You’ll love these creamy Southern pralines, and you’ll love them, even more, when you see how easy and inexpensive these praline pecans are to make from scratch from a few simple ingredients! Creamy Pralines are sweet brown sugar candy with crunchy pecans that are often a favorite New Orleans praline treat during the holiday season…
Mardi Gras
Looking for Mardi Gras Recipes? Get easy recipes that are perfect for the a Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday celebration. Included are appetizer recipes, main dish recipes, side dish recipes, and dessert recipes. I include everything from Cajun Blackened Chicken to Creole Green Beans and Maque Choux to Bananas Foster Upside Down Cupcakes.
Slow Cooker Jambalaya
This Slow Cooker Jambalaya is an easy set-it-and-forget-it recipe that is Creole/Cajun comfort food at its best! It’s loaded with smoked sausage, tender chicken pieces, shrimp, vegetables, and soft instant rice – all infused with bold spices, herbs, and salty-sweet flavors from diced tomatoes and broth. Slow Cooker Jambalaya is an incredibly easy and satisfying…
Cajun Shrimp And Sausage
Cajun Shrimp and Sausage, combined with vibrant fresh vegetables, make an easy and delicious sheet pan dinner. Whether served by itself as a low-carb dinner or paired with dirty rice for a Cajun Shrimp and Sausage Bowl, it is certain to please even the pickiest of eaters. Why You’ll Love This Recipe Whether you are…
Maque Choux (A Cajun Corn Side Dish)
Maque Choux is a creamy, spicy Cajun side dish made of corn, onions, red and green bell peppers, garlic, heavy cream, and Cajun spices. Maque Choux is the second recipe in our Mardi Gras Menu for those of you who, like me, can’t make it to New Orleans for Mardi Gras. However, this Cajun side…
Cajun Braised Chicken Thighs
These Cajun Braised Chicken Thighs, are tender, moist, and juicy chicken thighs, with a zesty chicken gravy, that make a hearty, rustic, spicy comfort food meal, especially when served over rice or mashed potatoes. What Are Cajun Braised Chicken Thighs? Cajun Braised Chicken Thighs takes ordinary chicken thighs and seasons them with a zesty Cajun or…
Instant Pot Red Beans And Rice
Want a taste of New Orleans, but don’t want to wait all day? Instant Pot Red Beans And Rice to the rescue. This recipe has all the zesty flavor of the andouille sausage, red beans, onions, peppers, celery, spices, and rice, but is ready in under an hour! If you soak the red beans overnight,…
Brennan’s Houston Bananas Foster
This Brennan’s Houston Bananas Foster recipe, with fresh bananas and ice cream covered in a buttery, brown sugar, rum-laced sauce, is from the famous Creole fine dining restaurant, Brennan’s, in Houston, Texas. I had the opportunity a few weeks ago to attend a Houston Food Blogger Collective Event at Brennan’s Houston to sample and learn about…
Blackened Chicken Salad with a Cajun Creole Dressing
Blackened Chicken Salad with a Cajun Creole Dressing makes a cool, crisp, refreshing salad topped with zesty flavorful Blackened Chicken and a creamy Cajun Creole Dressing. To me, nothing is better than a cool, crisp, refreshing salad topped with my slightly spicy Cajun Blackened Chicken and combined with a cool, creamy ranch salad dressing with…
Top 15 Cajun Recipes for Mardi Gras
This collection of Top 15 Cajun Recipes for Mardi Gras includes some uniquely delicious and mostly healthier Cajun-inspired or Cajun fusion recipes with a decadent mini dessert added for good measure! Many of these recipes will be perfect for a Mardi Gras party or any party. We have included appetizers, side dishes, main dishes, blackened dishes,…
Tex Mex Jambalaya Taco Cups
Tex Mex Jambalaya Taco Cups are spicy appetizer-sized bites of Cajun jambalaya with a Tex Mex twist in corn tortilla taco cups that are perfect for either your game day or Mardi Gras party.
Cajun Mini Pizza Poutine
Cajun Mini Pizza Poutine adds a twist to traditional Poutine by using potato slices as appetizer-sized mini pizza “crusts” and tops them with chopped andouille sausage, onions, green and red peppers and Cajun gravy.
