Category: Side Items

Easy Broccoli Recipe

How to Cook Broccoli on Stove

Steamed Broccoli Ingredients

1 bunch of fresh broccoli or a large crown
2 cups water
6 or 8 quart stock pot
Vegetable steam basket
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup grated cheddar cheese

How to Steam Fresh Broccoli on the Stove

Wash and trim stalks from broccoli and place in steamer basket.
Pour water into pot.
Place in the steamer basket to ensure you have enough water.
(Water should be right up to the basket.)
Cover the pot and bring to a boil.
Once boiling, turn down heat to low.
Allow to steam for 3-5 minutes or until your desired softness of the broccoli.
Serve hot with salt, butter, or grated cheddar cheese.

Or make our special BROCCOLI CHEESE SAUCE https://youtu.be/sguJzovuGDM

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Twice Baked Potato Casserole

How to Make
Twice Baked Potato Casserole

Twice Baked Potato Casserole
Twice Baked Potato Casserole

Traditional TWICE BAKED POTATO RECIPE – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jawe9pErevo&t=4s

BAKED POTATO RECIPE – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAqD7Ev27fc&t=1s

More POTATO RECIPES – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEBY6E55uF5W94pv42WFcPCWLdBywO173

More CASSEROLE RECIPES – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEBY6E55uF5WMndC2eR5pO_tjo80IxJw4

Traditional TWICE BAKED POTATO RECIPE on page 23 of Beryl’s Cookbook Get a copy of Beryl’s #1 best-selling cookbook “Cajun Cooking Made Easyhttps://www.cajuncookingtv.com/cookbook

Twice Baked Potatoes Casserole Ingredients

4-6 large baker potatoes (basically 1 potato for every 2 people)

1 cup sour cream

1 stick of butter

1 pack of bacon (cooked and chopped)

Bundle of green onions (chopped)

4 cups shredded cheddar cheese

Cooking spray (olive oil)

Salt & Pepper

How to Make Twice Baked Potatoes Casserole

Heat oven to 400 F.

Start by washing the potatoes to remove any soil.

Spray potatoes with olive oil spray.

Wrap in aluminum foil. Place on a baking sheet.

Bake 80 minutes.

Squeeze to see if potatoes are soft. If not, bake additional 15 – 30 minutes.

In the meantime, prepare the bacon according to package directions.

Or you can watch our video on “Perfect Bacon Every time” – https://youtu.be/ZYrouVrRIfQ

Once potatoes are done, remove from oven and carefully remove the foil.

Split the potato down the middle and allow to cool for 10 – 15 minutes or until safe to handle.

Remove the skins. The skin should easily pull away from the potato.

Place the potatoes in a large mixing bowl.

Add in the butter, sour cream, bacon, green onions, and 2 cups of cheese. Mix well.

If looks too dry, perhaps add 1/4 cup of milk.

Place in a casserole dish or a 9’ x 13” baking pan.

Top with remaining cheddar cheese.

Garnish with more green onions and bacon if you desire.

Bake for 25 – 30 minutes.

Remove from oven and let sit a few minutes. It will be bubbly and gooey deliciousness. Enjoy!

Yellow Squash Casserole

Yellow Squash Casserole Recipe

Yellow Squash Casserole from Beryl’s kitchen and Cajun Cooking TV in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Green Bean Casserole

How to Make Green Bean Casserole

Oven Roasted Vegetables

Oven Roasted Vegetables

Oven roasted vegetables have a completely different taste and texture than steamed vegetables.

Mike was really surprised at how good this was!

Oven Roasted Vegetables
Oven Roasted Vegetables

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How to Make Rice on the Stove

How to Make Rice on the Stove

I was up in years before I learned how to make rice.

Knowing how to make rice on the stove top is simple, but you do have to do it right…

How to Make Rice
How to Make Rice

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Potatoes Fernandina

Potatoes Fernandina
Easy New Red Potatoes Recipe

Potatoes Fernandina is quite simply baby red potatoes, butter, sour cream, and cheddar cheese.  But why do we call the dish Potatoes Fernandina?

Potatoes Fernandina
Potatoes Fernandina

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Corn Cut Off the Cob

Fresh Corn Cut Off the Cob

Fresh corn cut off the cob will change the way you eat corn forever. I had never given any thought to cutting corn off the cob, but just about every time we had corn on the cob, Mike would reminisce about how his Grandma in Pensacola would always cut it off the cob for his Grandpa every Sunday when they had their after church dinner.

Corn Cut Off the Cob
Fresh Corn Cut Off the Cob

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How to Make Hush Puppies with Jiffy Mix

How to Make Hush Puppies with Jiffy Mix

How to Make Hush Puppies with Jiffy Mix is all about some real easy to make hush puppies your family will love.

How to Make Hush Puppies with Jiffy Mix
How to Make Hush Puppies with Jiffy Mix

Homemade Hush puppies are quick and easy to make at home.

I love fried catfish and Mike loves fried shrimp.

So, in our efforts to spend less money at restaurants, we have embarked on a quest to mostly cook at home.

We wanted the restaurant feel of being served hush-puppies like at Mike Anderson’s so viola, we made homemade hush-puppies.

And let me tell you, they are so good!

I could eat them like dessert.

 

 

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Black Eyed Peas Recipe

Mike’s Black Eyed Peas Recipe

I cook my Black Eyed Peas Recipe whenever Beryl goes out of town.

Beryl’s out of town, gone to Scotland for nine days, so I wanted to cook up a pot of something that I could eat on for a few meals.

Black Eyed Peas Recipe
Black Eyed Peas Recipe

(Unlike Beryl, I don’t mind eating the same thing 3-4 meals in a row, as long as it is something good!)

We already had spaghetti sauce and chili in the freezer, and I was really wanting something different, as well as easy to make…

Didn’t feel like jambalaya (I eat way too much of it when we have it), and neither red beans and rice or white beans was calling me.

I was looking around in the cabinet, and saw a bag of black-eyed peas. This sounded really good (and easy)…

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