Welp, I'm trying to save money. That's one of the reasons I'm really trying to brush up what skills I have in the kitchen. It's a lot more work but, overall, it's very satisfying! Strangely so.
I went to the store the other day and bought all sorts of spices. Didja know that there is a brand that has almost every kind of spice for only 50 cents for each bottle?? Wow, I was in hog heaven!! Loaded up my cart, did I. I did have to go with the store brand on a couple of items but still lots cheaper than the name brand stuff.
Now I have oregano (ultra big bottle), chili powder, sage, parsley flakes, sweet red pepper flakes (whatever that is for, I don't know), plenty of garlic powder, the list goes on and on.
I bought boullion granules too. So, I'm in the aisle of the store looking at one bottle of cubed boullion and the other of granule. The granule one is about 40 cents more than the cubed, right? So, I'm thinking/wondering, why is this?? Don't you just take the cubes and crush them up and make granules? Then I got to thinking that that would be really messy and the cubes looked pretty freakin' hard so crushing might not work very well after all. I went with the granules. That extra 40 cents was hard to pay though!
Anyway, I have made a little cannister of spaghetti sauce mix. All I have to do is add the ground beef and tomato paste and we're good to go! Actually I had to tweak the mix a little bit to give it a little more oomph but it's very good now. I think I made the whole cannister for the cost of a couple of packets of ready made mix! Supposedly, this mix will last for a whole year in the fridge. At the rate we're going, we'll use it up way before then!
Next, I'm going to try taco mix. I'm a mexican food lover, coming from the deep southwest, so I know good mexican food! I'll try it this weekend and report back what I find and how it tasted.
Anyway, the point today is that I've discovered spices and learning to deal with them. Spices can be my friend. That's what I keep telling myself!!
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