January 2013 Monthly Project~ Taco Seasoning

This year, we are going to attempt 12 projects- 1 each month and see how they go:)  Welcome to our very first project for this year.

For January, we decided to make our own taco seasoning.  I am tired of buying taco seasoning and looking on the back to see what is in it and not being able to pronounce the ingredients.  So, my goal for this month was to see if we could make taco seasoning from ingredients I had on hand and have it taste good also:)

I found a taco seasoning mix recipe from Laura over at Heavenlyhomemakers.com.  I love Laura's blog and so far, none of her recipes have failed me.  So, we decided to give it a whirl and this is how it went:

We got out our ingredients:

We adjusted the orginal recipes a little to adapt to what we had on hand.

Taco Seasoning Mix
4 Tbsp Chili Powder
2 Tbsp Chopped onions
1 Tbsp Cumin
1/2 Tbsp Garlic powder
1/2 Tbsp Paprika
1/2 Tbsp Sea Salt

Put all the ingredients in a ziplog bag and shake to mix.  3 Tbsp= 1 packet of taco seasoning

We  had so much fun putting that together, we decided to make up some Dry Onion Soup Mix for an upcoming recipe.

Onion Soup Mix2/3C Chopped onions
3 tsp Parsley
2 tsp Turmeric
1 tsp Celery flakes
1 tsp Sea salt
1 tsp Sugar
1/2 tsp Ground Black Pepper

Put all ingredients in a ziplog bag and shake to mix.  4 Tbsp= 1 packet of onion soup mix.

For just a few minutes of our time, we had 2 bags of dry seasoning mixes.

We tried out our homemade taco seasoning on our taco beans and rice and I must say it is a keeper- we love it:)  They are so easy to make and I know exactly what is in them.