Home made seasonings

I went to the store the other day  for chili seasoning. I was in a hurry and out of my home made chile mixture. The prices of the premixed seasoning had me shell shocked. I know everything is getting expensive, but $2.69 for a season packet. Come on! So I thought I would share some of my seasoning with others who also don't want to pay $ 2.69. These cost less and taste so much better. For the last one I am also doing a recipe. This chicken dish is heavenly.


 Taco seasoning

• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon sea salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper

 Poultry Seasoning

• 2 cups dried parsley
• 1 cup rubbed sage
• 1/2 cup dried rosemary, crushed
• 1/2 cup dried marjoram
• 2 tablespoons salt
• 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon ground sage  

 

Chili  seasoning  

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons chili powder
• 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper
• 1 tablespoon dried minced onion
• 1 tablespoon dried, minced garlic
• 2 teaspoons white sugar
• 2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 2 teaspoons dried parsley 
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon ground black
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• People have asked about the flour. It is only an option. It works as a thickening agent.

    Italian  Seasoning

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons dried basil
• 2 tablespoons dried oregano
• 2 tablespoons dried thyme
• 2 tablespoons dried marjoram
• 1 tablespoon dried rosemary
• 1 tablespoon dried sage
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

 Emeril's  Essence


2 1/2 tablespoons paprika
2  tablespoons salt
2 tablespoons garlic powder
1 tablespoon black pepper
1 tablespoon onion power
1 tablespoon cayenne pepper




Middle Eastern Chicken Rub


3 tablespoons sweet paprika
3 tablespoons ground cumin
3 tablespoons ground corriander
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
2 teaspoons kosher salt

Directions for all the seasoning Combine all ingredients and mix very well. Place in airtight glass jars (no plastic). Shake well before using. This is nice in 1/2 pint sized jars to give as gifts.

Middle Eastern Chicken 

Take your piece of chicken and rub with olive oil. Sprinkle the pieces generously with Middle Eastern Seasoning. Place in baking pan and bake at 350 till done. This is so good!  

 

This was posted to The way grandmama does it site.

 

http://grandmamadoesit.blogspot.com/2012/01/made-from-scratch-blog-hop-2012number-2.html

 

Addiction Happens

 Addiction happens before you know . You never see it coming till it hits you. My AHH moment just happened. I was writing a comment on another post . I was talking about how good her cookies would be with the coffee am drinking.  I showed the comment to my friend to see what she that. That's when the lighting bolt hit. I am here visiting my friend Heidi. Sitting side by side. With our lab tops sitting on the counter  side by side.  Visiting each other thru the net. HELP I need an intervention! PS I just asked her what she thought of my post.

Pumpkin French Toast w/ Apple Cider Syrup

 

I have so much pumpkin that I put up from my garden this year. That I had to find new ways to use it. You can only make so much pumpkin bread and cookies. I found this recipe on the chew a while back. And of course I had to redo it to make it easier and faster, The recipe for the syrup will be posted below,the french toast recipe.

1 cup milk,    1/2 cup 1/2 and 1/2,   3 eggs,  1/2 cup pumpkin pie filling,  1/4 cup brown sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla,   pinch of salt. Loaf of egg bread

 Mix all the ingredients in a bowl ( except bread). Place bread in the bowl to soak up mixture. Then place in a baking dish in single layers. Pour extra mixture(if any) over the top. Put in frig over night, or for at least 6 hours.

In a skillet place 2 tablespoons oil and 2 tablespoons butter. When melted, cook your french toast. Add more oil and butter as needed. (The oil can handle the heat,so the butter doesn't burn, and the butter gives it flavor.)

                                                       Apple Cider Syrup  

1/4 cup sugar,   1/4 teaspoon cinnamon,   2 tablespoons cornstarch,   1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg,  2    cup apple cider or apple juice,  2 tablespoons lemon juice,   1/4 cup butter cut into pieces, 

Add all the ingredients into a sauce pan  ( except butter ) and cook. Stirring constantly until thickened and comes to a boil. Continue to stir and let boil for one minute. Remove from heat and stir in butter. Pour over toast, You can add spiced pecans or regular pecans to the top if you like.

