Mardi Gras Inspired Dinner Menu
Next Tuesday is Mardi Gras – another excuse to celebrate! If you can’t make it to New Orleans for the parades and all the various other celebrations, no worry – I have a scrumptious menu for you to host your own New Orleans-inspired dinner at home. And, many components can be made ahead, allowing you… Read more »
Seafood Phyllo Bundles with Creole Mustard Sauce
These make-ahead Seafood Phyllo Bundles with Creole Mustard Sauce are packed with flavor, scrumptious and impressive to serve. For these super yummy and beautiful Seafood Phyllo Bundles with Creole Mustard Sauce, shrimp and crab are seasoned with the “holy trinity of Cajun cooking” (onions, bell peppers and celery) and Old Bay, mixed together with cream… Read more »
New Orleans Hurricane Cocktails
Hurricanes were invented in New Orleans by bar owner Pat O’Brien during World War II when there was a limited supply of whiskey. In order to purchase a single case, liquor salesmen forced bar owners to purchase up to 50 cases of rum, which was plentiful. Looking for a way to use all his rum,… Read more »