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Get started on planning Mardi Gras festivities with these recipes, tips and food videos.

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Cajun Recipes for Mardi Gras

Bring Cajun cooking to your kitchen with New Orleans classics and new twists on the iconic dishes eaten on and around Mardi Gras.

Cajun Food & Recipes

Take a trip to New Orleans from within your kitchen by making these authentic Cajun recipes.

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Is This Mardi Gras Bead Necklace Doughnut Worth $10 Grand?

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The bead necklace doughnuts made with an orange liqueur glaze are like portable king cakes -- with considerably less risk of swallowing a plastic infant.
Is This Mardi Gras Bead Necklace Doughnut Worth $10 Grand?

Hump Day Snack: Mardi Gras Monkey Bread Muffins

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Hump Day Snack: Mardi Gras Monkey Bread Muffins

A Real-Deal Mardi Gras King Cake

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The quintessential Mardi Gras treat is King Cake: a sweet braided pastry with frosting coated in plenty of purple, green and gold sprinkles.
A Real-Deal Mardi Gras King Cake

Cajun Recipes for Mardi Gras

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Gumbo Hand Pies Usher in Mardi Gras
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louisiana style shrimp is cooked in creole sauce

Spectacular Mardi Gras Feast

Video | 03:22
Mardi Gras World is a company that motivates its workers with barbecue.
Spectacular Mardi Gras Feast

Meatless Monday: The Mardi Gras Edition

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Meatless Monday: The Mardi Gras Edition

Make Pancakes for Mardi Gras

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Make Pancakes for Mardi Gras

Blackened Gulf Fish

Video | 03:35
Jacques Leonardi's Blackened Gulf Fish makes any day feel like Mardi Gras.
Blackened Gulf Fish

Cajun Food & Recipes

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The History of the Pancake

Video | 03:06
The popular pancake platter has not always been as American as you think.
The History of the Pancake

New Orleans-Style Calas (Rice Beignets)

Recipe | Courtesy of No Author
Total Time:
5 hours 25 minutes

Guacamole

Recipe | Courtesy of Tyler Florence
Total Time:
1 hour 10 minutes

Creole White Beans with Shrimp

Recipe | Courtesy of No Author
Total Time:
3 hours 15 minutes

Orange Crepes

Recipe | Courtesy of Emeril Lagasse
Total Time:
2 hours

Creole Redfish Court-bouillon

Recipe | Courtesy of No Author
Total Time:
1 hour 55 minutes

Chicken and Smoked Sausage Gumbo

Recipe | Courtesy of No Author

Muffulettas

Recipe | Courtesy of Giada De Laurentiis
Total Time:
30 minutes
1 Review
Muffulettas

Vegetable Stuffed Pork Tenderloin en Croute with Creole Mustard Cream Sauce

Recipe | Courtesy of Emeril Lagasse
Total Time:
1 hour 50 minutes
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