How do you like your thighs? Chicken thighs, that is…I like my thighs boneless, cooked to perfection with a few charred spots, then covered with a sweet and spicy sauce featuring a hint of fresh lime. These honey Tabasco lime broiled chicken thighs are tender and succulent, and go from prep to the ...
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Strawberry Banana Date Breakfast Cake
I'm not one for an early-morning breakfast. Nope. In all honesty, I'm just not hungry at my usual stupid-o'clock-in-the-morning wake up time. When I arise, I want coffee, and lots of it, and food is almost always the last thing on my mind. Until about 10 a.m., when the ravishing hunger pangs hit me ...
Louisiana Garlic Stuffed Beef Roast
When you are invited to a south Louisiana home for Sunday dinner, chances are great that your hosts are serving garlic stuffed beef roast. Spring, summer, fall, and winter, it just doesn't matter to us. Beef roast is our customary go-to dish for comfort and company, and you're really special to ...
The Stuffed Cajun Trinity
To some people, onions, green bell peppers, and celery are just random vegetables that you pick up from the local grocery store or farmers market. To me - and other like-minded native south Louisianians - these three veggies are the epitome of our Cajun/Creole food culture. Some call them the 'holy ...
Creamy Cajun Potato and Shrimp Soup
This creamy Cajun potato and shrimp soup is bite after bite of sheer comfort food bliss. Gluten free, grain free, and full of seafood and veggie deliciousness, this south Louisiana comfort food recipe is a must-have for days when you need a good bowl of tasty, filling soup to knock the hangry out of ...
Shrimp and Spinach Stuffed Salmon
It's a dark, windy, and stormy night 'round here, and we really needed some comfort food to knock the chill out of our bones. I broke out the 12-inch cast iron skillet and baked up shrimp and spinach stuffed salmon. It worked. We are now full and comforted and oh-so-relaxed. What I like about ...
Mock Basil Aioli
This mock basil aioli helps you use what you have on hand - any time of the year - to create a yummy dip or spread in minutes using fridge and pantry ingredients. Mark planted half a garden bed of basil seeds last year. They all rooted, blossoming into thriving basil plants that I used almost ...
Easy Creole Honey Mustard Sauce
I am slap-to-the-crazy in love with this easy Creole honey mustard sauce. It's tangy, it's grainy, it's spicy, and it's sassy. I developed this recipe for a holiday ham glaze, but decided quickly that it was also awesome on baked chicken. It's now in our monthly chicken recipe rotation, so we get to ...
'Momma' Vegetable Beef Soup
Have you ever loved a family soup recipe so much that you sometimes dream of eating it and wake up craving it? Yep, me too. 'Momma' vegetable beef soup is as just as much a beloved tradition in my life as it is a hearty, hit-the-right-spot meal. I call it 'Momma' soup for all of the right ...
Cajun Marinated Rib Eye Steaks
This easy rib eye steaks recipe includes a flavorful Cajun-style marinade, nothing-special grilling skills, and a few tasty veggies that make the meal more special with minimal effort. Disclosure: A Sprinkling of Cayenne is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an ...