Make Your Own Seasoning Blends - Poultry Seasoning

Installment #5 in the Make Your Own Seasoning Blends is Poultry Seasoning.

Closeup image of mortar & pestle with a variety of herbs inside.

There are 9 ingredients in my version of poultry seasoning, but you should have most of them already on hand.  Here they are:

2 Tablespoons Thyme

2 Tablespoons Rosemary

1 Tablespoon Marjoram

1 Tablespoon Sage

1 Tablespoon Onion Powder

1 Tablespoon Garlic Powder

1 Tablespoon Pepper

1 Tablespoon Paprika

1 Tablespoon Parsley

Once you have your spices gathered, you may want to grind them with a mortar & pestle, spice grinder or blender since some of the herbs are a little coarse compared to the powders.  It just makes for a more even distribution.

Spicy Smoked Sausage Skillet Served Over Rice

Smoked sausage rounds, sliced onions and red bell peppers cooking in a skillet.

Talk about a frugal meal!  It's so easy to make and you can feed 3-4 people for about $3.00.  (Even less if you grow onions and/or bell peppers in your garden.) 

This meal will even give you a chance to use that Creole Seasoning you made from the "Make Your Own Seasoning Blends" series.

If you have a Save-A-Lot grocery store in your area, smoked sausage is on sale now at 10 for $10.  Stock up!

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Make Your Own Seasoning Blends - Creole Seasoning

#4 in the Make Your Own Seasoning Blends series is the Cajun flavor of Creole seasoning.

Closeup of a wooden spoon filled with spice.  In the background is an open mason jar and some shiny gold and green Mardi Gras beads.

As I was gathering ingredients to make tonight's supper I was dismayed (does anyone really say "dismayed" in real life?) to find out I was totally out of creole seasoning.  No worries - I just whipped out my measuring spoons and the following spices:

5 Tablespoons Paprika

2 Tablespoons Onion Powder

2 Tablespoons Garlic Powder

2 Tablespoons Oregano

2 Tablespoons Basil

1 Tablespoon Thyme

1 Tablespoon Black Pepper

1/2 Tablespoon Cayenne

2 Tablespoons Salt

When making the video for this spice blend, I noticed I didn't have much paprika on hand, so cut the recipe in half. This is real life folks! lol

Making Soft Drinks At Home

A generic 2 liter bottle of cola.

It's been a little while since I posted a video, so thought I'd pass along this tip on how you can make your own soda or pop or whatever you call it where you live.  It's not going to be a huge money saver unless you drink a lot of pop at your household.  We happen to drink quite a bit of the stuff and I figure I save about $25-$30/month by making my own.  There are lots of flavors to choose from, but my favs are the cola & Country Time lemonade while my son likes the faux Mt. Dew and hubby likes the root beer. Now before you start preaching how bad soda pop is for a body, the syrup I purchase is sweetened partly with aspartame & has no high-fructose corn syrup, so let's not start judging.  All that and you'll be saving the landfills from all those plastic bottles.  Surely that's something to feel good about. :-D

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With the temps taking a dive, I thought this was a timely recipe book to try out.  Gives you a good excuse to get that oven stoked up and ohhh, the treats you're gonna get from your efforts.

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Make Your Own Seasoning Blends - Pumpkin Pie Spice

Third up in my "Make Your Own Seasoning Blends" series - Pumpkin Pie Spice

Pumpkin pie with a slice being lifted out.  A pumpkin and fall leaves decorate the background.

 Another big fall treat that lasts all the way past Christmas is pumpkin pie.  Of course in order to make a pumpkin pie, or pumpkin rolls or any pumpkin bakery treat you can come up with, you'll need Pumpkin Pie Spice.  Don't bother grabbing the car keys and heading out to the store because all you need to make your own Pumpkin Pie Spice is:

1 Tablespoon Ground Cinnamon

1 1/2 Teaspoons Ground Ginger

1/2 Teaspoon Ground Nutmeg

1/2 Teaspoon Ground Clove

1/4 Teaspoon Ground Allspice

1/8 Teaspoon Salt

That's all there is to it, so either grab a pumpkin & start carving or you can buy prepared pumpkin in a can, but definitely make a pumpkin treat for your family and/or friends.

Hope I'm helping make life a little easier on you.  Thanks!