Gumbo Party!?

Question

My husband and I are having some freinds over for dinner, and in traditional southern fashion, I am going to make a big pot of gumbo. I need some ideas for an appetizer to serve beforehand. I would like it to compliment the gumbo (chicken and andouille sausage), so bring on your cajun and creole recipes. I would like to avoid anything with alcohol or seafood, as I am pregnant and my buddies and my husband are not big seafood people (I know, it's crazy...). Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

I'm not invited ????

Answer 2

Gumbo is one of those one-pot meals served over rice, but for dessert, you need to do a bread pudding or Bananas Fosters.

Hmmm... knocking out seafood trims down the list a bit.

Appetizers:
Spinach and Artichoke Dip (very popular when I was in New Orleans)
Fried Green Tomatoes

Vegetables:
Maquechoux - a corn, onion, bell pepper dish learned from the Indians.

Answer 3

I'd say do a apetizer of a fruit salsa with chicken rounds. The chicken is toothpicked into being round and stuffed with peppers, onions, tomato, and cilantro. The fruit salsa is made from strawberrys, pineapple, and mango. The chicken gets baked for around 30 minutes at 375 with all the ingredients inside each round and then spoon the salsa over the top. It is really good. the salsa is sweet but you don't need to add sugar or anything like that to it because of the pineapple juice and strawberrys.

Good Luck and Congrats on the baby!!

Answer 4

My two cents....

-Jalapeno corn bread muffins

-Dirty rice: Take cooked white rice, and add to a mixture of cooked ground beef, chicken livers, chopped green onions & cajun seasoning.

-Red Beans & Rice-Zatarans is a decent brand or make it from scratch.

Answer 5

i like you.