Got spices? One of the easiest, and best, ways to make food tasty is spices. I didn't understand this when I started cooking on my own. Salt and pepper were okay - maybe even Italian seasoning but anything past that was just too crazy for this chick to consider!
Years ago - in what was, I believe, a totally different life - I sold Tupperware. And Tupperware had a few recipe books, one of the recipes I made and we loved it. But it called for this weird spice named "cumin" and I was like, "Uh, no." And we liked it fine without it. I had never tried this spice and I felt no need to go beyond salt and pepper. Then one night I made the recipe for company coming over and on a whim I decided to try the cumin. MIND. BLOWN. I couldn't believe I hadn't used it before. What was I missing by not using spices? So from that moment on when a recipe called for a spice I tried it. And a whole new world - of flavor - opened up to my fam and I.
So #TastyTuesday focus is spices. If you aren't using them - try! Please! You will be amazed. If you are using them - yay! Keep on and maybe try some new-to-you ones. In fact, wondering what some of the essentials are? Here's a list of suggested spices to always have on hand.
Oh and anyone else have a spice cabinet that has bottles upon bottles of spices - some used? Some not opened? Some from the 1970's? Maybe take a few minutes today to evaluate the freshness of your spices - they do expire! *wink*
And if you don't clean them out while you are living you may get buried with them. Ha!
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