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For The Love Of Southern Food

Here on The Cagle Diaries blog you'll find great traditional southern recipes and Cajun and Creole dishes with step-by-step tutorials helping you make these great dishes perfectly every time.

Delicious home-cooked recipes people love!

Newest Recipes

  • Close up of a spoon digging into a slow cooker cajun mac and cheese dish.
    Slow Cooker Cajun Mac and Cheese
  • An old fashioned hummingbird cake with some slices removed, the image is cropped square.
    Old Fashioned Hummingbird Cake Recipe
  • A dish with old fashioned cherry delight, with some squares missing and a spatula laying inside.
    Old Fashioned Cherry Delight Recipe
  • Close up of the top of a country apple pie recipe.
    Country Apple Pie Recipe

Trending Recipes

These are our most popular recipes with our readers right now...

  • Overhead shot of a pot full of Cajun Pastalaya.
    Velvety Pastalaya
  • Close up of some pinto beans and sausage on a spoon over a crock pot.
    Crock Pot Pinto Beans
  • a close up of a bowl of chicken and sausage gumbo with a spoon sitting in it, looks like it's about to lift up, with some rice too
    New Orleans Chicken and Sausage Gumbo Recipe
  • Overhead image of a plate of New Orleans shrimp creole with a fork on the side.
    New Orleans Shrimp Creole Recipe
  • Close up of a snickers brownie from the side.
    Snickers Bar Brownies
  • Close up side view of a bowl of beer chili with a crock pot in the background.
    Crock Pot Beer Chili Recipe

Ideas For Dinner Tonight

  • Close up of a chicken cobbler recipe with a fork digging into it.
    Chicken Cobbler Recipe with Red Lobster Biscuit Mix
  • Close up of a skillet with Texas Roadhouse Sauteed Mushrooms inside.
    Texas Roadhouse Sauteed Mushrooms Recipe
  • A close up of tri tip roast with potatoes and carrots and a pair of forks sitting in the dish.
    Slow Cooker Tri Tip Roast
  • Close up of a s'mores cupcake.
    S'mores Cupcake Recipe

Weeknight Casserole Recipes

  • Side shot of a hamburger hashbrown casserole, cropped square.
    Hamburger Hashbrown Casserole
  • Close up of a hobo casserole in a skillet with a spoon.
    Hobo Casserole
  • Overhead shot of a corner of a casserole dish with big mac casserole inside.
    Big Mac Casserole
  • A dished out serving of John wayne casserole recipe, cropped square.
    John Wayne Casserole
  • A hamburger potato casserole with a spoon with some missing, it's cropped square.
    Old Fashioned Hamburger Potato Casserole
  • Close up of a crawfish casserole being lifted out with a spatula.
    Crawfish Casserole

Memorial Day Grilling Ideas

  • smoked bacon wrapped shrimp on a plate, with a toothpick holding together.
    Smoked Bacon Wrapped Shrimp
  • smoked venison backstrap sliced on a board
    Smoked Venison Backstrap
  • A close up of a fillet of Grilled Cobia with a fork digging in.
    Grilled Cobia
  • close up of a dressed venison burger with a bowl of french fries in the background
    Grilled Venison Burger

Recently Updated

  • Close up of a corner of a dish of sweet potato casserole with a scoop missing.
    Cracker Barrel Sweet Potato Casserole
  • Rum sauce being poured over a slice of bread pudding.
    Decadent Bread Pudding with Rum Sauce
  • a close up of a banana pudding cupcake
    Creamy Banana Pudding Cupcakes
  • Close up of a stack of M&M Chocolate oat bars with a glass of milk in the background.
    M&M Chocolate Oat Bars
  • plate of french toast with fresh fruit and sugar with syrup being poured on top
    French Toast With Egg
  • An overhead shot of deep fried turkey, cropped square.
    Deep Fried Turkey

Crock Pot Recipes

  • overhead shot of a bowl of Cajun 15 bean soup with a spoon digging in.
    Slow Cooker Cajun 15 Bean Soup
  • Close up of some pinto beans and sausage on a spoon over a crock pot.
    Crock Pot Pinto Beans
  • A close up of tri tip roast with potatoes and carrots and a pair of forks sitting in the dish.
    Slow Cooker Tri Tip Roast
  • Close up of a bowl of slow cooker buffalo chicken chili.
    Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Chili

