What is Your Most Used Spice(s)?
September 4th, 2012 | 
Author: What spice(s) or spice blends do you use the most?
Is there some spice you use almost every day?
Do you always measure before adding or eyeball it?
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These are the ones I use the most:
Garlic Powder
Toasted Onion Powder
Smoked Paprika
Chili Powder
Cumin Powder
Ginger Powder
Black Pepper
Smoked Black Pepper
Basil
Fines Herbes
Herbes de Provence
Lemon Pepper
Italian Seasoning
I use freshly ground black pepper (extra bold) every day.
I use four most. Salt, garlic powder, onion powder and crushed red pepper flakes. I use them in my hash browns I make for breakfast. I don’t measure, eyeball every time. For DW I use the salt,both powders and black pepper instead of the red pepper.
salt, pepper, garlic powder or salt, basil, cinnamon……
I have a few that I use in just about everything I make; to varying degrees, of course.
For cooking, it’s Sea salt, coarse ground black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and chili powder. Herbs include basil, oregano, thyme, sage and marjoram; all dried leaf form. One of my new favourites is cayenne pepper. It was difficult to find some that wasn’t completely ground into a powder, but I did find it again; bought 3 bottles of the stuff.
For baking, cinnamon is my all-time favourite, but I’m quickly warming up to nutmeg and cloves.
For cooking, sometimes I eye-ball it but mostly I will measure carefully. Depending on the item.
I generally don’t use store bought spice blends as they probably contain MSG or citric acid. I have made up my own “Cajun” spice mix that I use when I make quesadillas or chip dip. It contains most of the above mentioned cooking spices and I’m still experimenting with using it. Fantastico!
Oregano goes in pretty much everything, not counting salt and pepper. I have recently started to use onion salt more too… I make up pesto and will add a tsp of that too…
and cumin. Those are my most freequent go-tos.
Ohhhhhhh……..I love herbs and spices!! Love the smell when I open a new bottle and love experimenting.
I love trying to make some of my own blends but I also think that pre-blended are good as well as long as they come from a reputable company. Penzey’s being one of them.
I think there are too many to mention as my favorites because it depends on what I am cooking that night.
Such a good question though. What are your favorites Becky?
It is hard to choose my favorites – depends on what I’m cooking. I do use a lot of oregano and garlic. Baking my most used spice is cinnamon. There are a couple of salt free blends we really like.
I love basil, tarragon, cumin and Mexican oregano. Also red pepper flakes since I’m into Thai cooking–at least this week
I use a lot of different spices since Harry isn’t supposed to have any salt (but I do use some anyway). We use salt-free blends, too, Becky. Original Mrs Dash and Spike are my favorites–do you recommend any others?