Alva Bell's Recipe Box
Chantel’s Shrimp Mold
Chantel Menard for her Dad Howard Menard A classic favorite for Cajun weddings and family gatherings. The color of this dish comes out a pretty salmon color and compliments the bride and groom’s reception food table. Ingredients2 cans tomato soup 16 ounces Philly crème cheese 1 cup onions, chopped 1 ...
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Enice’s Coconut Pecan Pralines
MawMaw knows how to score points with her mother-in-law. She loves to make her pralines; they are really easy to make, but don’t tell her Mom-in-law…she thinks MawMaw has slaved all day. These pralines are exceptional. Ingredients4 cups sugar 1 stick butter - 1/2 cup 1 large can pet milk ...
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Shrimp And Eggplant Casserole
Two ingredients that compliment each other extremely well are shrimp and eggplant. This recipe will prove it. It is easy and les goûts très bon (the taste is very good). Ingredients2 to 3 eggplants, boiled and mashed 1 cup onions, chopped 1 cup bell pepper, chopped 1/2 stick margarine 1 ...
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Beef Eggplant Hash
Eggplants. Cajuns just say – brahams! Question – do you use a potato peeler or a paring knife to peel your eggplants? Ingredients1 1/2 pounds tender-cut diced beef 1 1/2 pounds eggplant, diced into cubes 1 1/2 ribs celery, chopped 1 medium bell pepper, chopped 1 medium onion, chopped 1 ...
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Whatever You Want Sauce Piquant
Sauce Piquant – A hot spicy stew made with tomato paste or sauce, roux and most any meat available. The most popular is seafood, fish, chicken, turtle or alligator sauce piquant. As the recipe implies though, use whatever you want!!! Ingredients1 pound crawfish (you can also use shrimp, crabmeat, or ...
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Cabbage Casserole III
“De chou” (day shoo) is the Cajun word for cabbage. Beats MawMaw’s childhood nick name of “cabbage head,” don’t you think? Ingredients1 head cabbage 1 large onion, chopped 1/2 cup bread crumbs 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1/2 block butter 1/2 cup bell pepper 1/4 cup half and half cream 1/4 ...
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Green Beans With Garlic-Herb Butter
Green beans have many common names – string beans, pole beans, snap beans, zydeco – just to name a few. Two of my favorite ways to eat green beans is to break it off the plant and eat it fresh; the other is pickled. I just wonder if I could ...
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Louisiana Candied Yams
There are two varieties of sweet potatoes; the pale yellow with a dry flesh and the dark orange with a moist flesh. The dark orange variety is plumper in shape and somewhat sweeter than the yellow variety. What are frequently called yams, especially in the Southern U.S., are in fact ...
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Cheesy Corn Maque Choux
I had often wondered what “maque choux” meant in French. My friend, Howard, was smart enough to inform me that macque choux was the native American Indian word for corn. Cajuns took these words to the limit. They prepare a great variety of many corn dishes. Ingredients1 frozen 12 oz ...
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Crab (Shrimp or Crawfish) Corn Chowder
Cajuns love their seafood. This “soup for the Cajun soul” can be made with crab, shrimp, crawfish, all three or in combination with each other. Experiment with the mixtures of the seafood available in your area. Ingredients1 block margarine or butter (8 tbsp) 1 cup onions, finely chopped 1/2 medium ...
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Crab and Shrimp Soup (Bisque)
One of the more popular classic Cajun soups made easy; this one will really “hit the spot”. This recipe is dedicated to Howard Menard. Ingredients1 (10 oz) box frozen corn 1 medium onion, chopped 1 block butter 1 can Campbell’s cream of shrimp soup 1 cup water 5 tbsp flour ...
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Howard’s Cajun Power Ribeye and Onions
Rib-eye steak is a boneless cut from the rib section of beef. The “eye” in its name refers to the round cross-section of a muscle that is not well exercised, so rib-eye steak is very tender. Ingredients3 medium ribeye steak 4 - 6 tbsp oil salt and pepper to taste ...
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Beet Relish
This delicious relish is great served with smoked sausage, ham or any other meat. It is especially delicious served with lots of hard boiled eggs! Ingredients2 cans #303 one pound whole beets 1/2 cup white vinegar 1/4 cup sugar 1/2 tsp salt 1 small bottle horseradishDirectionsStep 1Grate beets and drain ...
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Cajun Made Bar-Be-Que Sauce
Honey Bear Barbecue, move over – you have competition! A delicious old fashion homemade bar-be-cue sauce for use on ribs, chicken, hamburgers or any type meat you want! Delicious for sandwiches. Ingredients10 large onions 2 garlic 1 quart Mazola Corns Oil 1 stick celery 1/2 large bell pepper 1/2 cup ...
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Cajun Made Mosquito Repellant
This is a “recipe” for a great mosquito repellant. 10 parts water to 1 part vanilla extract. Pour into a spritzer bottle and spray it on you. There is the added benefit of smelling like a cookie. Remember this though – Mosquito repellents don’t repel; they hide you. The spray ...
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