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Root Salad

Cajun French:  la bétrave (la bāt-rav) – beet

 

The taste of Spring.

There is nothing like the taste of fresh Spring vegetables and Red Stick Farmers Market offers a variety to choose from.  We have purchased several beet varieties as well as celery root.  The past few weeks we have used the beets and celery root separately so this week we decided to make a salad combining both root vegetables.  We wanted the vegetables crunchy but not hard so we parboiled them in seasoned water.  Cucumber, though not a root vegetable, was added for a crisp taste.  The salad brings Spring to the table.

Mais C’est Bon!

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Cajun Shrimp and Dill Cucumber Salad

Cajun French: la cocombre (la kō-kom) – Cucumber

 

Pinch My Salt has a great recipe for a Sweet and Spicy Dill Cucumber Salad. The salad was in a recent tweet and it sounded wonderful especially for the hot weather we have been having in south Louisiana. Like all the recipes we make we always look for a way to make it Cajun. For this one we did two things: we changed Rice Vinegar to Louisiana Cane Vinegar and added fresh Louisiana Gulf boiled shrimp. The salad tasted as good as it looked. We think we will keep a container in the fridge all summer.

Thank you Pinch My Salt for this great recipe.

Mais C’est Bon!

Enjoy!!

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Stuffed Creole Tomato

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!

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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!

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