This is another favorite recipe that was a wonderful treat for all the family growing up in New Orleans. I can remember this on celebrations such as someone’s First Communion or a Baptism. Of course, a lot of times we just had them because we begged my mother to make them. It was usually served […]
A couple of weeks ago we were working on some family projects and needed a real quick and easy-to-fix dinner. My wife, Sue, searched the cupboards and found a package of Zatarain’s® New Orleans Style Jambalaya Mix. She also had some fresh ground meat in the fridge, so she used that […]
In my continuing series of New Orleans favorite recipes that my mother taught me, I will give you her Stewed Chicken. I am forever grateful that I hung around when my mother was cooking. I have taken license over the years with her recipes because she used everything fresh. If I don’t use fresh ingredients, […]
My paternal grandmother Mata used to make Red Beans and Rice at least once a week. I would always go to her house for lunch because they were always ready to eat early. My grandmother believed in getting her beans on the stove early and in a couple of hours they are ready to eat. […]
Every good cook wants to know the secret of the roux in cooking.
Roux is basically brown flour used to thicken the consistency of gravies or in New Orleans just about everything.
Most recipes for dishes utilizing a roux tell you to sautee’ your vegetables in oil and then add the flour and stir and cook until […]
Another dish that my mother and grandmother made on a regular basis was Jambalaya.
To the uninitiated, this is sort of like the creole version of Chinese fired rice except much better. In my house it was always a main dish that didn’t need any side dish because it was so good and so filling. Now […]
I am going to give you my gumbo recipe. I learned to cook from my mother and grandmother who were born and raised in New Orleans and really knew how to cook. Most of the time, you could not get them to write down their recipes because they used a “pinch” of this and “just […]
I will publish some recipes which other people have provided. Most of these dishes begin with onion, garlic, celery, and bell pepper. New Orleans Cooks like my mother, grandmother and wife, and of course myself use plenty of these ingredients. I don’t understand how anyone can cook without starting with these as staples.
This is a […]
My son Nate and I pulled off a great grilling project this weekend. What we decided to try to accomplish was a Cajun style “surf ‘n turf.” We started with my Creole seasoning mix. I always make a pretty large batch, because I use it in all kinds of recipes! I use it on fish, […]
My grandmother was named Anita. She was my father’s mother and lived to the age of 94. From my earliest childhood memories, she was always cooking good food. All the adults used to call my grandmother Nita for short. My oldest cousin will tell you that when she was just learning to talk and she […]