For those of you who want to make your own pumpkin pie filling.

1/2 cup pumpkin,   1/4 teaspoon ground ginger ,   1/4 teaspoon nutmeg,   1 teaspoon cinnamon.  

 Mix together. 

 Hope you enjoy this recipe. My family loves it. And for Heidi, this is very similar to your Pumpkin Bread pudding French Toast at Denny's

            

Please!!!!!!!!!

Can I join the Circus. I have talent. PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pot Sticker.

My husband loves pot stickers, I use to buy them for the store ,but they weren't that good. Then I started buying them from Schwan's guy. They were good but got to be really expensive. So I decided to make my own. I found a great recipe and changed it a little to make it my own. My family and friends  love them. And it saves me a lot of money. I never know how easy they were to make.

RECIPE
1 and1/2 pounds of cooked Shrimp or 1 pound of any other cooked meat you may like.
4 chopped green onions
4 cloves roughly chopped garlic or 1 teaspoon of minced garlic.( Optional)
1 eggs and one egg white.
3 tablespoons of soy sauce
Wonton wrapper. There are normally around 60 in a package. ( Don't worry they freeze up really well)
 One husband or friend to do the frying

Put everything in a food processor and pulse until combined but still chunky

Wet all four sides of your wonton wrapper.

Place about 1/2 of teaspoon of filling in the middle.

Fold over to make a triangle. Gently push filling to the middle. Making sure to seal it all along the edges. This is very important. If it doesn't seal it will leak.  Your water helps to make it seal. Don't worry they seal really easy .

Place in a pan with a little oil They cook up really  fast. So make them all up at one time,placing them on a lightly floured sheet pan. Or have someone cook them as you make them up. I love my assistant. He looks so cute in his apron.

Place on paper towels to cool. Enjoy.

You can freeze these cooked or just made up.  If cooked, put in a plastic bag after they have cooled down. Place in freezer. Can be heated in oven or microwave. If just made up, put on lightly floured sheet pan in single layers and freeze. ( this stops them from sticking together.) Once frozen place in bags and return to freezer. I make these for the Super Bowl. I never can seem to make enough. They are highly addicting.

Christmas redo

I really liked the garland we put on the fireplace for Christmas. So I had my husband make me a box to put it in. Then I added my candle warmer. Since my living room is done in a cabin feel It works. Now I can enjoy it all winter.

I think it worked well with the rest of the fireplace.

Happy new year every one . May your new year be fulled with Blessing, Happiness, and Love.

My second best Kitchen friend

 My BFF Heidi  gave me this Vacuum Sealer for Christmas. It is fastly becoming my second best kitchen friend. Sorry nothing bets my Kitchen-Aid, But it's right up there. I love it. Its so compact I can leave it on the counter.  A bag holder fit on to the side. No more looking all over the kitchen for them. The cord is out in the picture. But it can hide in the back of the machine. I so love it. I even made extra for dinner last night and vacuumed it for my husbands lunches. I plan on making meals and vacuuming them for future meal when times are busy. Ok, maybe I am getting carried away. But it,s so cool. No more having to get the big one out of the storage area in the garage.

It does a great job. ( I had to get this out of the freezer to show you.) You put your food in ,then zip the top shut. Put the hand held handle on the circle. Turn it on and it does it's thing.  It shuts it self off when the air is gone. Fool proof  for people like me. You can get them on the internet at www. vaccumsaver.com  I think Heidi is tired of me telling her how much I love this gift.But again it;s so cool!

I found these Ziploc bags at K-Mart. They work great with the Vacuum Sealer. They come in quart and gallon size. Now I won't have to order off the web when I run out.I am so happy! Isn't it amazing what makes me happy. Not money, just bags.  Something is wrong with me

Whats this

Whats this ! Grandma is upstairs ,time to check this out.It's white and soft.

