Seasoning Suggestions for Microwave Fries
Anyone have any seasoning suggestions for microwave fries?
Getting the Most Out of Your Spices
All cooks have their own secret ways to make the dish special. This time of the year, we are using spices that may have not been even thought of in 10-12 months.
This is a guide about cooking with paprika. Paprika is not just for chicken recipes or sprinkling on potato salad. Paprika is an overlooked spice, that is essential in some recipes, not only for its intense color, but also its great spicy flavor.
I once saw a post of how to process basil, cilantro, and parsley in a food processor with olive oil, but I forgot what else. I did it once and it lasted me a while in the fridge. I loved the idea, but I have since lost the instructions for how to do it.
When you are chopping up hot peppers of any kind for cooking, canning, or drying, save the seeds. Separate as many as you can from the pith, but don't use the pith. Line a baking sheet or pie pan with wax paper and put the seeds in it.
What kind of dehydrating equipment is good for drying herbs or spices?
Paprika has always been the first spice to end up with bugs in it. If you will keep it in a jar with a tight-fitting lid in the refrigerator from the time you buy it until the last of it is used, you'll probably never see a bug.
Pairing Herbs and Other Flavors with Vegetables
Here is a quick reference for making every vegetable even more delicious.
This is a guide about keeping spices fresh. Some spices store better than others, but fresh spices are always best. Storing your herbs and spices properly is the best way to keep them fresh, especially with expensive spices like vanilla bean and saffron.
Determining Whether Spices Are Still Good
This is a guide about determining whether spices are still good. Almost every cook gets a full rack of prefilled spice jars at some point, but few use them all up. Here are tips for making sure that the herbs and spices you cook with are not too old to properly season your food.
Homemade Rice-a-Roni Herb Mixes
Does anyone have a homemade recipe for the herbs in Rice a Roni? I would like to use brown rice instead of the white rice in most of their boxes.
Mix Taco Seasoning With Sour Cream
I have a lot of leftover taco seasoning packets left over from when we were always cooking Mexican. I found that if I put one package of taco seasoning into 2 cups of sour cream and top with shredded cheese of any kind, it goes like hotcakes.
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Most herbs dry easily, and if properly preserved, will retain their flavor and aroma long enough to carry you into the next growing season. As with a lot of gardening, timing is everything. Here are some tips for gathering, drying and keeping them fresh while in storage.
Baharat is a spice blend is used in many Middle Eastern cuisines. Depending on the country in which this spice mix is prepared there may be variations of the spices included.
Aleppo Pepper is named after where it comes from Aleppo, Syria, which is one of the oldest cities in history. This pepper is somewhat fruity and cumin like in flavor with moderate spice level.
Using Ancho Pepper (Dried Polano Pepper)
The flavor of ancho peppers are some what sweet and raisin like, Mildly spicy. These are the sweetest of the dried chilies.
