On the bright side, we just began selling our products to Fresh by Brookshires in Tyler, TX, so hopefully you’ll be able to get your fix there! And if not, there’s always our online store!

Thanks for buying our products, y’all, we hope you keep enjoying them!

Enjoy!

Have a great weekend, and happy shopping!

We’ve been cooking up a storm in the Cousins Kitchen this holiday, and that made us realize the importance of last-minute, simple and tasteful gifts!

And you know what makes a great gift? A basket full of Cousins Products, of course! What hostess wouldn’t love to receive a platter of pre-cut veggies with a jar of Creole Tomato dressing that makes a great appetizer, or a delicious snack she can keep for herself!? Surprise your favorite steak lover with a package of fresh filets and a jar of our Bleu Cheese dressing for dipping or drizzling over a sizzling hunk’a meat!!

Oh, and for those of you on the North Shore, don’t forget that we’ll be at the Covington Farmers Market on Christmas Eve, from 8am-noon, creatively cooking and selling our products at a special Christmas price!

We wish all of you a safe, happy and healthy holiday season! We hope that, amidst all of the last-minute frenzy and long shopping lines, you’re able to remember the true “reason for the season” and take the time to be with those whom you love to celebrate this magical time of year.

Have a blessed Christmas and a safe & happy new year!

We have been in the kitchen cooking up a storm lately, so I’m sorry that you haven’t heard from me in awhile. I hope you have been enjoying the holiday season and have been able to take a few minutes for yourself to think about what is truly important this time of year.

The holidays mean friend and family, and while we are always so happy to have guests drop by, we certainly know it can be stressful to handle social obligations and last-minute get-togethers!

We wanted to share a quick and easy recipe with you featuring our delicious FRESH SALSA PICANTE as a delicious accent to a layered dip!

We hope you enjoy and as always, we would love to hear from you!

Layered Mexican Dip

Ingredients:

1 pound ground beef

1 jar of COUSINS FRESH SALSA PICANTE

1 can of your favorite refried beans

1 cup shredded monterey jack cheese

1 fresh tomato, diced

Shredded lettuce

Prepared Guacamole (for serving, optional)

Directions:

1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
2. Brown the beef in a skillet over medium-high heat until well browned, stirring often to separate meat. Pour off any excess fat. Stir the COUSINS FRESH SALSA PICANTE in the skillet and cook until the beef and salsa mixture is hot and bubbling.
3. Spread the beans along the bottom of a 2-quart shallow baking dish. Top with the beef and salsa mixture and sprinkle with cheese.
4. Bake for 10 minutes or until the cheese is bubbling. Top with the chopped tomato and lettuce, plus guacamole, if desired.
5. Serve with a bag of tortilla chips for dipping.

Oh, and have a fun, safe and happy Halloween, y’all!!

Instead, we are working with Winn-Dixie to make November a memorable savings month. Hint hint!! Stay tuned for more details!

We are sorry to miss such a fun event, but hey, someone has to make the salad dressing!! Have a great weekend, everyone!

We hope you can join us and if you can’t, don’t miss out on the delicious taste of Cousins Products!  Order yourself a few jars online or shop us in a store near you!

Samples & Food Demos
The Fresh Market’s Fall Harvest Fest
10555 Perkins Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70810 
Friday, October 28th from 3pm-7pm
Saturday, October 29th from 1pm-5pm

You’ll be able to purchase the jars at the Fresh Market, in case you just can’t get enough from our yummy samples!

Samples & Dressing for Sale
4th Annual Abita River Chili-Cook-Off
Saturday, October 29th from 10am-5pm
Abita Springs Park in Historic Downtown Abita Springs, LA
We will be serving up these delicious samples of our salad dressings and fresh salsa AND we’ll have our products for sale for just $5.00 PER JAR!! 

•   Grilled Asparagus topped with our Creole Tomato Salad Dressing
•   Grilled Baby Portabella Mushrooms marinated in our Spinach Vinaigrette
•   Crisp Celery dipped in our Bleu Cheese Salad Dressing
•   Tortilla Chips served with our Fresh Picante Salsa

If you’re in Louisiana or Mississippi or even some parts of Texas, you can find us in a store near you, but if you’re out of town, you can have a few jars (or a few cases!) shipped to your home!

We are so blessed to have fans across the U.S., and so pleased to be able to send a little bit of delicious their way!

Happy shopping!

For those of you who have tried Cousins Salad Dressings and Fresh Salsa, you know that it’s more than just a dressing! It’s a dip, a marinade, a condiment…a treat! If you haven’t tried it…well, we sure hope you will! We’re available throughout Louisiana and Mississippi and in Central Market in Texas!

Cousins Products is family-owned and made in Southern Louisiana using fresh ingredients, no preservatives, no additives and no added sugars. Just good stuff! We have three delicious, premium salad dressings and one salsa – Creole Tomato, Bleu Cheese, Spinach Vinaigrette and Fresh Salsa Picante! As always, our customers are our greatest asset, and we appreciate the privilege of feeding you and your families everyday!

This blog is where we will share recipes that will help you get the most out of Cousins Products and discover new ways to enjoy our fresh, homemade ingredients! And we hope you’ll share your ideas, too! We’ll be adding new recipes often and announcing demos, events and even coupons, so why not follow us so you can stay up to date on all the latest! Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Subscribe to receive emails! And you can even shop online if you can’t find Cousins in a store near you!

We are so happy you stopped by and we hope you eat it up!

Enjoy,

Allison & Jack Cousins