Healthy Life Hack...LAWRY'S SEASONED SALT (ORGANIC COPYCAT)!

I love Lawry's Seasoned Salt, it always seems to add just the right touch whenever it seems like a recipe isn't 'quite right'. You know what I mean. I love the flavor and versatility, but I was not in love with some of the ingredients. So I found a copycat recipe online, altered it and made my own! 💪

Ingredients:
     Base Mixture - MEASURE all BASE MIXTURE ingredients into a small bowl. Combine until           well blended.
       -1/3 CUP Quality Salt of your choice
       -3 1/2 TSP Quality Superfine Sugar of your choice
       -1 1/2 TSP Quality Cornstarch of your choice

     Herbs and Spices - ADD all HERBS AND SPICES ingredients to BASE MIXTURE in bowl.
     STIR and PRESS with a fork for at least 2 minutes to release and infuse the essences between the       spices.
       -1 1/2 TBSP Celery Salt
       -1 TBSP Paprika
       -1 1/2 TSP Onion Powder
       -1 TSP Garlic Powder
       -1 TSP Ground Turmeric
       -1/8 TSP Cayenne Pepper

STORE spice mixture in a tightly sealed glass container (Mountain Rose Herbs has a great variety) to preserve freshness. The spice mixture actually improves after 30 days and becomes even more "authentic" due to the infusion between all of the herbs and spices.

ENJOY adding your newly created spice mixture to soups, stews, chili, meats and veggies for cooking/grilling, etc...


I make every attempt to get any/all of my ingredients online from Mountain Rose Herbs (https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/). We absolutely love their passion for quality products and compassion for the environment! Mountain Rose Herbs is a certified organic processor through Oregon Tilth Certified Organic (OTCO) (https://tilth.org/), which is fully accredited with the USDA National Organic Program. The only downside is their shipping rates and times, which is a common frustration for their online users. My solution is to always have a running list of Saved Items in my online cart. I add stuff that I want in the future, stuff that I will need soon or just general spices and seasonings that we use ALL the time. Then I wait for their occasional discount code offering and BAM 👊! I stock up a few times a year and it is glorious. 👍

Healthy Life Hack...TACO SEASONING!

We eat A LOT of turkey tacos, turkey taco salad and turkey taco soup! We just really like those textures and flavors and it's a great way for my 7 year old son to eat lots of raw and NATURAL colors of the rainbow, i.e., veggies. 💗💗💗

Once upon a time I was buying a lot of pre-packaged taco seasoning because I didn't know any other way. Years ago an ex-coworker turned me onto one of my favorite recipes. It's a recipe for clean Taco Soup. Within said recipe it says 1 pkg taco seasoning (make your own). I was like what the hell?! The second page of the recipe is Make Your Own Taco Seasoning Mix! It is complete with a super fun and cheesy picture of a happy dancing taco! My favorite part! lol!

Anyway, I haven't used packaged taco seasoning since...

I used to buy any old seasonings from our local grocery stores, but recently I make every attempt to get any/all of my ingredients online from Mountain Rose Herbs (https://www.mountainroseherbs.com/). We absolutely love their passion for quality products and compassion for the environment! Mountain Rose Herbs is a certified organic processor through Oregon Tilth Certified Organic (OTCO) (https://tilth.org/), which is fully accredited with the USDA National Organic Program. The only downside is their shipping rates and times, which is a common frustration for their online users. My solution is to always have a running list of Saved Items in my online cart. I add stuff that I want in the future, stuff that I will need soon or just general spices and seasonings that we use ALL the time. Then I wait for their occasional discount code offering and BAM 👊! I stock up a few times a year and it is glorious. lol! 👍  

Blah, blah, blah...here is the recipe.

Ingredients for 1lb of quality meat:

-1 TBSP Chili Powder (or more? or less? Whatever happens, happens)

-1 1/2 TSP Cumin

-1 1/2 TSP Paprika

-1 TSP Oregano

-1 TSP Salt (I use Redmond Trading Company Real Salt b/c I really like it)

-1/2 TSP Garlic Powder

-1/2 TSP Onion Powder

-1/4 TSP Cayenne Pepper (I don't measure this...I sprinkle it in based upon my mood. Fun!) 😄

-1 TSP Lawry's Seasoned Salt (Make your own! *Recipe in Separate Post*) This is my own addition to the recipe b/c I feel like it helps enhance and bring out all the other flavors nicely. To me, the seasoning mix seems a bit bland w/o it.

Directions:

1. Season your meat as you usually would, but now in a healthier way. 💖 

2. Live, Laugh, Love!