
Make Ahead
Browse our collection of make ahead recipes


Cane Syrup Ice Cream

Rum Cake Ice Cream

Rice Pudding Ice Cream

King Cake Ice Cream

Bread Pudding Ice Cream

Beignet Ice Cream

Doberge Cake Ice Cream

Chocolate Mousse Pie Ice Cream

Peanut Brittle Ice Cream

Hurricane Ice Cream

Molasses Cookie Ice Cream

Honey Cake Ice Cream

Praline Ice Cream

Coconut Cake Ice Cream

Peanut Butter and Fig Ice Cream

Cafe au Lait Ice Cream

Lemon Pie Ice Cream

Pecan Pie Ice Cream

Eggnog Ice Cream
Nan Boone's Syrup Cake Ice Cream (Gateau de Sirop)

Bourbon Street Pecan Ice Cream

Pumpkin Bread Ice Cream
Sweet Potato Casserole Ice Cream

Fig Preserves Ice Cream

Eggnog Pralines

Deviled Eggs
Kaplan LA

Jason's Party-Sized Crawfish Étouffée

Chad's Hashbrown Casserole

Fig Muffins

Fig Ice Cream
Stuffed Pistolettes

Whiskey Cookies

Pecan Coconut Pralines
French Toast Bake

Lemon Squares (School Recipe)

Carrot Salad

Minnehaha (Mini HaHa) Cookies
Crawfish Bisque (with head stuffing)

Molasses Cookies
Lena's Old Fashion Blackberry Tart and Pie Filling
Mango Salsa

Jack Daniels Cake

Potato Salad

Lena's Sweet Pickles

Vodka Punch

Fig Perserves

Breakfast Bundt

Old Fashioned Custard Ice Cream

Pumpkin Spice Muffins

Boudin Crescent Ring

Bourbon Balls

Priscilla's Choupique (ShoePick) Patties

Old Fashioned School House Peanut Butter Balls

Crusting Cream Cheese Frosting

Holiday Balls Rum or Whiskey

Coconut Cream Cheese Bread Pudding

Fresh Fig Pepper Jelly
Freezing Corn on the Cob

Cheesy Black Eye Pea Dip

Sesame Seed Pralines

Satsuma Jelly

Lentil Bean Soup
Kumquat Preserves

Persimmon Jam Marmalade

Marinated Shrimp for Salad or Appetizer

Strawberry Fig Jam

Chocolate Pie

Chocolate Peanut Clusters Candy

Coconut Fudge Truffles

Fig Bars

Crockpot Corn Macque Choux

Strawberry Fig Preserve Shortcake

Coconut Praline Lemon Pineapple Cake (Dump Cake)
Easy Crawfish Pie

Coconut Dainties Bon Bon

Chocolate Balls

Jezebel Sauce

Kumquat Graham Cracker Pie

Kumquat Nut Bread

Suzanne's Pecan Fingers (Sandies)

Turkey in a Roaster Oven

Persimmon Bread I

Pumpkin Bread
Herb Seasoning Blend
Cajun Seasoning All-Purpose Spice Blend

Fig Jam Cake with Caramel Frosting
Gwyn Dill Pickles
Hot Dill Pickles

Bread and Butter Pickles (Good and Easy)

Spiced Fig Preserves

Raspberry Fig Jam

Watermelon Puree Frozen Popsicle

Blueberry Jam (Low Sugar)
Shrimp/Crawfish Dip

Toni's Coconut Bouille Sweet Tart Filling

Shrimp and Sweet Potato Bisque

Venison Broth

Venison Taco Stew/Soup

Cornbread Salad

Crunch Bark Candy

Sand Tarts - Pecan Sandies

Venison Chili
Venison Steak with Tomato Gravy

Venison Hash

Pickled Turnips

Rum - Almond - Raisin - Cream Trifle

Crunchy Coleslaw Salad

Seafood Surprise

Best Corn Dip
Broccoli & Cremini Mushroom Casserole in Bechamel Sauce

Red Beans and Rice

Cajun BBQ Sauce

Sausage and Pecan Filled Tart
Greade Ah Marinate (Grillades Marinated, pronounced 'gree-ahds')
Coca Cola Brisket

Caramel Bavarian Cream

Grillades for Grits

Chewy Walnut Squares

Pear Pineapple Jam (Pear Honey)

