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Not our actual dinner, but looks pretty close.

Just to let you know that tonight I tried the red beans & rice recipe from the Meatless Monday website. It was good, but needed a lot more spice and/or a little Tobasco sauce. I put our leftovers in the freezer and plan to eat it again next week after spicing it up and maybe making some cornbread to go with it! Tonight we enjoyed it with brown rice, salmon and broccoli. Hope your Mardi Gras was a great one!

Mardi Gras

To me, Mardi Gras brings to mind parades, beads, moon pies and New Orleans. Mardi Gras, says
Wikipedia, refers to events of the Carnival celebrations, beginning on or after the Epiphany or Kings day and culminating on the day before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for Fat Tuesday, referring to the practice of the last night of eating richer, fatty foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season, which begins on Ash Wednesday.

Foods associated with Mardi Gras in the United States of course have a Louisiana flair - red beans and rice, king cake and more!


If you are celebrating Mardi Gras, why not try one of the many healthier options listed below? And if you're not celebrating, there are still some good recipes here to try like the vegetarian red beans & rice or Cajun collard chips.

• Healthy Mardi Gras Recipes and More from Eating Well includes a gumbo recipe and a blackened salmon sandwich. Mmmm, sounds yummy.
• Skinny Mom website gives you some updated recipes, Fat Tuesday’s Skinny Makeovers: 11 Slimmed Down Mardi Gras Meals, for fried pickles with red slaw and many more. 
• Meatless Monday gives us a traditional vegetarian red beans & rice recipe on their website.
• Lastly, see what PopSugar's, Not-So-Fat-Tuesday: 8 Healthier Mardi Gras Recipes, article has to offer including Cajun Collard Chips!