Cajun Comfort Food Recipes

"From the Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook. This is a much lower calorie and fat version of a beloved classic, made in a slow-cooker! As written, it's very mild; so if you like it hot, you will need to add cayenne or chile flakes to taste. Cooking time assumes you will cook on low; if you cook on high time will be 5 hours."

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Ingredients: frozen cut okra, frozen corn kernels...

"Carlyle Lake is the largest man-made lake within Illinois with more than 26,000 acres of water and 11,000 acres of land. It is located just 50 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri. Carlyle Lake offers tremendous recreational opportunities. Regardless of your tastes, Carlyle Lake has something for you."

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Ingredients: catfish fillets, fresh tomatoes...

"This is from my Chili Pepper issue from 2007, The Recipe Issue!"

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Ingredients: onions, garlic cloves...

"Ready, Set, Cook! Special Edition Contest Entry. This is a quicker version of Corn and Shrimp Bisque. It really doesn't take that long to cook Bisque, unlike what most people would think. It is a great feel good recipe for that cold winter night. The simply potatoes are a main ingredient for speeding the process along. I created it myself and everyone..."

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Ingredients: corn, creamed corn, crab boil...

"If you've never eaten authentic creole, you truly don't know what you're missing. I discovered this Louisiana favorite while residing there and it was love at first bite. This dish has a very unique taste that defies description. It is very easy to make, and you're doing yourself a serious disservice if you don't give it a try. You can use crawfish..."

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Ingredients: garlic, green peppers, oil...

"This a great dish I adapted from several recipes. The great thing is you can make this as spicy as you want. This goes great with a splash of hot sauce on top and some corn bread. Yummy!"

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Ingredients: tomatoes and green chilies, dark red kidney beans...

"This recipe is from a local supermarket handout."

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Ingredients: cider vinegar, olive oil...

"From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish (www.deepsouthdish.com) I just wanted to put this here to keep it safe."

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Ingredients: dry yeast, eggs...

"Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse, 2005"

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Ingredients: fresh basil, fresh basil leaves...

"A Po' Boy is a traditional submarine sandwich from Louisiana. It almost always consists of a meat, usually roast meat or fried seafood, served on baguette-like New Orleans French bread, known for its crisp crust yet fluffy center. The name "po-boy" is, of course, a shortened version of "poor boy." The name stems from the fact that..."

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Ingredients: French rolls, eggs, garlic...

"This seafood gumbo is adapted from Poppy Tooker’s famous recipe. If you are from New Orleans then you probably have heard of Poppy, but if not you may recall her from Bobby Flay’s Food Network show “Throwdown” were she used this recipe to shame and humiliate Mr. Flay."

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Ingredients: fresh ground black pepper, shrimp...