Creole

Smothered Cabbage with Bacon 1

Smothered Cabbage with Bacon

Smothered Cabbage with Bacon is a simple dish of chopped cabbage cooked with bacon and Creole seasoning, it is a New Orleans tradition where it is eaten together with black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day as it is supposed to bring good luck for the whole year. Do you experience...

Smothered Okra with Shrimp & Crabmeat 1

Smothered Okra with Shrimp & Crabmeat

Smothered Okra with Shrimp & Crabmeat is a Creole style dish of okra, crab meat and shrimps cooked in tomatoes,herbs and spices like cayenne, paprika, celery, thyme and oregano. Okra, Shrimp and Crab Meat, who would ever think of combing these ingredients together? Well the Creole people and it is...

Geera Pork 1

Geera Pork

Geera Pork is a dish made out of bite sized pieces of pork cooked with cumin seeds and pepper then seasoned with other ingredients like pimientos, cilantro, garlic, onions and chillies. This is the first time I am posting a Trinidad and Tobago or Trinbagonian dish, in fact our recipe...

Jambalaya 1

Jambalaya

Jambalaya is an American (Louisiana) dish heavily influenced by the Spanish and French cuisine. A dish that have big similarities to paella or arroz con pollo it is also made out of rice cooked with an array of vegetables and meats like chicken, seafood and sausages, the big difference is...

Jack Tar (Auckland CBD, New Zealand) 1

Jack Tar (Auckland CBD, New Zealand)

This time we will be trying the mixed Western cuisine of Jack Tar. This establishment offers anything from burgers, pizza, pasta, risotto, salads and chowder to name some. They are always full packed on weekend dinners so we visited the place on an earlier time. Me and my wife have...

Ms Clawdy (Auckland CBD, New Zealand) 6

Ms Clawdy (Auckland CBD, New Zealand)

We never knew Ms Clawdy (Auckland CBD, New Zealand) until one night me and my wife were strolling down Jellicoe St on the North Wharf looking for some good food. We never knew this place until one night me and my wife were strolling down Jellicoe St on the North...

Zucchini Bread 1

Chicken Gumbo

Chicken Gumbo is a dish made out of chicken meat slowly stewed in a spice infused stock seasoned with vegetables and finished with okra as the thickener. Gumbo is a dish made out of meat or shellfish slowly stewed in a spice infused stock seasoned with vegetables and finished with...

Spicy Creole Chicken served in Mashed Potatoes

Spicy Creole Chicken served in Mashed Potatoes

Creole is a style of cooking that originated in Louisiana which consists of a unique blend of French, Portuguese, Spanish, Native American and African cuisines. It is nearly similar to itscousin Cajun, the only difference is that Cajun is more rustic style of cooking.  The key ingredient to this cuisine...