Russian Tea Cakes - A Crunchy Sugar Dusted Nut Ball...
Petit Pois Salad

Lemon Lime Sherbet - Sherbert

Sherbet

Wedding - Party - Reunion Punch
Wendell's French Bread Roast Beef Po-Boy Sandwiches
Rice, Meat, & Tomato Cajun Dressing

Black Russian Cake

Caramel Pecan Candy

Boiled Cajun Potatoes
Freezer Cucumber Pickles

Crawfish Bisque

Cajun Oyster Crackers

My Grandma's Fruit Salad

Oreo Cheesecake

Spinach Bread

Kool Aid Pie

Chocolate Peanut Butter Filled Wheat Thin

Fire and Ice Pickles

Seasoned Crackers
Ms. Sally's Cajun Pork Roast

World's Best Coconut Cake
Pork Grillades (Gree-yahds)

Gloria's Crock-Pot Roast

Loretta's Vegetable Chow Chow Relish
Overnight Brisket
Mashed Potato Casserole
Kumquat Preserves

Pecan Praline Cheesecake

Pina Colada Dessert Squares

Pickled Eggs (And Beets if Wanted)

Tante Linda's Buttermilk Fig Preserve Cake with Buttermilk Glaze

Louisiana Sunshine

Party Punch

Orange Bundt Cake

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Dessert

Sweet Potato Bread or Pumpkin Bread
Heatt Relish/Chow Chow
Maw Maw's Homemade Cajun Seasonings

Betty's Vanilla Nut Cookies
Flo's Pepper and Vinegar PeMonTa
Pepper Pot Hash (pe-mon tod)

Pepper Relish

Lemon Custard

Smothered Potatoes with Sausage and Tasso Cooked Up in Rice Cooker

Kicked up Cajun Cake - Yum Yum Cake

T-Boy's Red Beans & Rice

Biscuits and Gravy Pistolettes
Best Brisket Ever

Dirty Rice
Creole Mustard Potato Salad
Eggplant and Oyster Dressing

Mini Bacon Quiches
Seafood Gumbo in a Crockpot
To Die For Crockpot Roast
Cold Shrimp Pasta Salad

Sausage and Beef Stuffed Bread

Sugar Coated Nuts

Carrot Copper Salad - Copper Pennies - Marinated Carrots

Mug Cake in Microwave

Spicy Cabbage Rolls

Tartar Sauce
Corn Flake Pudding
Grilled Duck Bacon Wrap

Pear Preserves
Pear Relish

New Orleans Eggplant Dressing
Carmel Corn aka Cracker Jacks

Three Bean Bake - Baked Beans
Fresh Tomato Chili Sauce

Simple Cinnamon Pecans

Stella Green's Crab Mousse

Stella Green's Pumpkin Rolls

Cherry Lemon Pie

Brenda Campbell's Fried Shrimp

Big Mamma's Sunday Gumbo

Vee's Crisco Brownie Cookie

Fruit Cake Cookies

Lemon Supreme
Shrimp Stuffing
Bev's Shrimp Pasta Salad

Caramel Pie

Hot Spinach & Artichoke Dip

Yummy Pumpkin Cheesecake

Spicy Pickled Eggs
Fruit Graham Pie - Weight Watchers Dessert

Shrimp Salad in Pastry Shell

Sweet Dough Fig Bars
Good Tarts - Sweet Dough

Mincemeat Prize Cookies

Pecan Pie Bars

Brown Sugar Sauce for Bread Pudding and Cakes
Instant Spice Tea ( Diet Version Also Available)

Russian Tea

Pickled Beets

Hundley Cookies - A Shortbread Cookie

Sour Cream Coated Pecans
Cooking (Steaming) or Boiling Rice

Old Glory Ice Cream (Grand Champion Recipe)

Pineapple Delight

Genevia's BBQ Sauce

Onion Rings a la Cock of the Walk

Dean's Tres Groovy Granola

Steak Marinade for Grilling

Sweet Sauerkraut
James' Brisket

Cajun Flair Grilled Chicken Soup
Shrimp, Crabmeat and Rice Casserole

Rum Punch

Spicy Crawfish Salad

Yeast Bread

Lemon Filling
Lime Pineapple Jello

Pistachio Pie Bake (Watergate Salad Pie)

