There ain’t no party like a Mardi Gras party! I love any holiday that centers around food so of course, I adore Mardi Gras. Bring on the creole cuisine! Here are some of my favorite Mardi Gras recipes. The Rose Table’s Gumbo You can’t have Mardi Gras without gumbo! My chicken and sausage gumbo is…
Category: Mardi Gras
Bananas Foster Milkshakes
Bananas foster was invented by Brennen’s in New Orleans and just so happens to be my favorite non-chocolate dessert. I love bananas foster so much that it inspired my famous Bananas Foster Layer Cake. Now I give you a fun twist on classic New Orleans dessert: a Bananas Foster Milkshakes! Bananas foster involves cooking bananas…
Mardi Gras Dinner
I absolutely adore Mardi Gras because I love the food, colors, and jazz! I had so much fun setting this table and talking about Mardi Gras dinner ideas with CW’s Morning After. When I think Mardi Gras, I think purple, green, and gold so that’s the color scheme that I went with. I chose a…
King Cake Doughnuts
I just love Mardi Gras. The colors, the jazz, the food…what’s not to love?! King Cake is a classic Mardi Gras cake that usually has cinnamon and vanilla with a glaze and plenty of colorful sprinkles. I’ve recreated that here with King Cake Doughnuts! These doughnuts are baked in the oven using doughnut pans and…
King Cake French Toast
Looking for a fun breakfast idea for the Mardi Gras season? You’ve come to the right place! I love King Cake, I love French toast, and I love an excuse to involve sprinkles before noon so I thought, why not come up with a King Cake French Toast. After all, my Brioche French Toast is…
Mardi Gras Game Night
Gumbo, hurricanes, and king cake cupcakes served in a colorful dining room I’ve always wanted to throw a Mardi Gras-themed party! I invited my friends over for a causal game night and because I just couldn’t resist, I turned into a little Mardi Gras dinner. I served my favorite chicken and sausage gumbo and hurricanes before…
Hurricanes
A classic New Orleans cocktail that’s perfect for Mardi Gras! Several years ago I had the most delicious hurricane at Lafitte’s Blacksmith Shop in New Orleans. Lafitte’s is the oldest bar in the United States, having served pirates in the 1700s, and makes a mean hurricane today. I wrote about that trip and noted Lafitte’s…
King Cake Cupcakes
Cinnamon cupcakes filled with cinnamon whipped cream cheese and vanilla cream cheese frosting I don’t want to oversell these, but they are the best cupcakes I’ve ever made. They’re so moist and the filling is incredible. I used a melon baller to scoop the center out of these beauties and then filled them with the…
Chargrilled Oysters
,I have been making these for years and have somehow never written about it. These are my favorite oysters in the world. They’re perfectly good with just the cheese mixture but if you’re feeling chef-y, make the quick butter sauce and pour it a bit over on the grill. The flames will lick the oysters…