A great amount of controversy surrounds this Middle Eastern Spice Blend recipe. Okay, not a great amount. Maybe not even a significant amount…okay, okay! I actually don’t know if anyone knows this is a thing. When I first started cooking Middle Eastern food, I discovered a spice mixture that I grew to know as Lebanese 7…
Spice Blends
Garam Masala Spice Blend
Garam Masala means “Hot Spices”. But, the reality is, as with most languages, something gets lost in translation. So, I drilled my Indian friend for a reliable translation because “hot”, to me, means “spicy”. She explained and it’s not so much “Hot”, but more “mellow, or warming”. Considering the fact that very few of the…
Puerto Rican Recao (Herb Flavoring Paste)
This is a picture of Green Gold, my friend. Commonly known as recao; some also call it sofrito. No matter what it’s called, this flavoring blend, found in most Caribbean cuisines, is money. I once knew a family in Brooklyn who got busted in a sting for operating a recao supply chain illegally. Word on the street was that a…
Pumpkin Spice Blend: The Only DIY that Matters
Pumpkin Spice everything is in full effect, y’all. I smelled Pumpkin Spice perfume on a millennial the other day. People are freaks about it and as soon as the calendar flips to September, they snatch up anything labeled “PSL”. Now, I have never been a fan of paying for things I know I can make myself. So,…
DIY Mexican Spice Blend: Cinco de Mayo and Beyond!
Even as long-winded as I like to be, I can’t draw this one out…but, I’m gonna try!! I love DIY’ing my own spice blends. Do you remember how I’ve spoken about developing my Middle Eastern Spice Blend? Well, somewhere along my culinary journey, I created this recipe for a Mexican Spice Blend. One thing that I’ve heard…
Meat Spice Blend
I’m notoriously cheap. The thought of spending our hard-earned and hard-saved- for money on things I can easily make at home is enough to make me cringe. And while I probably don’t save hundreds of dollars on my DIY spice blends, I do save some. Add to that the peace of mind that unpronounceable ingredients…