Eggnog Bundt Cake

Sugar Free Fudge

Delores' New Orleans Style Bread Pudding

Chocolate Whiskey Balls

Praline au Benne

Icebox Cookies

Peanut Butter Chocolate Fudge

Cajun Potato Salad
Rose's Sweet Dough for Tarts
Chantel's Shrimp Mold
Enice's Coconut Pecan Pralines

Beet Relish

Cajun Made Bar-Be-Que Sauce

Cheese Puff
Homemade Maple Syrup

Hitachi Rice Cooker Bar-B-Que Shrimp

Frozen Fruit Salad

Peach Glaze Parfait with Warm Whiskey Sauce
Canning Figs Without Sugar

Eggplant Balls

Mimi's Jelly Roll
Spinach Shrimp Casserole
Crab Dip
Crunchy Spinach Salad

Ginger Cake aka Spice Cake

Holy Cow Cake
Sweet Dough for Tarts - Tourte douce
Omelet in a Bag

Blue Ribbon Dessert - Four Layer Delight - Mississippi Mud Pie or Bayou Goo

Rum Cake

Peanut Butter Candy

Tuna Dip

Heavenly Hash

Honey Scotch Cookies

Gold Brick Candy

Ju Ju's Creamy Pralines

Momma's Fig Bars
Crawfish/Shrimp Cornbread Dressing

Oreo Cookie Pie

Spiced Nuts
Freezing Corn

Opera Fudge

Lime Green Fluff

MawMaw's Plum Cake

Mississippi Mud Pie

Strawberry Cake

Sweet Milk Fruit Salad

Lemon Condensed Pie

Oven Made Roux

Potato Salad Everybody Loves

Chocolate Chip "Yummy"

Holiday Fruit Salad
Mama's Easy No Bake Fruitcake

Olive Spread
New Orleans Muffuletta
Broccoli-Cauliflower Casserole

Cabbage Casserole II

Fluffy Cheesecake with Splenda

Two Minute Hawaiian Pie
Cocktail Wieners and Sauce
Mushroom Stuffed Pastry

Crawfish Casserole II

Mardi Gras Tri-Color Scrolls
Pickled Green Tomatoes

Green Tomato Cabbage Chow Chow Relish

Pickled Beans

Cucumber Cabbage Chow Chow

Eggplant Chow Chow Relish

Green Tomato Chow Chow

Marion's Buttermilk Cake

Coleslaw Cabbage

Lena's Old Fashion Bread Pudding

Pecan Bourbon Cake

Butter Almond Toffee
Lite Two-Layer Pumpkin Pie

Mushrooms Stuffed with Crab Meat
Chocolate Covered Pecans

Daube - Marinated Pork Roast or Eye of Round Roast or Beef Roast - rôti bourré
Holly Beach Potatoes

Tex-Mex Veggie Soup

Sweet Potato Crunch

Gateau De Sirop - Syrup Cake

Zesty Tuna Salad

Coconut Bon Bons

Country Club Salad
Boulettes - Fried Crawfish Balls - Fried Shrimp Balls - Fried Crab Balls
Black-Eyed Pea Soup With Cornbread Dumplings

