Recipe: Taco Seasoning

Don’t buy the packets. Do this instead. It will taste better.
Gift Idea: You can also mix up a few batches of this and put it in empty bottles to give as gifts…it is thoughtful and pretty. And useful. And if you feel like this is too cheap for a gift, make a bunch of different [...]

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No Salt Recipes: A great site for finding misc. seasoning mix recipes that contain and don’t contain salt

This site is fabulous! Curry, pesto, pultry, Jamaican blends…many, many no-salt recipes, too

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Five Spice (Chinese) Seasoning mix

This spice mix is very, um, harsh. Use sparingly.
This recipe comes from about.com by Raphael Meyer, American Kashrus Services.

Five-spice powder encompasses all five flavors – sweet, sour, bitter, pungent, and salty.
Here’s How:

In a dry skillet, roast 2 teaspoons of Szechuan peppercorns by shaking the pan over low to medium heat until the aroma of the [...]

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Cajun (Creole) seasoning mix

This recipe comes from Recipe Zaar
ingredients

2 tablespoons onion powder
2 tablespoons garlic powder
2 tablespoons dried oregano
2 tablespoons dried basil
1 tablespoon dried thyme
1 tablespoon fresh ground black pepper
1 tablespoon white pepper (or 2 use tablespoons black pepper)
3 teaspoons cayenne pepper
5 tablespoons paprika
4-5 tablespoons seasoning salt (I use Hy’s seasoned salt for this but Lawry’s is good also!)

Directions

1Mix [...]

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Old Bay Seasoning Mix

This recipe comes from RazzleDazzlerecipes.com
Old Bay is often used to flavor seafood like fish, crab, shrimp–but–it can also be added to the breading for frying chicken (or shake’n’bake) and to season homemade fries.

Old Bay Seasoning Mix in a Jar
1 tbsp. ground bay leaves
2 1/2 tsp. celery salt
1 1/2 tsp. dry mustard
1 1/2 tsp. black pepper
3/4 [...]

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Mexican Seasoning Mix

Who doesn’t love Mexican food? Make it easier to make by doing this a head of time, and avoid buying those wasteful individual packets of seasoning in the process.

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Italian Seasoning mix

Make your own seasoning mixes instead of buying them premade. These can also be made and bottled in cool jars for gifts. Use an old spice jar or ask your friends and neighbors to save their old spice jars and give them to you, or you can buy some from a thrift store, Micheal’s, Ikea, Target, Amazon or Crate & Barrel…

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Pantry Recipe: make veggie stock for free!

Why buy what you can make from scraps you already have? This easy recipe starts in the freezer and ends there, too.

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