I bought a bunch of teeny 1/2 cup mason jars and am planning to make homemade taco seasoning and fill a jar for each of my “girls” and put in their Easter basket. They all love to cook and appreciate spices and herbs.
I think this is a fun theme for young adults in an Easter basket or stocking or whatever! Yes, I know I can buy blended spices through Penzey’s - and have - but I like the personalization of this for a novelty gift.
So, are there other spice blends you make that could be jarred? I would love to make a green goddess one to mimic the Trader Joe’s one I have become a big fan of….but am open to hearing blends you whip up yourself.
Could be a meat or fish rub as well - though they do eat limited meat beyond chicken.
I always have a blackening spice mix on hand. Very versatile (chicken, beef, fish) and you can adjust the heat levels to your preferences. Many recipes online…
The only one I can think of that I have on hand right now is a shaker of cinnamon sugar…if you’re doing a collection, it might be nice to include a sweet option among the savory choices, and an option besides cinnamon sugar might be a citrus sugar (using the simply lime/lemon/orange crystallized powder packets). I used to keep Essence around but got lazy and replaced with Lawrys store-bought. Here is a recipe that has a great pork rub that could be jarred:
I never measure and use what’s on hand, so this might not be very helpful. For fish and some seafood, I like to mix lemon (and/or lime) crystals, white pepper, garlic powder, lite salt, and a bit of cayenne. Sometimes I add dried dill (especially for salmon) instead of cayenne.
My pork seasoning is usually garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne, smoked paprika, cumin and lite salt. Offhand, I’d say that there’s usually twice as much garlic powder and cayenne as the others. I used to add orange peel also but haven’t had any for quite a while.
I do not. I’m very much a “wing it” type cook, but I think you could probably find some online. I will tell you with the French fry seasoning I do put some sugar in it, along with salt, cayenne, chili, etc. The sugar helps with the caramelization.
Gotcha. I was looking for staple blends CC’ers may have made on their own with the point of a blend being that you can control not needed additions like store bought may have (like sugar or dyes) or a time saver so that you don’t have to keep pulling multiple spices out of the cupboard to have a tasty taco seasoning!
I was getting Hello Fresh for a while and some of the spice blends they included were really good! I happened to run across a public doc that had ratios for a lot of them-I’ve made a few and they’re pretty accurate. My faves so far, the smoky cinnamon paprika spice and the fry seasoning
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This is AWESOME!!! I’m going to print it out tomorrow - thank you SO much! I want to make myself a bunch! The first one that grabs me is the Ranch Blend - sort of like a green goddess.
Dried herbs and spices are some of my favorite 'grocery store' items for cooking. They can be expensive, though, so when I was looking for something to give as gifts recently, I decided to make some [homemade spice blends](http://helaspice.com/na/services/custom-blending). I had a lot of fun with this project. It's not very difficult, but you do need to take the time to make sure the blends are the way you want them. You can make them milder or spicier, or work your way towards a more complex 'fusion' mixture.
Dried herbs and spices are some of my favorite 'grocery store' items for cooking. They can be expensive, though, so when I was looking for something to give as gifts recently, I decided to make some homemade spice blends. I had a lot of fun with this project. It's not very difficult, but you do need to take the time to make sure the blends are the way you want them. You can make them milder or spicier, or work your way towards a more complex 'fusion' mixture.
I find pre-made blends have me trying flavors I don’t normally try they’re making me more adventurous. I suppose I may blend my own at sone point but for now I really like the Greek Seasoning from Penzeys. I had a small 1/2 bottle size and opted for a larger bag size to refill a large bottle and give sone to D to take when she goes back to CA. It’s especially good with lemon on chicken.
On others recommendations also bought Sunny Paris blend and Foxpoint. I know you want to make your own brave read some sites have suggestions on copying these.
