Roux 61 Baton Rouge Review

This Roux 61 Baton Rouge Review was originally written exactly 2 years ago. This update is to let you know that we still rate the Roux 61 Restaurant as one of our all-time favorites. It is just awesome in all areas, from food to service and beyond.

Roux 61 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana is a somewhat new restaurant in the city that is located in the former Boutin’s Cajun restaurant location on Bluebonnet Blvd.

Although new to Baton Rouge, Roux 61 got its start in historic Natchez, Mississippi. The Roux 61 in Baton Rouge made a few changes to the inside and out of the building, but still provides a rustic and South Louisiana vibe.

Probably our biggest melancholy moment was entering for the first time after moving to this side of town and realizing that the once iconic Cajun dance floor had been removed and turned into a full size bar and char-grilled oyster mega space. Continue reading “Roux 61 Baton Rouge Review” →

How You Can Amaze Your Family Every Night
With a Meal So Delicious They’ll Swear It’s
Carry-Out From a Fancy Restaurant

Is your family worn out from having the same-old same-old for dinner week in and week out?

Wouldn’t you love to treat your family to delicious restaurant-style dinners that make them feel like every day is a special occasion?

(Imagine how you’ll feel when your significant other can’t stop talking about how great your cooking is!)

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I know how it feels to be a newlywed and not know how to cook… When I met my husband about all I could cook was frozen waffles – and I burned them about half the time.  And I’ve melted more than one pot on the stove attempting to boil water back in the day…

Maybe you’re new to cooking, and need a crash-course in how to make some “simple” but exciting and great-tasting meals for your family…

Or, maybe you’re already pretty good in the kitchen, and just want to add some variety and flair to the great meals you’re already making for your family…

Either way, Cajun Cooking Made Easy is your easy solution, with 101 great Louisiana Cajun and Creole southern style home-cooking recipes that you can serve your family and friends tonight.

And here’s what makes Beryl Stokes’ Cajun cookbook different from all the rest…

Every Cajun recipe comes with a link to Beryl’s Cajun Cooking TV website, where you can watch step-by-step videos showing you exactly how to make your amazing new dinners.

On top of that, you can get your questions answered by Beryl on our Cajun Cooking TV website and also join our Cajun Cooking TV Facebook group.

Here’s a brief summary of what you’ll gain access to:

– Recipes: 101 easy-to-make great-tasting Cajun and Southern-style recipes you can serve tonight…
– Secrets: Three “secrets” that will make everything you cook taste dramatically better…
– Videos: 92 and counting videos so you can look over Beryl’s shoulder while she’s making your new favorites…
– Website: CajunCookingTV blog where you can contact Beryl, comment, and get your questions answered…
– Facebook: You can join our Facebook group for up to the minute recipes, updates, and information relevant to your cooking interests…
– Recipe Club: You can join our FREE Recipe Club, and you’ll receive a different recipe by email every two weeks of an exciting dish you can make for your family…
– And more: I don’t want to ramble on, you get the picture, this is way more than “just” a great Cajun cookbook…

So, if you’re ready to learn how to cook like a Cajun from the bayou country…

and to add a bunch of great Cajun and Louisiana home-cooking recipes to your repertoire…

and/or add some variety to your dinner lineup…

then Cajun Cooking Made Easy is for you.

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Cajun Cooking TV features Beryl Caillouet Stokes and her grand-daughter Addison cooking up some good eating Cajun recipes from their kitchen in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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The Cajun Cooking TV show airs on local Baton Rouge, Louisiana television channel WLFT MeTV channel 30.1 and on Cox cable channel 117 on Tuesday mornings at 10 am.

You Can Write Beryl At:
Cajun Cooking TV
7516 Bluebonnet Blvd # 179
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70810

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Triple Berry Bread Pudding

Our Triple Berry Bread Pudding came about when we were looking for something a little different for dessert one Saturday.

Bread pudding is mainstay dessert item on restaurant menus in Louisiana.  Bread pudding comes in many different forms, but it’s basically bread, cream, sugar, eggs, raisins, and cinnamon.

I was never a fan of bread pudding as a child growing up in Springfield, Louisiana.  My mom used to make it when our loaf of white Holsum sandwich bread got stale.  I just thought she was re-purposing old bread and I didn’t like the taste or the custard texture either.

