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Cajunville Travel 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!

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Honey Roasted Vegetables

Cajun French:  le jardinage (lu jar-deen-aj) – vegetables

 

Veg PlatedThe farmers market was teeming with young vegetables this week; eggplant, radish, squash, peppers were begging to be purchased.  We generally grill our vegetables but this week we decided to try roasting.  After slicing the vegetables we tossed them with Cajun olive oil and local honey.  The results were awesome!  The vegetables were accompanied by pan grilled salmon and salad.  This recipe is very simple to prepare yet full of flavor and aromas.  Honey is the star of this dish so make sure you use high quality local honey.

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Vegetable Bread Pudding

Cajun French:  le pain (lu pain) – bread

 

 

Flounder Stuffing

Stale bread is bread pudding in waiting.  When bread pudding is mentioned, we think dessert.  Recently our stale bread consisted of wheat, French, lemon rosemary, and olive.  Thinking of the bread combination dessert was not in the vision.  Besides the stale bread, we also had vegetables that were in need of cooking.  What evolved was a vegetable bread pudding that became a side dish, part of a stuffing for flounder and used in an omelet.

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Stuffed Trumpets

Cajun French: trompette – trumpet

 

What would “swamp pop” music be without trumpets? The horns add a quality that make “swamp pop” a distinctive music. On Saturday night in south Louisiana “swamp pop” music can be found in dance halls and juke joints in most cities and towns.

The oyster mushrooms we purchased at the Red Stick Farmers Market reminded us of trumpets and “swamp pop” music. Wanting to make the mushrooms as distinctive as “swamp pop” we decided to stuff the trumpets. They were served with grilled salmon and grilled asparagus. John said the salmon and asparagus were the accompaniment that the main player was the mushrooms.

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Corn Pudding

Cajun French:   la poutine (la poo-teen)  –  pudding

 

Any leftover or stale bread we have is frozen for later use as breadcrumbs or pudding.  Having accumulated various types of bread we decided to make pudding.  After sorting the bread which included whole wheat, French corn bread, cranberry and walnut, and sundried tomato and garlic, we realized it was not suitable to cook with fruit.  Wanting to use all the bread we decided to make a vegetable pudding.  It is great as a side dish or with eggs for breakfast.

This is not the usual corn pudding recipe.  Give it a try for something different with corn.

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Jazzed Up Crab

Cajun French:   la crabe (la krab) – crab

 

Des Allemandes Outlaw Katfish Kompany sells stuffed crabs, along with live crabs, soft shell crabs, and catfish, at the Red Stick Farmers Market.  We enjoy making crab cakes yet when the Outlaw Katfish Kompany’s stuffed crabs are available we opt for them.  Each stuffed crab is loaded with crab, seasoning and just the right amount of bread.   We headed home with our usual four stuffed crabs and decided to jazz them up.

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Red Stick Farmers Market

Cajun French: le café (lu ka-fā) – coffee

 

The alarm sounds @ 5:30 am!  I smell coffee and that helps a little.  A cup of coffee later consciousness begins and I realize it’s time for a shower.  By 7:30 we’re pulling out of the driveway heading for a farmers market — today is Saturday!

No matter where we are, we look for a Farmers Market to shop.  Most frequently we are in the Baton Rouge, LA area and the Red Stick Farmers Market is our shopping experience.  Our purchases from a typical farmers market makes up the majority of our weekly groceries.

Grab your basket and let’s go shopping!

 

Mais C’est Bon!

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