Cajun Food Where You Find It
Cajun French: Noir (Noo-ar) – Black
Cooking can be exhausting during the Dog Days of Summer. This salad is the perfect recipe for the summer heat – no cooking. It also can be used in various ways other than a salad – in a wrap, stuffed tomato, bed for chicken, fish or other protein. Be creative and make it your own.
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
Continue reading “Cajunville Black Eyed Pea and Corn Salad”Cajun French: le jardinage (lu jar-deen-aj) – vegetables
This pasta salad has been a staple in our recipe box for over forty years. During our sailing life chapter, this was a go to recipe. It is easy to make, travels well and keeps great in an ice chest. As so many of our recipes, this one has evolved over time yet the basics never changed much. Whether you RV, sail, picnic or just need a quick salad, this can be your go to. If you need a main meal, add protein to the salad and you have a perfect meal.
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
Continue reading “Cajunville Travel Salad”Cajun French: la pince (la pains) – claw
Fresh claw crabmeat was one of our purchases at the Red Stick Farmers Market this week. Once home, we knew we had to use some of the crabmeat immediately. The crabmeat is from the Outlaw Katfish Kompany and just like their catfish; the crabmeat is sweet and melts in your mouth. With John’s creativity on overload, a crab dressing was in order. This dressing would be excellent not only on a salad, yet on fish or steak.
Mais C’est Bon!
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Cajun French: le limon (lu lee-mon) – lemon
Remember our beautiful bouquet of carrot tops? We finally finished them off and it has been a great gastronomic adventure. The final dish is a bulgur salad using carrot tops. Most bulgur salads like Tabbouleh use parsley; carrot tops give a completely different flavor. The carrot tops need more liquid compared to using parsley. We have used this salad as a base for stuffed tomatoes, an addition to other salads, in an omelet, or as a side vegetable with meals.
Mais C’est Bon!
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Cajun French: la cibleme (la see-blem) – patty pan squash
A 2# white patty pan squash, from Robinson Organic Farm, reached out to us at the Red Stick Farmers Market this week. It was a beauty and a hallowed out bowl was calling. Laurie’s thoughts went to an etoufee stuffing while John’s thoughts went to a more summertime dish – a salad in the hallowed out squash. John won. Below is the dish’s progression as we built the salad and presentation.
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
Cajun French: la crabe (la krab) – crab
Lunch time with simple combinations.
There is nothing better than fresh lump crabmeat and fresh tomatoes. Having both in the refrigerator, we decided on a Remoulade salad for lunch. The salad was refreshing on a hot summer day. All ingredients were chilled, crisp and full of flavor.
The salad became another simple combination.
Mais C’est Bon!
Enjoy!!
Continue reading “Simple Combinations – Crabmeat and Tomato 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!!
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!
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!!
An invitation to a Pot Luck, Party, or Get Together, what to bring? A Party Salad of course! Are you looking for something easy, different, interesting and delicious? Our Party Salad is that and more. This salad will awaken your smell, entice your taste, and color your palate.
This dish is great to keep in the frig for snacks, serve when friends drop over, and it is the perfect side for most entrees. And to top things off – it is easy to prepare.
Enjoy!
Mais C’est Bon!!