This taste good. I wonder what Grandma was cooking. Where did she put it?

This looks good . Can I get the stuff off the sides.

What! You were done with it anyway!

Ok , that didn't work. Act  innocent.

Post problems

Had to change my background and delete some of my post to try to fix my blog. It was only showing two post at a time. Hopefully it fixed the problem. I will be adding two more post to check it out.

Up date on Sabrina.

 I was going to write a post on my trip to Solvang. But I got so may wonderful comments on Sabrina and her health that I decided to up date everyone. Some times after having a seizure  Sabrina loses her memory. That was the case this time. It lasted about a day and a half. She didn't answer to her name. She acted as if she didn't know who we were. She is kinda  back to normal  now. Don't worry this one is not bad. It's sweet and cute. While in the possession of her old owner, he breed her while she was still  a young puppy and constantly bred her. Since we have gotten her we have not breed her. The first time she came in heat we keep an eye on her. Every thing went well. About the time the puppies would be born, she stole my daughter's stuffed cat. She would clean it ,carry it every where, and put it to her belly like she was feeding it.If you came near her ,she would put her paw on the cat to protect it. The only problem was she use to attack our other dog Tanna ( if she got near her and her baby.) Tanna has learned not to get to close.  And Sabrina now trust us and Tanna a lot more. No more attacks and we can pick up her baby.She follows us and waits for use to give it back. After about three weeks she will hide her baby till next time then bring it out. My daughter finally found her cat and hide it from Sabrina ( A dear friend gave her the cat) So we bought a few new stuffed animals for Sabrina. She picked the stuffed bear.  She has had the bear for two years now. She is still cleaning and trying to feed it. I guess we should give it a name. If you have any ideas for a name let us know. Thank you everyone for your prays and kind comments.

Sabrina,s bad night.

This is are dog Sabrina, Before I talk about her bad night, I need to give you a little back ground on her.  A man was selling her in front of Albertson. I thought She was pretty,but I already had a dog and two cats.So I had no plans to buy her. Especially for 2 hundred dollars! As we walk into Albertson I saw the boy holding her leash hit the dog in the face. When we came out she was cowering from people.  The boy then kicked her in the side.Not real hard ,but still it made me mad. I couldn't leave the dog there and walk away. So we told him we would buy the dog as long as it didn't attack our cats. He brought the dog to our house. She ran right into our house. She didn't bother our cats and Tana our dog started playing with her. So we bought  her. As they were getting ready to leave I told the father about the boy hitting and kicking the dog. He said boys will be boys. I had plan to find her a good home. I am sure you guessed it, that we're her new home. We cleaned her up and took her to the vet. A few nights later she had a seizure.  We made her an appointment at the vets. She had two more before her appointment. We found out she was beat bad enough ,that it could of caused the seizures. We have had her on meds for the past two years. She has one about once every 3 months. But tonight she had 5 in a row. I stayed with her and petted her head and tried to keep her calm. We have gone thru this before. But they were really bad this time. I was so afraid we would lose her. The vet warned us that she could die from them if they are real several. I know this is bad ! But I really want the old owner to have to go thru a seizure. Just to see what she has to go thru.  We found out she was chained and used only for breeding. The old owner was also abusing her On one final note He showed up about a year ago. He had the nerve to hint that we should of paid more for her. 

I know it sounds weird to ask people to pray for a dog,but we really love her.She is part of our family.

