Food fatigue is real, and one of the best ways to prevent it from afflicting your family is with a wide variety of herbs and spices. Most of the time I prefer to utilize individual herbs and spices in my cooking, rather than relying on a blend. Blends take more real estate in the precious little cabinet space allotted to seasonings. So I personally don’t use poultry or taco or Italian seasoning.
But there are others, including my children, who like the convenience of blends, and they’re pretty nice to take on extended camping trips. Then there are other blends we’d rather not live without. My husband grew up with Old Bay, and everyone in the family became enamored of Slap Ya Mama’s seasoning when my daughter brought it back from Louisiana. Having the essential spice blends your family loves will ward off food fatigue and keep familiar food storage favorites tasting the same as always, regardless of what’s going on outside our doors.
Montreal Steak seasoning blend
1/4 cup salt
1 tablespoon each black pepper and minced, dehydrated onion
1/2 tablespoon each minced, dehydrated garlic, crushed red pepper flakes, thyme, rosemary, and fennel
Combine all in a Ziploc bag or spice shaker.
Sausage seasoning blend
3 tablespoons paprika
1 1/2 tablespoons salt
1 tablespoon ground black pepper
2 teaspoons garlic powder
1 teaspoon fennel seed
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
Combine all in a Ziploc bag or spice shaker.
Old Bay copycat blend
2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon each cayenne pepper, ground celery seed, smoked paprika, dry mustard, ground black pepper, ground bay leaf
1/4 teaspoon each ground allspice, ginger, nutmeg, cardamom, and cinnamon
Combine all in a Ziploc bag or spice shaker.
Slap Ya Mama Cajun seasoning blend
1 tablespoon each paprika and seasoning salt
1 ½ teaspoons each onion powder and garlic powder
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper, or to taste
1 teaspoon each ground black pepper and thyme
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes, optional
Combine all in a Ziploc bag or spice shaker.
Taco seasoning
1/4 cup minced, dehydrated onions
4 teaspoons each cornstarch and chili powder
1 tablespoon each cumin and garlic powder
2 teaspoons each crushed red pepper flakes and beef bouillon granules
1 1/2 teaspoons oregano
Combine all in a Ziploc bag or spice shaker.
Poultry seasoning
3/4 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon each sage and marjoram
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
Combine all in a Ziploc bag or spice shaker.
Italian seasoning
2 tablespoons each dried basil, oregano, rosemary, thyme, and marjoram
Combine all in a Ziploc bag or spice shaker.
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