Your Cooking Tips and Recipes

Okra (o’kra) is an important part of Southern and Creole cooking. The okra pods, which originated in West Africa, are cooked as a vegetable or used as an ingredient in soups. They can be stewed, French-fried, served with a sauce, or baked Au gratin (with cheese) or with tomato and rice. Okra is also used to thicken and flavor This famous Louisiana soup contains tomatoes and other vegetables and spices, in addition to meat or poultry and okra. This picture shows okra shrimp gumbo.(You can also use chicken instead of shrimp) Ingredients     1lb medium shrimp (cleaned and devined)     2 Cups okra (chopped)     2 Cups peppers (chopped)     4 Large tomatoes (chopped)     1 onion (chopped)     1 bunch spring onion (chopped)     2 Stalks celery (chopped)     4 Cups chicken stock     2 Tbsp coconut oil     1/2 cup dill (chopped)...