Recipe Index

Drinks / Cocktails

  • Bloody Mary
  • Bayou Mary Oyster Shooters
  • Catholic Foodie Anniversary Ale (Home Brew)
  • Merci Island Throw Me Down

Appetizers

  • Chai Chipotle Chup Jalapeño Poppers
  • Grilled Jalapeño Poppers
  • Grilled Oysters
  • Hummus
  • Oysters Lafitte
  • Sausage-stuffed Grilled Jalapeño Poppers

Salads

  • A Heavenly Salad
  • Apricot Chicken Salad
  • Cole Slaw
  • Creole Tomato, Cucumber and Vidalia Onion Salad
  • Greek Salad with Fresh Spinach and Kalamata Olives
  • Sensation Salad
  • Tabouli / Tabouleh

Seafood

  • Best Fried Fish
  • Corn & Shrimp Chowder
  • Crawfish Étouffée
  • Grilled Oysters
  • Halibut Olympia
  • Oysters Lafitte
  • Pan-fried Catfish
  • Quick & Easy Crawfish Cakes
  • Raw Soused Herring
  • Shrimp & Grits
  • Shrimp Bisque
  • Shrimp Creole
  • Shrimp Étouffée

Soups & Gumbos

  • Basic Onion Soup
  • Best Seafood Gumbo
  • Corn & Shrimp Chowder
  • Curry Chicken & Coconut Soup
  • Lentil & Carrot Soup
  • Puree of Pumpkin, Kale & Italian Sausage Soup
  • Seafood Gumbo
  • Shrimp Bisque
  • Tortellini Soup
  • Turkey & Wild Rice Soup
  • Turkey & Andouille Gumbo

Sides

  • Cole Slaw
  • Creamed Spinach
  • Sweet Potato Pudding

Cajun / Creole

  • Best Seafood Gumbo
  • Cajun Round Steak Parmesan
  • Chicken Étouffée
  • Crawfish Étouffée
  • Grillades & Grits
  • Jambalaya
  • Quick & Easy Crawfish Cakes
  • Red Beans & Rice
  • Shrimp & Okra Gumbo
  • Shrimp Bisque
  • Shrimp Creole
  • Shrimp Étouffée

Lebanese

  • Grape Leaves / Cabbage Rolls
  • Hummus
  • Mujadra
  • Tabouli / Tabouleh

Breakfast

  • Dutch Babies
  • Dutch Pancakes with Warm Summer Fruits, Ice Cream & Grated Coconut
  • Grain-free Banana Pancakes

Bread

  • French Baguette
  • Homemade Refrigerator Bread
  • Paul’s Banana Bread
  • Po-boy / Hoagie Bread
  • Whole Wheat Bread

Desserts

  • Dutch Babies
  • Gateau de Bayou
  • Ice Cream Rolls
  • Merci Island Throw Me Down
  • Millie’s Pie Crust
  • Monster Finger Cookies
  • No-bake Cookies
  • Pieces of Eight / Cheese Cookies
  • Strawberry Shortcake Trifle
  • Swedish Apple Pie
  • Tarte Flambe

Sauces

  • Homemade Cranberry Sauce
  • Cranberry BBQ Sauce

Chicken

  • Chicken Étouffée
  • Donna the Beachcomber Supper

Beef

  • Roast Beef with Ginger Ale

Pork

  • Pork Chops in Cast Iron Skillet

Lamb

  • Grilled Lamb Chops

Rabbit

  • Beer-braised Rabbit

Lent

  • Grilled Lamb Chops
  • Pretzels

Mardi Gras

  • King Cake

Thanksgiving

  • Pepper-Stuffed Turkey
  • Turkey & Andouille Gumbo

Christmas

Best Seafood Gumbo

Easter

Stocks

  • Beef Stock
  • Chicken Stock
  • Shrimp Stock
  • Turkey Stock

International

  • Fish Tacos
  • Fresh Salsa
  • Spicy Peanut Chicken Stir-Fry
  • Baked Ziti
  • Sausage & Three Cheese Stuffed Pasta

Vegetarian

  • Meatless Chili

Pizza

  • Cathy LeBlanc’s Pizza Crust Recipe
  • Spinach Pizza Crust
  • The Catholic Foodie’s Pizza Crust