FLeece Throw

Finally got my husbands throw done. It only took me a year. He probably gave up on ever getting it. It's great to cuddle under with the winter weather coming. The two layers make it really soft and warm.I made one a while back with three layers. That one is heavy and great for the
bed.
These quilts are easy to make. Just cut 10 inch squares. the amount depends on how big you want it.( I did 7 rows across and 10 rows down for my husbands.)
For a two layer quilt just put wrong sides together and sew an x across the square. For three layers put a 10 inch piece of filler fleece in the middle. ( just a cheap piece of white or cream fleece.) Sew the x across the square.  Arrange the squares the way you want them to look. Sew a 1/2 inch seam to join them.Make sure to number your rolls.That way you won't lose track of where you want them. After all your rolls are sewn together. Clip your 1/2 inch seam with scissors just till you get close to sew line. ( Don't cut sew line.) Then wash at laundromat! Do not use your machine! The cut fleece will ruffle up ,leaving a lot of loose threads.  Dry and enjoy. The quilt will shrink a little. Almost forgot unlike other quilts do not wash your fabric first.

 I used outdoor fabric. There is a lot of great choice out there. One more good thing about it,is it's reversible. 

Maukie the virtual cat ( my new toy )

  This is a picture of my daughters cat. But I couldn't find the right picture and it wouldn't let me copy the picture of the widget. The widget I am talking about is the cat on the left column. If you run your mouse around him he will follow it. I have played with it every time I get on my blog.  I am guilty of getting on just to play with him. Hey, what can I say I am a kid at heart. It never hurts to feel young again. Thanks to Kathy I learned he purrs when you rub his belly with the mouse. SO CUTE! I just found out that if you run the mouse slowly between his eyes he MEOWS. Who knows what I will find next?

Best Turkey I have ever had!

 Went to my friend Heidi"s house for Thanksgiving. She found a brine recipe for turkey. That is out of this world. It had so much favor and so, so moist.. She did make a few changes to the recipe, that put it over the top. I am stealing that recipe. She posted it to her blog.  http://mysimplecountryliving.blogspot.com  But here is her secret Yes Heidi I.am giving it away..( for the good of mankind and it's stomach..) Add twice the amount of brown sugar that you add of salt. So if the recipe calls for 1/2 cup of salt, you add 1 cup of brown sugar..  She made 3 turkeys. All a little different ,but all every good.  Every thing was great I think I gained 10 pounds in one night, but it was so worth it!

Oatmeal Cinnamon Chip Cookies

This is one of my favorite cookie recipes. My girls don't like raisins  so I had to come up with something different to add to it. The chips work so well that we make these a lot more often then we use to.

1 stick of butter softened, 3/4 cup of firmly packed brown sugar, 1/2 cup sugar, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 1/2 cup flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon , 1/8 teaspoon of salt, 3 cup oats.1 bag of Hershey Cinnamon Chips

Heat oven to 350 In a mixing bowl, beat butter and sugars together till creamy. Add eggs and vanilla; beat well. Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Mix well. Add the oats and mix. Add the chips but mix with a spoon as not to break up the chips. Cook on ungreased cookie sheet till done. 8 to 10 min. You want then lightly golden brown. Cool for one minute.  You want them lightly golden brown. they will still cook a little as they cool.

Reeses Peanut Butter Cake

 Now that it's cooler I am in a baking mood. With the holidays around the corner,I thought I would try new things. This not only looks good,but people will think you got it from a fancy bakery. The great thing is it's fast and easy. My favorite way to cook

                                                                         RECIPE

One chocolate cake mix.

One package of chocolate pudding.

One jar of vanilla frosting
Three and a half tablespoons of creamy peanut butter

A bag of mini Reese's  Peanut Butter Cups. chopped up

Add the pudding and cake mix together. Follow the directions on the box to cook it.Let the cake cool. Mix the vanilla frosting with the peanut butter. Frost the cake. Then sprinkle the chopped Reese's Peanut Butter Cup on top . If you want it to look fancier. Instead of chopping the peanut butter cup up arrange them on top.

mashed sweet potatos

 

This is a family recipe. We always had these at Thanksgiving, when I was growing up .I still make them today

.

RECIPE

3 large cans of sweet potato (drained)

1 package of cream cheese ( room temp

1 can crushed pineapple.( drained and juice squeezed out)

Put all the ingredients in to a mixing bowl and whip up together

Put the sweet potatoes in a baking pan and cook at 350 for 20 to 30 minutes till hot.

