Big Mamou Cajun Pasta can be made with chicken breasts or rotisserie chicken. This addicting buttery, garlic, and spicy red sauce is a great way to celebrate New Orleans cooking! I’ve had Paul Prudhomme’s Louisiana Kitchen cookbook probably since 1984. It is one of my most used cookbooks particularly in Spring around the time of …
This easy roasted potato recipe is one everyone should have. There are a zillion variations of roasted potatoes and I’d be happy to try them all. This spicy garlic version is so worth it! Everyone loves an easy roasted potato recipe-well at least I do! I could eat potatoes every day and this Lebanese version …
This spicy shrimp with piquant sauce lives up to its name. And it is good! (This is an updated post from 2016.) There are lots of recipes for spicy shrimp. But this Cajun recipe from Paul Prudhomme really takes the cake. Spicy and hot are two terms that don’t always go together. Something can have …
I love this simple giardiniera recipe! This Chicago style, Italian vegetable relish is a great accompaniment to most everything! Thank goodness for this simple giardiniera recipe! With a garden that was prolific in the jalapeno area, I needed something besides pickled jalapenos in my fridge! Salsa is great, but the world does not live on …
Though this isn’t the classic Ma Po Tofu found drenched in red chili oil, it is still made with Szechuan peppercorns, is totally spicy, and is amazingly comforting. It seems only fitting after my big announcement that I come back with a Chinese recipe. It seems I’ve been gone a bit and I …