Bananas Foster Upside Down Cupcakes
Bananas Foster Upside Down Cupcakes are easy to make upside down cupcakes made with bananas instead of pineapple, and are a perfect mini dessert for Mardi Gras (aka Fat Tuesday) or any party. It is January 1st and I am still in party mode. I promise I will post some healthier recipes soon, but today is…
Cajun Herb Prime Rib Roast
This Cajun Herb Prime Rib Roast, also known as a ribeye roast, will bring family and friends together around the #SundaySupper or holiday table to enjoy its tender and juicy roasted flavor. For us, the holidays mean we often get to see family and friends that we don’t get very often. We look forward to it…
Muffuletta Olive Salad
This post is sponsored by Mezzetta but the content and opinions expressed here are my own. This Muffuletta Olive Salad brings back memories of an awesome olive appetizer that our brother-in-law’s mother used to bring on the holidays. When I see olives I am always reminded of the holidays when Millie would bring this delicious olive…
Cajun Honey Jalapeño Slaw
Cajun Honey Jalapeño Slaw is a light and refreshing vinegar-based cole slaw, with no mayonnaise, but sweetened with honey, and spiced with cajun seasoning, worcestershire, and hot sauce. Makes a great side dish for a barbecue, picnic, or pot luck. With the warmer weather, we are eating more barbecue and having picnics, and this Cajun…
Cajun Blackened Salmon
Cajun Blackened Salmon is a delicious, quick and easy, hugely flavorful, mildly spicy salmon filet that can be on the dinner table in less than 30 minutes. This Cajun Blackened Salmon recipe post features: A delicious, quick, and easy recipe for Cajun Blackened Salmon. A discussion of the different cooking methods for Cajun Blackened Salmon…
Cajun Blackened Catfish
Cajun Blackened Catfish is a quick and easy, healthy, delicious, spicy Cajun seafood dish that makes an excellent weeknight supper or Mardi Gras party dish, and can fit into most healthy eating plans, including low fat, low carb, gluten-free, and paleo. This Cajun Blackened Catfish recipe features: A delicious, spicy, flavor fully seasoned seafood main…
Cajun Blackening Seasoning Recipe
This Cajun Blackening Seasoning Recipe will be the first spice blend in a series of homemade spice / seasoning mixes on Flavor Mosaic and will provide a zesty kick of Creole flavor for Mardi Gras without being overly salty. Use it on your favorite chicken and fish dishes, including salads, tacos, sandwiches, wraps, etc. Learn How…
Baked Chicken Creole
This tasty Baked Chicken Creole dinner, with chicken, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, celery, and garlic, is baked in an oven bag for a one dish wonder. Mr. Flavor Mosaic and I have an agreement on dividing up work in the kitchen. I cook and he cleans. I think I definitely have the better end of this deal. (Shhh! Don’t tell him I said that.) Anyway, since he has the dirty dishes duty, he often requests that I make one pot meals to reduce clean up. […]
Cajun Blackened Chicken
Cajun Blackened Chicken is a delicious, spicy, quick and easy chicken dish that is a perfect recipe for Mardi Gras or anytime you want a quick, easy, and delicious dinner. I first had blackened chicken and redfish while we were on vacation in New Orleans! One bite and I was hooked. I knew I had…
Creole Green Beans
Creole Green Beans are savory and spicy and delicious with bacon, onions, tomatoes, chilies, and cajun seasoning and make a perfect Cajun Side Dish for Mardi Gras or any time. Creole Green Beans make a perfect side dish to any Mardi Gras celebration meal. Since there is likely a 100% chance I won’t be making…
Creamy Cajun Chicken Lasagna
In my quest for quick, easy, creamy, cheesy comfort food, I searched the food blog world and found two favorites: Skillet Lasagna From Valerie’s Kitchen and Cajun Chicken Pasta On The Lighter Side from SkinnyTaste.com. If these two recipes got married, this Creamy Cajun Chicken Lasagna would be their love child. It is a skillet…
Cajun Sloppy Joe Burritos
Does this sound familiar? I’m driving home from work and start to think about what to fix for dinner. Near panic ensues; but then I remember that I browned some ground beef last night. All I have to do is add a sauce and can make Sloppy Joes. Whoohoo! Dinner Solved! However, then I arrive…