Spicy Creole Cornbread + An Award + Festival Kick-Off

Here's another Cajun fave that is oh, so good and will melt in your mouth! It's just heavenly, a true taste of Southern comfort, and pairs well with just about any meal. Cest bon, cher! Enjoy!

Spicy Creole Cornbread

1 1/4 cups self rising cornmeal mix

1 cup light sour cream

1 cup milk

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

1 can chopped green chilies, drained

1/4 cup vegetable oil

3 large eggs

1 tsp. Creole or Cajun seasoning

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Beat eggs in large bowl. Stir in milk, oil, and cornmeal mix, and mix until smooth. Add sour cream, green chilies, cheese and Creole seasoning, and stir until well mixed. Let batter sit for 5 minutes. If too thick, add a little more milk. Pour into an 8 or 9 inch,  greased ovenproof skillet or an 8x8 inch baking pan. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean. Melt in your mouth, GOOD! Enjoy!

An Award

My dear Cajun sista, Jessica @ cajunlicious, recently passed this very prestigious award along  to me. Originally from New Orleans, now living up North, Jess is awesome and you'll definitely want to check out her fabulous Cajun recipes and  blog. Merci beaucoup, cher, for this lovely award! Since there are no requirements for this award, other than thanking and linking to the person who gave it to you and passing it on to some of your favorite Sistas, I'd like to pass it along to each and every one of my female followers. (sorry guys) Ya'll are the best and we are all in this Sisterhood together! Please visit them when you get a chance! (links on my followers gadget)

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Festival Kick-Off

We had an absolute blast at the fais do do and  kick-off for Festival International, last night, at Scene Barcardi, in downtown Lafayette. For those of you who do not know what a fais do do is, it is simply a Cajun street dance,  an old tradition in Cajun country.

There were two hotter than hot bands playing and the high spirited crowd was in Zydeco overdrive. Horace Trahan and The Ossun Express was up first and they were really rocking the crowd.

 And there were lots of scrumptious Cajun delicacies to choose from. I just had to have some seafood jambalaya and a shrimp poboy from the Lagneaux's booth. Cest bon, cher!

And lots of drinks to choose from at the Malibu Party Center. It was quite warm and humid, so this booth was very busy. There's nothing like a nice cold drink on a hot day!

And here's a little clip that I took of the exuberant crowd and some of the nitty-gritty dancin' going on. My camera was having issues, , but it will give you an idea of all the fun that was going on. They were only warming up for this fabulous 5 day festival, so stay tuned, because there's so much more fun to come!  Let the good times roll, cher! Wish you all were here! To be continued....

Horace Trahan and The Ossun Express

Wishing ya'll a fun and fantastic weekend! Merci beaucoup for stopping by!