Holiday Eggnog Pie
Pear Pie

Fruit Dip with Condensed Milk

Cappuccino in a Jar

Carrot Soufflé (Souffle)
Chicken Broccoli Casserole

Low Carb Cheesy Mashed Potatoes

Pumpkin Pie Dessert

Mushrooms in Phyllo Dough
Homemade Pork and Beef Gumbo Sausage

Mardi Gras Swamp Punch

Spicy Pecans

Traditional Wedding Punch
Wild Duck and Game Marinade

Louisiana Red Pepper Jelly

Coconut Cake

Grandma DeMarcy's Syrup Cake

Pineapple Filling

Peanut Butter Balls with Coconut

Venison (Deer) and Pork Sausage

South (Holly) Beach Pumpkin Pie Shake
Christmas Pepper Chutney

Momma's Cajun Potato Salad

Coconut Pralines

Chuck (Beef) Roast or Eye of Round Roast with Brown Tasty Gravy

Oven Chicken Fricassee

Fig Syrup
Freezing Figs
Miniature Hors d'oeuvres Crust for Dips aka Tart Shells

Miniature Pecan Pies - Pecan Tassies

Cracklins (Cracklings) /Grattons and Pork Rinds /Baconettes

The Art of Drying Shrimp (Cajun Dried Shrimp)
Harvard Beets

Taco Soup

The Wait Cake

Marinated String Beans

Corn Macque Choux Casserole Party Size

Homemade Applesauce

Old Fashioned Stack Cake

Sweet Pea Salad

Watermelon Rind Preserves

Classic Carrot and Raisin Salad
Down on the Bayou Dressing

Hershey Pie

Zucchini Bread
Cajun Stewed Tomatoes

Coconut-Pecan Filling and Frosting

Weight Watchers Strawberry Pie

Bert's Bread Pudding

Cranberry Heaven
Eggplant and Bacon Stuffed Chicken Breast

Holiday Lemon Bars

Fresh Broccoli Salad

Tropical Trifle

Crawfish Salad II

Crawfish Salad

Numbie Numb Cake

Oyster and Artichoke Stuffed Pastries

Buttermilk Pralines
Creole Crab Croquettes

Emma Dean's Killer Pink Fruit Salad

Seven Layer Dip
Cornbread and Andouille Dressing
Broccoli Casserole II

Classic Coconut Cake

Marinated Onions and Tomato Wedges

Shrimp or Crawfish Bread

Supreme Pound Cake

Southern Lady Cake

Priscilla's Bread and Butter Pickles

Cajun Salsa
Grandma's Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream
Tony's Creole Seasoning

Terry's Rice Dressing - Dirty Rice

Okra Shrimp Egg Gumbo and Oven Cooked Okra

Peanut Butter Pralines
Cajun Caviar I

Cajun Deep Fried Chicken

Mardi Gras King Cake - Traditional New Orleans

Caramelized Onions
Hog Head Cheese
Crawfish Boudoin (Boudin)

Coon-Dog Punch

Shrimp Remoulade Sauce
Orleanian Artichokes

Stuffed Artichokes

Vegetable Soup II

Devilish Chocolate Diamonds

Dirt Cake

Fruit Pizza and Icing

Strawberry Sherbet

Homemade Waffles
Deviled Crab

Wedding Cookies

Cake Balls

Peanut Butter Balls

Single Crust Plain Pastry for Pies or Mini Crust

Sweet & Hot Snack

Millionaire Fudge

Simple Sweet Potato Pie

Sweet Potato Praline Soufflé

Cold Shrimp Dip

Santa's Whiskers
Christmas Eggnog

Marylyn's Shrimp Mold

Milk Punch - The New Eggnog

Pumpkin Bread II
Broccoli and Seafood or Meat Pie
Classic Shrimp Dip for Wedding
Cocoons

Date Nut Bars

Pecan Pie Bars

Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Ham Salad

Haystack Candy

No Fail Fudge

Blackberry Sweet Tart Filling

Braided Bread Wreath

Chocolate Whiskey Balls
Happy Holly Ham Glaze

John Parker's Scratch Made Cinnamon Rolls

Rum Balls

Cajun Sweet Dough Tarts

Sweet Potato Tart Filling

Raspberry Jello Mold

Whiskey Balls

Blueberry Angel Food Cake

Pecan Rolls

Cajun Creme Pralines

Caramelized Candy

Coconut Pecan Icing - German Chocolate

Creole Honey Cake

Della's Pecan Pralines III

Dixie Peanut Brittle (With Cajun Flair)

Eggnog

Forgotten Cookies

Ice Box Cookies
Lana's Creamy Pecan Pralines IV

Meredith's Oatmeal Cookies

Momma's Pralines V

No Bake Fruit Cake

Pecan Pralines II

Quick Rum Cake

Sock-it-to-me Cake

Sour Cream Coconut Cake

The Best Sugar Cookies Ever

Traditional Holiday Eggnog
Cornbread Stuffing
Cornbread Stuffing - Dressing Mix

Canned Hot Pickles Cucumber or Mirliton (Mirleton)

Cold Eggnog

Divinity Candy

Green Pepper Jelly

Lentil Bean or Northern Bean Soup

Old Fashioned Candied Popcorn

Peanut, Sesame and Coconut Fudge

Pumpkin Pie or Sweet Potato Pie

Ribbon Fantasy Fudge aka Peanut Butter Fudge
Ricki's Noodle Seafood

Strawberry Candy
Custard Filling - Coconut Bouillie Custard (Porridge)