Many years later, I had bread pudding for the first time in a restaurant in Baton Rouge.  The featured dessert was bread pudding with a whiskey sauce.  I was still not a fan, but it was very good. Continue reading “Triple Berry Bread Pudding” →

Beryl’s Homemade Cajun Seasoning (Salt-Free)

Everybody knows that good Cajun food is “highly seasoned”, or “spicy”, but do you know what “highly seasoned” and “spicy” really mean? Most people think that “spicy” means “hot” – as in lots of red pepper or like a jalapeno pepper. Not so fast…

In Cajun and Creole cooking, “highly seasoned” and “spicy” means we use lots of seasonings (spices) to add lots of flavor to our dishes. They are not necessarily “hot with pepper”.

As you go through our recipes, you’ll notice that many (if not most) call for Cajun Seasoning, or “Tony’s”.

Continue reading “Homemade Cajun Seasoning Salt-Free” →

LuLu’s Gulf Shores Alabama Review

Bucket List item crossed off the list – go to LuLu’s Gulf Shores Alabama Review – check.

Mike has wanted to check out the Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, Alabama area for some time now, however for the past 10 years we always find ourselves in Panama City Beach, Florida because we love the Holiday Inn Resort there, plus all of great places to eat.

Orange Beach is a bit shorter drive from Baton Rouge, so when Jimmy Buffett announced he was doing a show there, we knew it was time to hit the road on over to Alabama…

We would see the Jimmy Buffett show, check out Orange Beach and Gulf Shores, plus go to Jimmy’s “Crazy Sista” Lucy Buffett’s world-renowned LuLu’s restaurant and entertainment complex.

Continue reading “LuLu’s Gulf Shores Alabama Review” →

Creamy Potato Soup Recipe

Creamy Potato Soup, or Cream of Potato Soup, or what I call just your basic potato soup, is an all-time favorite soup that you can jazz up in all sorts of ways – by simply adding whatever may suit your fancy…

Bacon, crab meat, shrimp, cheese, and just about anything can be added to your potato soup to make a wonderful meal.

In this recipe, we added fresh crab meat and topped it with grated cheddar cheese. Continue reading “Creamy Potato Soup Recipe” →

Crawfish Concoction on New Potatoes

A Crawfish Concoction is the best name I can come up with for what we had for supper last night…

I believe I’ve mentioned that it is crawfish season here in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Beryl loves those critters more than even strawberries, so she’s been cooking them up several times a week.

How Beryl Made This Crawfish Concoction

So Sunday she picks up a pound of fresh tails to cook, and I tell her I need a break from the etouffee.

Well, I was hoping for a steak with French fries, but Beryl is dead set on the crawfish, so crawfish it is.

I tell her I’d like ‘em fried up, but she’s not having any of that. So I just headed to my office to read and leave her to do whatever she is determined to do with those crawfish tails.

Well, about twenty minutes later she calls me to supper, and I go in the kitchen and what I find I can only describe as a “Crawfish Concoction”. Continue reading “Crawfish Concoction on New Potatoes” →

Crab Cake and Etouffee Pasta

This Crab Cake and Etouffee Pasta came about a couple of weeks ago, when we were wanting some crawfish etouffee for supper.

We’ve been getting our fresh Louisiana crawfish from Calvin’s Bocage Market in Baton Rouge lately but they didn’t have any this particular Saturday afternoon.

They did have some fresh local blue crab meat, so we bought a pound of it instead (roughing it, as it were).
Continue reading “Crab Cake and Etouffee on Angel Hair Pasta” →

Eggplant Pasta Bake

Eggplant Pasta Bake is a simple recipe (concoction) that I put together after ordering a similar appetizer every time in my favorite little Italian restaurant in Corstorphine, Edinburgh.  After work, it’s right on the main road into town and has a small car park; always a plus. Continue reading “Eggplant Pasta Bake” →

Crawfish Pasta with Crawfish Cream Sauce

Crawfish Pasta with Crawfish Cream Sauce came about as a desire for something different than our typical crawfish etouffee which is a roux based dish.  While I was in Scotland, I found a nice Italian restaurant that became my dinner table many nights.

Crawfish has been on the menu every Saturday since I returned from Edinburgh, Scotland a month ago. After weeks without proper south Louisiana seafood, I have more than made up for the lack of highly seasoned and tasty red crustaceans. Continue reading “Crawfish Pasta with Crawfish Cream Sauce” →