Last Saturday my husband and I went to a crawfish boil with many friends.  After we ate 5 sacks of  boiled crawfish, the hostess’ sister-in-law brought this divine Strawberry Cake.  All 40 of the folks at the party thought this was made from a bakery.
I’m going to share this recipe with you.  Thanks to Karen.
Strawberry [...]

One of my favorite memories of Thanksgiving and Christmas is my Grand mother’s Pecan Pies. She’d always pull me off to the side, in private, and tell me she made them just for me. They were my pecan pies. I’m not sure if she told my cousins the same story, but nonetheless, [...]

On the cajun prairie, we like to stuff our foods with other foods. It’s not uncommon to see stuffed pork chops, stuffed chaudin, stuffed fish… well, the list can go on and on. What can we say? We like blended flavors. Not only do we stuff our meats with other meats, [...]

Local legend tell us that housewives used to reserve Mondays for taking care of the family laundry. Because this took all day, they needed to find a way to manage these duties in addition to preparing a meal for the family. As it were, and still is, Red beans had a very short [...]

Okay, I must confess here and now that I do not make my own roux. There are so many prepared roux’s on the market which don’t take hours to stir or have to be be cooked for hours.
This is the way my Mother and both my Grandmothers made their Roux in gumbos sauces, gravies, [...]

So we’re obviously in the mood for sweets over here at Cajun French Blog. We like to balance our spicy cuisine with sweet, yummy goodness. The last sweet we mentioned was a breakfast food we call Pain Perdue – (french for “lost bread”). Now it’s time to show you how to make [...]

Without a doubt, pain perdue (pa-pa-doo) is one of the more popular breakfast foods of the cajun french. It’s hot, hearty, and it just tastes good. A favorite amongst kids and adults, it’s sure to be a crowd-pleaser at the breakfast table. Here’s a little recipe, contributed by Momma, to get you [...]