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Shrimp gumbo for Mardi Gras – okra, shrimp, filé

February 23, 2022 by Lisa Grable 21 Comments

Shrimp gumbo, a Louisiana classic soup served with rice. Shrimp, okra, and gumbo file provide flavor, and you can add more seafood and chicken - tasty!

Here is my shrimp gumbo recipe to add to our Mardi Gras festivities!    And here is another Mardi Gras favorite – shrimp gumbo, one of my favorite foods for Mardi Gras season. Gumbo is a famous type of stew or soup, made with any kind of seafood and sometimes chicken. Shrimp gumbo has a…

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Filed Under: Home-making Tagged With: 2017 year in review, Cajun gumbo, chicken sound cup, classic films, cute baby bibs, dance, filé, Hawaiian culture, hula, hurricane cocktail, lash boost, Mardi Gras, New Orleans, okra, passion fruit, recipe, rodan + fields, roux, seafood gumbo, shrimp, sound experiment, squawking chicken

Muffuletta sliders for Mardi Gras

February 24, 2020 by Lisa Grable 13 Comments

Muffuletta sliders, a New Orleans classic sandwich at a party. Italian olive salad, genoa salami, ham, Swiss, and provolone - tasty!

One of my favorite foods for Mardi Gras season is muffuletta sliders. A muffuletta is a famous New Orleans sandwich, a favorite of Sicilians in the early 20th century. It’s a very large, filling sandwich, so I serve this muffuletta sliders version at Mardi Gras parties. You will need foil, a baking pan, a bowl,…

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Filed Under: Home-making Tagged With: Mardi Gras, mini muffulettas, muffuletta sandwich, muffulettas, New Orleans, recipe

Hurricane cocktail for Mardi Gras – passion fruit punch

February 2, 2018 by Lisa Grable 21 Comments

Hurricane cocktail is a fruity passion fruit and rum drink. Invented in New Orleans, it's a great Mardi Gras libation!

Hurricanes are a fruity passion fruit and rum cocktail. The hurricane cocktail was invented at Pat O’Brien’s in New Orleans during a 1940s glut of rum in the port city. It’s an ideal cocktail for bringing some sunshine into winter gloom and for keeping Mardi Gras season festive. You will need a 2-quart pitcher and a measuring…

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Filed Under: Home-making Tagged With: hurricane cocktail, Mardi Gras, New Orleans

One day in New Orleans

October 23, 2015 by Lisa Grable 10 Comments

The French Quarter in New Orleans, Louisiana can be a great day trip. One day in New Orleans includes sights, Cajun and Creole food, and cocktails!

New Orleans, Louisiana is fairly easy to get to and one day in New Orleans is a do-able day trip. Recently we celebrated The Gardener’s birthday there with our daughter “Agnes”, his sister, and niece. We picked his favorite things to do in the French Quarter, and you might like them too! French Quarter attractions…

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Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: French Quarter, Louisiana, New Orleans, New Orleans day trip, New Orleans French quarter things to do, one day in new Orleans, what to do in New Orleans

Lisa’s Home Bijou: “Birth of the Blues”

June 29, 2015 by Lisa Grable Leave a Comment

birth of the blues martin and crosby

Film Festival: Summertime Blues ONE OF THE HOMES OF JAZZ AND THE BLUES is Basin Street in New Orleans, the setting for this 1941 musical starring Bing Crosby and Mary Martin. Let’s get one thing straight to begin with: Bing Crosby did not invent the blues. With apologies to real New Orleans bluesmen like Louis Armstrong, Buddy Bolden, and Jelly Roll…

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Filed Under: Culture, Movies Tagged With: 1940s, Bing Crosby, Birth of the Blues, blues, classic films, Dixieland, Jack Teagarden, Lisa's Home Bijou, Mary Martin, New Orleans, summertime

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Lisa Grable, Casa BouquetI’m an educator, grandmother, classic movie fan, sewer and crafter, and I love Hawaii. Read more about me …

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