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Mar 2013
Mar 2013
Although the name of this recipe sounds redundant. It’s not. This finger food is one part “mixed grill” and one part “grilled provolone.” Put the two together and you’ve got an outrageously rocking herbaceously spicy, cheesy, Cajun meets Italian meets Argentinian masterpiece, if I must say so myself. Now I’m not one to toot my own horn. Really, I’m not! But if you love the fab trio of andouille, shrimp and chicken (think jambalaya and gumbo), the smoky goodness of roasted poblano peppers and grilled onions, the tang and bite of an almost-chimichurri sauce and the pronounced flavor of a [ ... ]
Category: Appetizers, Beef, Chicken, Finger Food Fridays, Pork, Seafood, Shrimp
Tags: andouille sausage, Appetizers, Chicken, Finger Food Fridays, Pork, Seafood Stock, Shrimp Creole, Super Bowl Comments off
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Dec 2012
Dec 2012
I’m counting down the days to 2013 with great anticipation. Although 2012 was a good year, there are a couple of things I’m happy to leave behind. I also love new beginnings and the prospects of better this and improved that. But what I don’t particularly care for this time of year (at least not anymore) are those big New Year’s Eve bashes that involve mass quantities of food, over-the-top drinks, glittery garments and fireworks. Maybe it’s my age or maybe it’s because by the time that event rolls around, I’m already battling [ ... ]
Category: Appetizers, Chicken, Finger Food Fridays, Snacks
Tags: Appetizers, Chicken, Finger Food Fridays, Snacks 3 Comments
02
Nov 2012
Nov 2012
I’ve been making this recipe with some variation of chicken for years now. It’s one of my favorite weekday lunches. And it all started with leftover chicken and a hodgepodge of fridge finds. Some of my off-the-cuff lunch creations like this are worth repeating. Others are not. This one’s been in constant rotation since day one because it’s quick and flavorful and the entire family likes it. But because the sauce is made with Greek yogurt, I had to give it a code name so my kids wouldn’t snub it–they were weird about that stuff when I first started [ ... ]
Category: Appetizers, Chicken, Finger Food Fridays, Sauces
Tags: Appetizers, Chicken, Finger Food Fridays, Sauces One Comment
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Oct 2012
Oct 2012
I love roast chicken. During the week, I pull together a simple family meal by roasting legs or legs and boneless thighs. For those quick dinners, all I do is sprinkle the chicken with Creole seasoning, salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil. I then stick the pan in the oven and roast until all the fat has melted away and the skin is deep golden brown and crispy. It’s a simple process for dark meat perfection. I approach a whole chicken a little differently. Because it contains both dark and white meat, I punch it up with more [ ... ]
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Sep 2012
Sep 2012
I’ve been under the weather this week and yearning for a big bowl of warm, soothing and spicy gumbo. I just couldn’t find the time or energy to pull it together. So yesterday morning the thought came to me to prepare a knock off of my Chicken and Andouille Gumbo in finger food form. And here it is! What do you think? Okay. Not a fair question since you haven’t tasted it yet. But let me say, these meatballs rock. They’re light and flavorful and perfectly seasoned, especially when partnered up with the gravy (or sauce or whatever you want [ ... ]
Category: Appetizers, Chicken, Finger Food Fridays, Gumbo, New Orleans Classics, Poor Boys, Pork, Roux, Sauces
Tags: andouille sausage, Appetizers, Chicken, Finger Food Fridays, Roux One Comment
17
Aug 2012
Aug 2012
I’ve had this blackened chicken idea in my head for sometime now. It just took me awhile to figure out the best way to pull all the pieces together into a nifty little finger food. My original thought was to wrap the ingredients in pie dough. But I just used that dough for my crawfish pies. I decided instead to finish the Blackened Chicken Bites a couple of different ways and go with whatever recipe turned out best.
My first batch of Blackened Chicken Bites involved filling Tostitos Scoops with the cream cheese mixture, placing a piece of blackened chicken on [ ... ]
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Jul 2012
Jul 2012
Okay guys, this Italian Chicken recipe is an oldie but a goodie! It’s a very nostalgic dish that brings me back to when I first moved out on my own. Although I was excited to have my own place, I was not prepared for all the alone time that came with it. Having grown up with two siblings in a neighborhood full of kids with my grandparents literally around the corner and plenty of aunts, uncles and cousins within half a mile, I was used to a full house with people always coming and going. My [ ... ]
Category: Chicken, Main Dishes, Pasta
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09
May 2012
May 2012
In the current edition of New Orleans Magazine, Dale Curry writes about “Daily Devotion[s],” those local classics that make their way onto restaurant chalk boards and family dinner tables week after week. I giggled as I read through her list, because five out of the seven dishes she mentioned were constants with my family. Like many New Orleanians, we always started the week with Red Beans and Rice usually had Meatballs and Spaghetti (or some other red gravy-based dish) on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, paneed something or other after that, seafood on Fridays and pot roasts on Sundays. I [ ... ]
Category: Chicken, Main Dishes, New Orleans Classics
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13
Mar 2012
Mar 2012
I wanted to let you all know that last week I was invited to do a guest post on my friend Shea’s blog, Dixie Chik Cooks. Shea is “a Southern Belle” (Birmingham to be exact) “who thinks about what’s for dinner while eating lunch.” Sounds like a native New Orleanian, doesn’t she? I’d love for you to hop on over to her site and check out my recipe for Chicken Sauce Piquant. Once there, I hope you’ll stay awhile and get to know Shea through all her wonderful stories and recipes. Happy Tuesday!
Genêt
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Category: Chicken, Main Dishes, New Orleans Classics
Tags: Chicken, New Orleans Cooking, Rice 7 Comments
14
Dec 2011
Dec 2011
Back in October, while scrolling through my “Who to Follow” list on Twitter, I came across this fella by the name of Andrew Evans who was tweeting all these wonderful and interesting things about New Orleans. After a couple of clicks here and there, I found out that Andrew is National Geographic Traveler magazine’s Digital Nomad who was in the Crescent City as part of a month-long exploration of South Louisiana. Throughout his trip, Evans tweeted, blogged and vlogged his travels on his Twitter account @WheresAndrew, his NationalGeographic.com’s Digital Nomad blog and his Facebook page. I was able to follow [ ... ]
Category: Chicken, Main Dishes, New Orleans Classics, Pork, Seafood, Shrimp, Side Dishes
Tags: jambalaya 3 Comments
