One of the last books that I cooked from for my cookbook shelf purge was a sushi book. Like in all other cooking and eating, I am not that adventurous, and so it was a bit tricky to pick some recipes that we would all eat. I chose a spicy salmon roll for the boys because I knew The Mister would like it for sure, and I was surprised that the spicy element came from cajun spice.
When we were making the sushi, The Mister was in charge of the salmon roll, and i portioned off some cream cheese for him into a bowl. I was struck with the urge to try the cajun spice with some cream cheese, and it was delicious! I set aside some of the sushi rice, and after we had finished making the chosen rolls, I made some veggie Cajun sushi bites - a bit of molded riced topped
with a smear of Cajun cream cheese and cucumber. It, along with the
other veggie sushi, was my favorite part of dinner.
During clean up The Mister set aside some of the leftover cream cheese to make himself a batch of shrimp dip and he also made a little container of Cajun cream cheese. Make some buttered toast, spread it with this cream cheese, and top with sliced tomatos. Oooooooh yas.
And also? There is a stand at the farmer's market that sells the most amazing soft pretzels.
Even more terrific toasted with some CCC (cajun cream cheese) on it.
And also? There is a stand at the farmer's market that sells the most amazing soft pretzels.
Even more terrific toasted with some CCC (cajun cream cheese) on it.
A few days later I made chicken burgers for dinner, and while they were grilling, I mixed some Cajun spice into mayo for a topping. I was also making some pan fried zucchini coins - sliced about 1 inch thick, tossed (and sort of squished) into some fine bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, salt and pepper - and then fried in a bit of olive oil over medium heat. I was cooking in 2 batches, so while the second batch was frying, I grabbed one of the cooked ones, dipped it in the spicy mayo and ate it. DELICIOUS! I was almost happy when The Boy kicked up a fuss about eating his zucchini, so I could "help" him out.
The Boy is slowing staring to enjoy spicy foods, so there could be a cajun chicken sandwich, or cajun fettuccini in our future. The Girl hates spicy food; well, actually she pretty much hates food in general, so we've got some work to do there.
Do you use cajun spices in your kitchen? What's your favorite recipe to use them in?