Blueberry CheeseCake

Shrimp Dip

Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce

Crawfish Pasta Salad

Old Fashioned Sweet Tarts

Beer Puffs for Dip Filling
French Party Loaf

Meat and Cabbage Casserole (Oven Baked)
Bloody Mary

Caramel and Cinnamon Pecans
Cocoa Mix

Cooked Custard Eggnog

Dayton's Holiday Punch
Grandma Julie's Crab Quiche

Sandra's Punch
Spinach-Artichoke-Crab Casserole
Brisket Smoked á la Oven
Easy Eggnog

Grandma's Louisiana Fruit Salad
Hot Crab Dip (For Crackers and Tart Shells)

Sandra's BBQ Sauce

Sandra's Party Cheese Ball

Simple Cabbage Rolls

Large Spinach Salad
Crab Dip I

Crab Dip II

Cranberry Fruit Salad

Veronica's Pralines

White Chocolate Cheesecake

Million Dollar Cookie

Millionaire Pie

Berry Banana Trifle

Fig Cake III

Fig Preserve Cake with Buttermilk Glaze

Daiquiri Pie

Ms. Elaine's Shrimp Dip

Cabbage Rolls

Linda's Fresh Cinnamon Rolls (School Recipe)

Sourdough Bread

Sourdough Starter I

SourDough Starter II (Sponge Batter)

Sourdough Waffles

Pumpkin Cookies
Yam Casserole with Crunchy Topping

Tumbleweed Breakfast-Brunch Pie

Corn Flake Topped Hash Brown Potatoes

Egg & Sausage Soufflé

Patsy's Funeral Cake
Beet Salad
Champ's Gourmet Fruit Cake Cajun Style

Chocolate Peanut Clusters

Classic Boudin (Boudoin)

Fig Preserve Cake IV

Fluffy White Frosting

Crawfish Bisque

Pineapple Cream Mold

Watergate Salad

Breaux Bridge Brisket

Crab Pie

Never Fail Pastry

Chicken Spaghetti

Miniature Pecan Pies I or Pecan Tarts I

Rabbit (Wild or Tame)

Mom's Blueberry Pie

Low Fat Pie

Fruit Salad III Millionaire Salad

Seafood Stuffed Bell Peppers

Swedish Meatballs and Sauce

Stuffed Rolled Round Steaks

Lemon-Broiled Chicken

DeeDee's Baked Custard

Easy as Pie Frozen Salad

The Lord's Supper Pie

Frances' Easy Bread 'n Butter Pickles

Meatballs with Grape Jelly Chili Sauce

Beignets - A French Doughnut

Ms. Faulk's Sweet Dough Tarts

Pecan Grallé

Red Beans and Sausage

Rice Dressing (Baked) aka Dirty Rice

Sweet Pickled Cucumbers

Sweet Tart Dough made with Cake Mix

Denise's Dessert

Fruit Salad II

Mawmaw's Tarts

Mom-Mom's Tarts

Mom's Crunchy Meringue Frosting

Old Fashioned Fig Preserves I

Old Fashioned Fig Preserves II

Old Fashioned Fig Preserves III

T-Con's Tart Recipe

Brunch Casserole

Fruit Cake Cookies

Jerry's Jello Mold

Strawberry Fig Jam I

Strawberry Fig Jam II
Crawfish or Shrimp Dip

Hershey Bar Pie

Cajun Pecans

Mawmaw's German Chocolate Bars

Meringue Shells

Real Easy Cold Shrimp Dip

Tomato Relish

Carmel Fudge

Fantasy Fudge

Red Beans and Rice Crock pot Style
Shrimp Casserole

Shrimp Piquant Stew

Steen's Syrup Gingerbread
Crawfish Dressing or Crawfish Egg Roll Base

Cold Shrimp Dip

Nan Boones' Syrup Cake - Gâteau de Sirop

Granny's Shrimp Salad

Boudin (Boudoin) with Pork Livers

Cajun Fig Cookies

Peanut Brittle

Simple Sunday Potato Salad

Tauzin's Andouille Stuffed Pork Loin with a Fig Demi Glaze
Cynthia Abshire's Yam Casserole

Pickled Eggs in a Jar

