Spice it up challenge

bm1409 · April 2016

My daughter loves spices so I borrowed some from her. I decided on a spice blend called Hot Habanero & Green Chili. It says it tastes great on fish, but I used it on chicken. I probably used a little too much, but it was good. It had a nice kick to it.

farmerpam1 · April 2016

I don't use salt when cooking. (I'm finally off the high blood pressure pills!) I'm not too familiar with curry, so I made a sweet potato curry tonight. Tasty!

lsabeIIe · April 2016

My boyfriend is the specialist when it comes to spices in our home.
I can thank him for developing my taste for spicy hot sauces, I REALLY enjoy it now.
This week, I cooked a chicken and I sparkle lots of Zathaar on it.

khalley888 · April 2016

I love the spice cumin. I add it to avocado (with garlic powder, pepper, and cayenne pepper). Makes a delicious 2 minute guacamole.

BJerzy · April 2016

I made the herbs de province and used it to flavor my rice. It was really good to have flavorful rice without having to purchase something separate.

jazzypdx · April 2016

I roasted some sliced baby red potatoes that I marinated for about an hour in olive oil, Rosemary and Fennel, delicious. For a new spice I found saffron flowers at a tienda near by, mixed some into Greek yogurt (along with my usual cinnamon, nutmeg) spooned over diced apples and pineapple, okay but will try alone. One savory and one sweet experiment this week. I use tumeric and/or a curry blend 3-4 days a week, and make tumeric milk occasionally, which I did this week 'cause my ankle was bothering me.

melissasue0317 · April 2016

Spices at our place are usually about the same, hot or garlic lol. Stepped out this week and tried a kimchi mixed salsa on chicken. Was good but the premade salsa was fairly watered down after opening it. Bummer.

Marinating several bags of cubed chicken over night. Bbq sauce, satay sauce (new!), and a "fajita" sauce blend that my kiddos love.

enuf2 · April 2016

I rarely add salt to my food, and love trying new spices. Today I am making a Curry Roasted Cauliflower with pine nuts and chickpeas side dish. I use curry a lot, so that is not new, but I did purchase Mango Chutney specifically for this recipe. Not really a spice, but a new flavour!!
I am also making a Roasted Red pepper and sweet potato soup that is to die for! No salt added, only Italian Seasonings. Yummy!

sukkara · April 2016

We cook with a lot of spices. Without exaggeration, there are over 40 jars of different spices in the cupboard! didn't go grocery shopping this week so instead decided to use a spice in a new way and use another that I haven't in a long time.
-Lemon pepper, cumin, saffron, lemon & chicken (yum!), still needed some salt but much less than usual.
- Rice with mustard seed (did not add to flavour)
- Made a healthy cheese spread: strained non-fat yogurt, added zaatar (which I had bought some time ago but hadn't used), sumac, dried mint and dill (double yum!)
- Tried adding anise seeds to hot water as herbal tea. Has a nice sweet taste and excellent for GIT and IBS (grandmother's very wise suggestion).

plainanjelik · April 2016

Made yellow curry cauliflower rice plus had some cajun pasta earlier this week.

tfisher678 · April 2016

I'm in a similar situation where my cupboard is full of different spices. Something different for me that I'm reading on is horseradish...all the anti- inflammatory, anti- cancer, liver detox benefits has been interesting. I've tried a little..goes a long way but made a vegetable dip with Greek yogurt, horseradish, ranch seasoning.
It was nice and spicy..

RoseTheWarrior · April 2016

Well this was hard for me because I don't do the cooking! I ended up buying some white pepper (never tried it!) and adding it to a chicken stew my hubby made. It was a nice addition!

CeruleanCoffee · April 2016

Like many others on here, I use a lot of different spices already. There's a stir fry station at the cafeteria at work so i decided to try out one of those spices this week in that context. I chose lemon pepper with a chicken dish and it was good! I rarely use lemon pepper anyway and it was a nice treat. I forgot how good it was. This was a great challenge this week!

dtplow · April 2016

I used herbes de Provence in my eggs with some goat cheese. No need for extra salt... so good!

vazquezmom7 · April 2016

I also have a lot of spices in my kitchen, but last week I tried a chicken rice soup that was very yellow and yummy. I asked for the recipe and found a different spice, turmeric (i think that is how you spell it) Well I made the dish tonight for my family and the kids weren't that into it but hubby and I loved it.

Also I going to have to get me some herbs de provence to try.

cjborkowski · April 2016

Made mashed sweet potato with ginger & my new spice, tumeric. It was delicious & I'll definitely make it again, esp since I now have a whole jar of tumeric to use up!!