato Vodka Cream Sauce
In skillet place one tablespoon of butter and one tablespoon of olive oil, sauté ½ onion finely chopped until translucent. To a medium high fire add ½ cup Vodka. Allow it to flame and burn itself out. Add 2 medium tomatoes which have been seeded and cut into small chunks. Cook until soft. Add ½ cup of heavy cream, ½ teaspoon cornstarch mixed with a little water, and salt to taste. Cook on medium low heat until cooked (3-5 minutes). Continue reading “Cajun Ravioli with Vodka Cream Sauce”
Philosophy
Why did we put these ingredients together? As you look over recipes we post here, you need to keep in mind why we choose to put together the ingredients for a particular dish. Usually it’s because we either found them fresh at the Farmers Market, or to make them Cajun. Let’s take a look at this fig recipe.
The bread we used is something we found from our local Farmer’s Market, it could have been almost any fresh specialty bread found locally. Continue reading “Honeyed Figs with Andouille”
Our favorite farmers market is the Red Stick Farmers Market in downtown Baton Rouge, LA. Local fresh produce, meats, cheese, eggs, and other products are available year round. At a recent visit we purchased a chicken, bag of sweet onions, red sweet peppers along with other items. Once home we decided to use our purchases to make Chicken Salad. This salad can also be made using leftover chicken.
Enjoy! Mais C’est Bon!!
