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Katy Strong demonstrates a healthy vegetarian jambalaya by substituting vegetable oil for butter, cutting out the sausage and replacing the flavor with fennel plus garlic and spices. This Mardi Gras Cooking class was offered Feb. 8 at Langston Senior Center on Lee Highway.

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"What do you think of when I say New Orleans?" Katy Strong, dietitian, nutritionist and Extension agent, asked her Mardi Gras Cooking class the question on the day before Fat Tuesday, the celebration of Mardi Gras before the traditional fasting of Lent begins. One voice says "spicy." Another offers "all those bands."

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