                                                                                          

   

Cranberry and White Chocolate Cookies

                              

With Christmas on it way I thought now would be a good time to repost this. It was first posted about a year ago when I had only 45 followers. So hopefully this will be new to some of you.

                             Cranbeery choclate chip cookie gift jar

                     Ingredient

• 5/8 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup dried cranberries
• 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions

1. Layer the ingredients in a 1 quart or 1 liter jar, in the order listed.
2. Attach a tag with the following instructions: Cranberry White chocolate cookies 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a cookie sheet or line with parchment paper. 2. In a medium bowl, beat together 1/2 cup softened butter, 1 egg and 1 teaspoon of vanilla until fluffy. Add the entire jar of ingredients, and mix together by hand until well blended. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto the prepared baking sheets. 3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, or until edges start to brown. Cool on baking sheets, or remove to cool on wire racks.

 I found this recipe on all recipe .com  I love it!

Disappearing Chicken.

 Had a lovely evening at my friend Heidi's house. Around 10 pm I went home and had to put the chickens up. Because of the wild life around I always count them. I know I only have 5, but this night I had 4.  I check around the hen house since their fenced in.  Nope. I called Heidi for help. So here we were with flash lights walking the neighborhood looking for a black chicken  Of cause we were calling it. Like it was just going to walk right up to us, because it heard us. Right! After about a half an hour we gave up and Heidi went home. I decided to do one last check around the hen house. Only to get the crap scared out of me. Something lightly touched my head.Okay yes it sent me running. ( I am only human.) After I was done freaking out. I looked to see what had touched me. There she was, my chicken up in the tree. Do you think it might be time to clip her wings again?

I am learning new things all the time. Like when to cut their wings. I am new to raising chicken,hence the reason for only 5. I stated when our friends Mirian and Jim were building a new hen house and asked if we would like the old one and some hens. I have wanted chickens for a while so a cause I said yes. My husband was a little surprise to come home to a hen house and hens in a make shift fence. But he grow to love them and build them a great area. But we will see how long it last if, they keep disappearing.

Chile Relleno and Chimis

My husband loves Chile Relleno. So I finally tried making them. I was really lucky, they turned out great the first try. The red sauce is from Heidi's blog My Simple Country Living. ( the button to it is on my blog too.)  It's great having a BFF who  also cooks.

These are the Chile Rellenos before the sauce and cheese. I used the poblanos from my garden. I roasted them, then peeled the skin off. Sliced them open then I devained and seeded them.  I stuffed them with cheese. Used a toothpick to help hold them together. Rolled in flour. Wait 5 minutes before dipping in egg mixture. Then deep fry.  This was a little hard. I finally put a spoon full of egg mixture in the oil then laid the pepper on top. Then spooned egg mixture on top and flipped. Be warned the mixture does spread out a little.

The egg mixture

3 egg whites beaten till fluffy peaks. then fold in the 3 yolks. Dip peppers in and fry.

These are my Chimis. I just cook up some hamburger added taco seasoning, sauce, and refried beans. I put a big spoon full in a flour tortillas rolled them and deep fried. I know,I know, not a healthy meal. But ohhhhh, so good.

I have linked this post to Deborah Jean's Dandelion House- 

Farmgirl Friday Blog Hop!

& 

My Simple Country Living's

 Fall Harvest Blog Hop!

Check them out!

How Miss Priss got her name.

This is the story of how Miss Priss got her name. About a year ago I talked my husband into getting chicken.We were fortunate that our Friend had build a new bigger hen house. So we were offer the old one. With a little paint it was like brand new.We added a dog run to it.We have raccoons and coyotes,so we have to lock then up at night. We have a movable fence attached to the dog run  for the day time,for running room.

