Cooking dinner for my gf parents...

Man that sounds like a sitcom. My coonass son. Good luck

I was expecting to be an usher for a couple that chose not to get married in the end. She was a Jewish American Princess (known by the derogative term JAP) and he was a Muslim from the extremely southern region of Lebanon and was the last living member of his high school class. I told them I would sit guests by Uzis or AKs. For your blackened dish try some seared tuna steaks, for stuffed try crab and shrimp merliton, pick one of your two bean choices and go with that one I would probably go with is the white beans. Maybe a cajun up in Yankee land can hook you up with a Jewish deli for meats.

That's stuffed seafood eggplant sounds great. If their palates like strong flavors, I'd blackened some chicken or fish with it.

I learned one thing throughout the years, not everyone likes beans... regardless of how good it may be.

sounds good to me, except it may be a bit of overkill with rice, serving jambalaya and red beans and rice. not to me, but maybe to people who don't eat down here on the reg

While that list all sounds good. You may want to consider limiting the amount of local cuisine you serve your guests. Too much of any cuisine can get boring. Depending on their length of stay, I wouldn't have it more then 2x for the whole trip. Just my two cents.

You've got a challenge ahead of you not only because you're cooking in an alien environment, but it's your first meeting with your gf's parents. Yikes.

I may get flamed for saying this, but if it were me and in that situation, I'd make the best crawfish Étouffée I've ever made, making sure it's to my liking, then freeze it for the trip. Face it, you're going to have to bring local ingredients with you anyway, why not just make the dish ahead of time especially because of the unknowns, and end up having a great meal out of it. You've still cooked the dish, so no worries there. I know it may not be as good as fresh, but man, cooking in someone else's kitchen AND meeting your gf's parents for the first time? That's a tall order. Here's hoping you hit a home run.