Cajun and Creole Recipes

  • A natchitoches meat pie cut in half.
    Natchitoches Meat Pie Recipe
  • Overhead shot of a pot full of Cajun Pastalaya.
    Velvety Pastalaya
  • Shrimp and grits with some delicious bacon and green onions sprinkled on top.
    Creole Shrimp and Grits
  • Close up of fried crawfish on a bread dressed with lettuce tomatoes and mayonnaise.
    Authentic Fried Crawfish Po'boy: A Taste of New Orleans
  • A tray of boiled crabs with veggies and dipping sauce.
    Authentic Louisiana Crab Boil Recipe: Spicy Cajun Seafood Feast
  • A dished up plate full of shrimp etouffee on a bed of rice.
    Shrimp Etouffee (Easy Cajun Recipe)
Picture of Melanie Cagle standing with a wooden spoon in her kitchen.
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About Melanie

I'm British born yet have travelled the world in various job settings. I've always maintained a love of food and cooking so my travels have given me a very experienced palate! I married and settled in South Louisiana and have fallen in love with the Southern way of cooking. Surrounded by Creole and Cajun influences it's no wonder my food blog has taken the direction it has!

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Seafood Recipes

Being so close to the Gulf of Mexico one of our favorite foods is seafood! Here's some of our readers' favorite seafood recipes.

  • Close up of a bowl of seafood gumbo with a pile of rice and a spoon digging into it.
    Authentic Louisiana Seafood Gumbo Recipe
  • a raw oyster on ice with a lemon in the background
    Oysters: What do they taste like - and how to eat them
  • Close up of a stuffed crab with some boiled crabs on the outside.
    Stuffed Crab
  • Po Boy bread filled with crispy fried oysters and remoulade sauce drizzled over the top
    Oyster Po'Boy
  • a foil packet full of shrimp, potatoes, garlic, corn and sausage
    Shrimp Boil Foil Packets
  • Close up of boom boom shrimp, or bang bang shrimp, on a plate.
    Boom Boom Shrimp

Categories

  • Cajun Recipes
  • Dessert Recipes
  • Dinner Recipes
  • Grilling Recipes

Favorite Dinner Recipes

Delicious recipes that are dinner sized and family beloved!

  • close up of a dressed venison burger with a bowl of french fries in the background
    Grilled Venison Burger
  • close up of a chicken spaghetti with a spoon digging into it
    Baked Chicken Spaghetti
  • plate of fried chicken with waffles on the side with syrup being poured over the top
    Southern Chicken and Waffles
  • close up of crawfish pie
    Crawfish Pie Recipe
  • Overhead shot of a pot full of Cajun Pastalaya.
    Velvety Pastalaya
  • close up of a plate of spaghetti and meatballs with a crock pot in the background
    Crock Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs

Crawfish Recipes

  • Side view of a skillet full of crawfish sauce.
    Crawfish Sauce
  • close up of a plate of crawfish enchiladas with some avocado in the background
    Crawfish Enchiladas Recipe
  • close up of a crawfish pistolette
    Crawfish Pistolettes
  • close up of crawfish monica on a plate with a fork digging in
    Creamy Crawfish Monica
  • a slice of crawfish bread on a plate with a cooked crawfish behind
    Crawfish Bread Recipe
  • close up shot from overhead of a large pot of shrimp and crawfish pastalaya.
    Crawfish Pastalaya

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Momma Cagle!

Picture of Melanie Cagle standing in front of her stove, in the kitchen.

I'm Melanie, I am mom to two beautiful children and married to James - my American sweetheart (I'm British).  A transplant in Houma, South Louisiana I have found a love for all Cajun and Creole food.
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CAJUN FAVORITES

  • Bowl of crawfish etouffee with rice scoop in the middle.
    Cajun Crawfish Etouffee
  • Close up of boudin balls with a hint of the mustard cream sauce peeking in, sprinkled with green onions on top.
    Deep Fried Boudin Balls
  • A tray of boiled crabs with veggies and dipping sauce.
    Authentic Louisiana Crab Boil Recipe: Spicy Cajun Seafood Feast
  • Close up of a bowl of seafood gumbo with a pile of rice and a spoon digging into it.
    Authentic Louisiana Seafood Gumbo Recipe
  • A large platter of fried catfish nuggets with some lemon wedges and a tartar sauce.
    Fried Catfish Nuggets
  • Close up of some pinto beans and sausage on a spoon over a crock pot.
    Crock Pot Pinto Beans

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