Forget tradition — do something different and exciting this holiday season! Since the usual turkey recipes can get boring year after year, a little Cajun influence might just spice up your  meal. Chef Jimmy Bannos of “Heaven on Seven,” shares tasty, festive twists on holiday favorites to kick up this year’s Thanksgiving Dinner ! Jimmy [...]

A great recipe from cajun country for those cold winter days , easy and quick to put together with some great flavors. Ingredience: 1 – pound of ground beef 1 – 16oz can of blackeye pea’s 1 – 16oz can of stewed tomatoes 1 – tsp salt 1 – onion diced 1 – pgk of [...]

Recipe for a simple Cajun breakfast delicacy, pronounced “coosh-coosh.” Warm cane syrup and coffee milk would be appropriate accomaniments. Makes 4 to 6 servings 2 cups yellow cornmeal 1½ teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1½ cups milk or hot water 3 to 4 tablespoons bacon drippings Instructions: Combine the cornmeal, salt, baking powder, milk [...]

Had a couple of questions about how alligator is prepared and what kind of recipe’s is it more popular in, so here is one found very often in cajun country.  Enjoy! Ingredience: 2-5lbs – Alligator meat 1 -  can tomatoe sauce (16 oz) 1/4 – cup butter or margarine 1 – chilli pepper / or [...]

Marinade: 1 – tsp cajun hot sauce 2 – tsp mustard (reg) 1 – cup italian dressing 1/2 – garlic clove chopped fine 1/2 – tsp salt 1/2 – tsp ground black pepper Juice from 1/2 a lemon Ingredience: 2 – lbs of filet catfish (can sub w/other fish if needed) 2 – med sized [...]

   Pretty quick and easy recipe from cajun country. Hope you Enjoy !   Ingredients:   3lb Ground Meat (half beef/half pork best can even sub in half deer/half pork) 3 – cups of water 1 – cups green peppers (diced) 2 – cups red onion (diced) 2 – cups celery (diced) 2 – green [...]

Ingredients 3 large onions, diced 3 cloves garlic, diced 1 bunch onion tops, diced 1 bunch parsley, chopped 1 medium bell pepper, diced 3/4 cup oil 1 ounce can tomato sauce 1 can Rotel 1/2 can tomato paste 2 tablespoons roux 3 cups water 3 pounds catfish filets Cajun Seasoning , salt/pepper Green onions Instructions: [...]

  Here is another great and simple recipe from cajun country i think everyone may enjoy !     1-1/4 pound ground chicken – mixed white/dark 1 – small clove garlic 1 – egg white 1 – teaspoon salt/pepper/onion powder 1- tablespoon of Cajun Seasoning (which ever available to you) 1 – teaspoon buttermilk (can [...]

Had a question from a reader about the difference if any between a Creole dish and a Cajun dish down here in Louisiana. So I’ll try to answer that here now as I thought a couple more readers may have this same question.   These two terms are often used interchangeably these days , but [...]

Eric Arceneaux, the executive chef of the Big Eddy Club, grew up in Lafayette, La. He said he had two career choices — become a chef or work on an oil rig. He chose to cook. Arceneaux, though a classically trained French chef, loves to cook the food he grew up eating. So he added [...]