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I met my great-niece earlier this week. She's just three weeks old and is, in her dad's words, like a sack of potatoes that needs to be fed, bathed, and changed. But the new baby smell!! There's nothing like it. I took them a batch of chicken stock for the freezer, some beef and Italian sausage pasta sauce for dinner, and baked them a focaccia. They're enjoying the meals I cooked for them last month before the baby came; said it's great to just pull a great meal out of the freezer without having to think about it.

Speaking of food, my first recipe this week is an easy, delicious plate of comfort food in the form of chicken fried steak with cream gravy. Definitely make some mashed potatoes to serve along with it. 

Next up, a decadent shrimp and gruyere mac and cheese prepared in a slow cooker with plenty of hands off time.

And finally, a garlicky shrimp alfredo bake. I guess I'm in the mood for shrimp, pasta, and a creamy, cheesy, sauce. Tis the season for not dieting, right??  Enjoy the recipes, stay safe and well, and eat with gusto. 

Best regards,

Susan Ford, Publisher and Editorial Director

Louisiana Kitchen & Culture

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Previous recipes:

 • Galatoire's Crabmeat Maison • Oven-Fried Fish Sticks • Risotto with Shrimp

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Chicken-Fried Steak with Cream Gravy

From the Williams-Sonoma cookbook "Comfort Food", this recipe is a classic. Spice it up with some Creole seasoning on the steak and in the gravy, and by all means double the gravy portion of the recipe. Have a pot of fluffy white rice or buttery mashed potatoes ready to serve alongside, drenched in gravy.

Shrimp and Gruyere Mac & Cheese

From The Southern Slow Cooker Bible, this decadent Mac & Cheese is cooked in a slow cooker, for convenience. If you know your way around a kitchen, you'll have no trouble adapting it for stovetop preparation; and if gruyere isn't your thing, sub in some Cheddar and Jack cheese.

Garlicky Shrimp Alfredo Bake

From the cookbook Delish, this is perfect weeknight comfort food, and bonus, it's a one-pot dish. Steam some broccoli or green beans and you've got dinner in a hurry.