I make a lot of Mexican food at my house. One of the staples I am always buying at the grocery store is those little packets of taco seasoning for things like my Scrumptious Quesadillas and Tex Mex Chicken & Rice. I am going to have to go back and amend those recipes to include today's easy home made fix, your own Taco Seasoning from the spices in your cupboard.
I saw the original recipe on Pinterest, and I made it and it was pretty good, but something was a little off. I tasted a packet of store bought seasoning and right away I could tell that it was the salt. Now, if you are watching your sodium, by all means, leave out the salt I put in here. But if a little bit doesn't bother you, I think it does make a difference in the taste.
Here's what you need:
1 Tbsp Garlic Powder
1 Tbsp Onion Powder
1 Tbsp Cumin
1 Tbsp Chili Powder
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
1/4 tsp ground red pepper
1/2 tsp salt
This will make slightly more than a store bought packet. A store bought packet has 4 Tbsp (6 servings of 2 tsp) and this recipe has 5 Tbsp (about 7 servings of 2 tsp). It tastes very much like the store bought version, but if you compare the two you'll notice that this recipe does not make a toxic orange colored seasoning mix. Nor does the home made version contain any Silica. Do you know what silica is? The seasoning packet says it's to prevent clumping, but if you look inside the box of a new pair of shoes or inside a new purse you'll find a little packet that says, "Do Not Eat". That, my friends, is silica. If we're not supposed to eat it, what the heck is it doing in taco seasoning?!?
The home made version also has 1/2 the sodium as the store bought kind. Here is the nutritional information for about 2 tsp: 13.2 calories, 182mg sodium (which can be reduced to just 13.5mg if you eliminate the added salt), 2.5g carbs, .6g fiber and .5g protein. A regular packet contains 420mg sodium per 2 tsp!
It's so easy, and I'm sure you have most, if not all, the spices already. I used an empty bottle of garlic powder, peeled off the label and printed a new label, which I taped on. Also, I took a Sharpie and wrote the recipe for the mix on the back of the bottle so it will be easy easy easy to see it and mix up another batch.
Get Cookin'!
Lisa
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I saw the original recipe on Pinterest, and I made it and it was pretty good, but something was a little off. I tasted a packet of store bought seasoning and right away I could tell that it was the salt. Now, if you are watching your sodium, by all means, leave out the salt I put in here. But if a little bit doesn't bother you, I think it does make a difference in the taste.
Here's what you need:
1 Tbsp Garlic Powder
1 Tbsp Onion Powder
1 Tbsp Cumin
1 Tbsp Chili Powder
1/4 tsp crushed red pepper
1/4 tsp ground red pepper
1/2 tsp salt
This will make slightly more than a store bought packet. A store bought packet has 4 Tbsp (6 servings of 2 tsp) and this recipe has 5 Tbsp (about 7 servings of 2 tsp). It tastes very much like the store bought version, but if you compare the two you'll notice that this recipe does not make a toxic orange colored seasoning mix. Nor does the home made version contain any Silica. Do you know what silica is? The seasoning packet says it's to prevent clumping, but if you look inside the box of a new pair of shoes or inside a new purse you'll find a little packet that says, "Do Not Eat". That, my friends, is silica. If we're not supposed to eat it, what the heck is it doing in taco seasoning?!?
The home made version also has 1/2 the sodium as the store bought kind. Here is the nutritional information for about 2 tsp: 13.2 calories, 182mg sodium (which can be reduced to just 13.5mg if you eliminate the added salt), 2.5g carbs, .6g fiber and .5g protein. A regular packet contains 420mg sodium per 2 tsp!
It's so easy, and I'm sure you have most, if not all, the spices already. I used an empty bottle of garlic powder, peeled off the label and printed a new label, which I taped on. Also, I took a Sharpie and wrote the recipe for the mix on the back of the bottle so it will be easy easy easy to see it and mix up another batch.
Get Cookin'!
Lisa
PS Hover over the black bar on the right side of the screen to pull out more menu options for my blog, like signing up to follow my blog, search key words and also a blog archive.
happyfairylove@live.com
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