Alva Bell's Recipe Box
Eggplant Balls
These hearty, delicious eggplant morsels can be used as a replacement for meatballs, or they can be fried into patties and eaten like burgers. Great for vegetarians! The most common type of eggplant eaten in the U.S. is the large, dark-purple Italian eggplant. Less common are the slender lavender and ...
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Spinach Shrimp Casserole
Dale’s Kitchen In Memory of his Mom – Meredith Begnaud Mom knew how to get us to eat our spinach. When she cooked this, there was never any left. So who said Popeye was the only one who liked spinach? Ingredients2 (10 oz) packages frozen spinach 1 tsp Accent ...
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Mimi’s Jelly Roll
I loved the days my Mom made jelly rolls. The words “jelly roll’ is its own definition. jellyroll – thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and then rolled up to make a cylindrical cake. Ingredients5 eggs, separated 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 3/4 cup Domino granulated sugar 3/4 cup ...
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Tuna Fish Pie
One of my favorite memories growing up in my mother’s kitchen smelled this pie bake! It was an easy and quick dish to make and is better the next day after all the seasonings set in. If you have biscuit mix and tuna fish on hand, you can whip up ...
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Crunchy Spinach Salad
All the different textures and flavors in this salad make it very interesting! It also goes great with any entree! I usually make it when company comes over and I always get rave reviews! Ingredients1 cup pecans, chopped 1 package Ramen Noodles, uncooked & broken 2 tbsp butter 1 bunch ...
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Persimmon or Diet Persimmon Cookies
Le kaki ou suit un régime le kaki – our recipe title in French. These were some of our favorites growing up – both the fruit and the cookie. The fruit was especially sweet, if allowed to almost over-ripen, otherwise the fruit will be tart and bitter. I can still ...
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Ginger Cake aka Spice Cake
I can still remember the aroma of this cake baking at my grandmother’s house. Spice cake was served to the farm laborers on their afternoon break. Ginger cake, also known as Spice Cake, is a great Cajun classic. Ingredients1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup sugar 2 eggs beaten 2 1/2 cup ...
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Sweet Dough for Tarts – Tourte douce
The most classic of our sweets is the sweet tart (small pies with filling). These can be filled with any filling of choice, although fig, coconut, bouille and blackberry are some of the all-time favorites Ingredients1 block (8 tbsp) margarine or butter 2 tbsp shortening 2 eggs 1 cup sugar ...
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Holy Cow Cake
When you bite into a piece of this cake, you can’t help but say, “Vache sainte!” (holy cow!) Speaking of cows, have you ever shooed a cow in Holly Beach?! Cows use to run wild on the beach in Holy Beach, LA. – The Cajun Riviera. Most people would just ...
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Fig Cake IV – la gâteau de figue
Most people have had dried figs (especially in fig newtons!), but fresh figs are a real treat, especially when used in a fig cake – la gâteau de figue! Ingredients1 1/2 cup sugar 1 1/2 cup figs 3 eggs 1 stick butter 1 tsp baking soda 2 tsp baking powder ...
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Crawfish Fettuccine
Fettuccine d’écrevisse – One of our more popular classics. Shrimp could be used instead of the crawfish or combined with crawfish along with crab meat. Ingredients2 medium onions 2 medium bell peppers, chopped 2 sticks butter or margarine 3 tbsp flour 2 tbsp parsley 2 cloves of garlic 3/4 pound ...
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Omelet in a Bag
Do you love to cook omelets or do a lot of camping? If so, this recipe is for you! Omelets cooked in zip lock plastic bag… It really works and is simple to prepare when family and friends get together for breakfast. Ingredients2 large eggs per person Any variety of ...
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Blue Ribbon Dessert – Four Layer Delight – Mississippi Mud Pie or Bayou Goo
This recipe has an interesting story behind it. MawMaw first ate this dessert at a get-together to celebrate the visit of the author’s brother-in-law on leave from Iraq. It was the hit of the evening. The author tells us that her best friend won a blue ribbon for this dessert. ...
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