Cajun Food Where You Find It
Cajun French: la figue (la feeg) – fig
We have been experimenting with vinaigrettes lately and enjoying the results. Finding a few figs left from our farmers market purchase we decided to try a vinaigrette using the fresh figs as well as fig infused balsamic vinegar.
We tried it on our Corn Pudding and the vinaigrette gave the pudding an extra shot of flavor!
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
Cajun French: la breme (la brem) – eggplant
Smothering eggplant with onions and tomatoes is the usual way we prepare eggplant. Today we wanted something different and a sandwich sounded good. Roasting the eggplant gave it crunch, adding capers and pine nuts gave depth.
This sandwich builds and each layer add a depth of flavor.
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
Cajun French: le maïs (lu ma-ee) – corn
There is nothing like a cool salad on a hot summer day on the bayou.
This dish uses some great Cajun flavors to make this unique salad. Just imagine yourself sitting on a dock with feet dangling in the water eating this salad and sipping a glass of crisp white wine.
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
Continue reading “Bayou Side Shrimp Salad with Cajunville Vinaigrette”
What is a Creole Tomato?
A true Creole Tomato is grown in the river parishes south of New Orleans. The soil and the climate make the tomato a “Creole”. The tomato is meaty, juicy, thick and a delicacy in south Louisiana. Nothing announces summer like
the Creole Tomato and snowballs. Locals wait for each to “come in season”.
We purchased Creole Tomatoes at the festival and have enjoyed them all week. Now we are down to our last big plump juicy delicacy – what to do with it? We decided to make a tuna salad and stuff the tomato which is large enough to share.
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
Basil gone wild!
Our basil plant is growing as fast as we can use the leaves. Knowing basil is high in Vitamin K and also has a great flavor, we try to use it as often as possible. Having fresh mushrooms and planning an egg dish, the basil was calling to us. We also had fresh sweet potato bread from Forte Grove at the Red Stick Farmers Market and it would enhance the eggs.
The breakfast is very simple yet very gourmet.
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
“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!!
Continue reading “In Honor of Vieux To Do: Shrimp, Creole Tomato, & Zydeco”
Shrimp is a staple in our diet and we always seem to have leftover ones in the fridge. We try to come up with creative ways to use the shrimp. This dish came about because it was lunch time, we were hungry, nothing was fixed and into the fridge we went.
There is really no recipe for this dish; it is a building of ingredients we had on hand. In our opinion it turned out great – very clean and fresh tasting!
We always try to keep roasted garlic in olive oil on hand. I always say we should own a garlic farm with the amount of garlic we use. If you have never roasted garlic in olive oil, try it. It keeps well, of course ours never last long enough to really know, and is good in almost everything.
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
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!