They also gave us 5 grown chickens. I am so blessed to have them as friends. My neighbors also have chicken and asked what I was going to name them. I had no intention of naming them. To me they were chickens not pets. It,s amazing how thing change in a year. Everything was going great,till the black one started  wanting to lay on the eggs. If you push her out of the nest she would get so mad. Since she couldn't attack me she would torment the other chickens. I in turn would chase her a way from the others. Me yelling at her and her with her feathers all fluffed up. My husband thinks I have  lost my mind. He said just leave them alone and they will work it out. I still have to push her out of the nest 2 or 3 times a day. But I stop chasing her when she goes after the other girls, since I caught my neighbor Ruth Ann laughing her head off. 

Ladies and Gentlemen may I introduce you to Miss Priss. Believe me she has earned that name.

My other girls are so sweet.

I had just kick her out of the nest.As you can see she has her feathers all fluffed out.And as you notice the other chicken are keeping thier distance. Miss Priss fits her well.

Where our food comes from. Worth the read.

George Houghtby's Photos

‎(ALWAYS READ THE LABELS ON THE FOODS YOU BUY--NO MATTER WHAT THE FRONT OF THE B...OX OR PACKAGE SAYS, TURN IT OVER AND READ THE BACK---CAREFULLY!
With all the food and pet products now coming from China , it is best to make sure you read label at the grocery store and especially Walmart when buying food products.
Many products no longer show where they were made, only give where the distributor is located.
It is important to read the bar code to track it's origin.
How to read Bar Codes .... interesting!
This may be useful to know when grocery shopping, if it's a concern to you.
GREAT WAY TO "BUY USA & CANADA " AND NOT FROM CHINA!!

The whole world is concerned about China-made "black hearted goods".
Can you differentiate which one is made in Taiwan or China ?

If the first 3 digits of the barcode are 690 691 or 692, the product is MADE IN CHINA.
471 is Made in Taiwan .
This is our right to know, but the government and related departments never educate the
public, therefore we have to RESCUE ourselves.

Nowadays, Chinese businessmen know that consumers do not prefer products "MADE IN CHINA ", so they don't show from which country it is made.

However, you may now refer to the barcode - remember if the first 3 digits are:

690-692 ... then it is MADE IN CHINA
00 - 09 ... USA & CANADA
30 - 37 FRANCE
40 - 44 GERMANY
471 .... Taiwan
49 ... JAPAN
50 ... UK

BUY USA & CANADIAN MADE by watching for "0" at the beginning of the number.
We need every boost we can get! Pass this on to everybody on your E-Mail Contact List!! )See More

By: George Houghtby

Quick and Easy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup

Now that the weather has gotten cold I am in the mood for soup. A while back I wanted soup in a hurry,and came up with this recipe. I always have left over chicken in the freezer which really makes it quick and delicious.

This is all you need, well plus chicken. If you only need soup for two to three people just use one of each and 1  cup of water and one large chicken breast. For a large pot use two of each and 1  1/2 to 2  cup of water. Two large breast. The type or amount of chicken can vary to your taste.  Cook the chicken . Take skin off and put in stock pot add other ingredients and cook on simmer for 20 minutes . If you want it a little thinner add water. There is plenty of flavor,so you don't have to worry about losing flavor with the water. My family loves the recipe. We make it a lot. 

Mincemeat Cookies

I really love these cookies,which is funny,because I really dislike Mincemeat pie.

1 cup shorting,   1 1/2 cups sugar,   3eggs,   3 cups flour,   1tsp baking soda..   1/2 tsp salt    1 (90z) box of condensed Mincemeat Crumbled.

This is the Mincemeat I use. Make sure to use the box . The jar Mincemeat is to wet. The cookies are to soft and fall apart. Preheat the oven to 375.In a mixing bowl mix the shorting and sugar together until fluffy.Add the eggs ,mix well. Mix the dry ingredient together,,add to the shorting mixture.Mix well. Stir in the Mincemeat. Drop by spoon full onto a greased cookie sheet 2 inch apart. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes.