Thursday, November 24, 2011

day 168: 31 home-made taco seasoning

a bit of this, that, and the other and you have home-made
taco seasoning :)
day 168 and i am making some home-made taco seasoning today ... yes home-made, who new you could do that before pinterest!

this lovely, and very easy looking recipe comes from maggie at smashed peas and carrots.  there are a number of reasons why i am excited about this recipe but mostly because i can control the amount of salt and chilli that that goes into it to suit my family.  it was pinned to my recipe must do's board.

i got out all the ingredients and then mixed ... and that was it.  i didn't add in the onion or garlic powder as i use fresh of both in almost every evening meal and prefer the flavour of fresh onion and garlic. the hardest part was finding the lid to the container i chose to keep it in (i really have to sort that horror of a cupboard out).

gather the ingredients and measure

put them all into a clip lock storage container and shake
to mix, then you end up with the most wonderful smelling
taco seasoning :)

outcome:  this smells so good, honestly the kitchen still smells yummy from it! i plan to use this seasoning heaps for tacos, home-made burgers, stews, all sorts! i loved the fact that i could adapt to suit the kids with regards to spiciness and keeping the salt really low. the best part is knowing exactly what's in it and not having to decipher the additives on the back of the packaging :)

my sincere thanks to maggie at smashed peas and carrots for this taco seasoning recipe.  maggie also does lots of crafting and other amazing looking recipes so i of course signed up to join her using google connect!
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4 comments:

  1. Jen W.November 24, 2011 at 11:31 PM

    Yum yum yum! I have gotten Luis hooked on Mexican food - he never ate it growing up in the Azores. We make all our own seasonings from scratch now - they're so much yummier than the packets!

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  2. NadineNovember 25, 2011 at 7:52 AM

    I hear you on the onion and garlic! I'd swap out the chili powder too if I make this.

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  3. JennyNovember 25, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    I can almost smell it through the screen :)
    Homemade is always best and what do you know, we have those same plastic containers too!!!
    Jenny x

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  4. JennNovember 26, 2011 at 6:51 PM

    We've made this same recipe too (I love Maggie from Smashed Peas and Carrots) :) It's delish! I'm really enjoying your blog, gives me such good ideas.

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