What I'm Reading This Week #27
Happy Friday everyone! I hope you've got the day off to enjoy. I would really appreciate the weather dialing it back from Satan's taint to dryish heat please. I'm not even asking for much. Like 83 degrees would make me happy at this point but there's no end in sight to the 90's. The Mr and I have both been plagued with migraines this week. He had a two day event and I had an ocular migraine which is just so crappy to deal with since you can't read or do anything until your vision isn't screwed up. I got to wait on hold for an hour Tuesday with the state tax department so I decided to sand and prime the newel post while listening to hold music designed to make you hang up. To quote Bugs Bunny "he don't know me vewy well, do he?" I got that squared away and later went out between pop up storms to deadhead some zinnias which you may have seen in Wednesday's post. Speaking of Wednesday, it was a busy day in the ga...
I love replicating prepackaged spices! I only ever use the packaged taco seasoning when I run out of chili powder or one of the other spices (but mainly chili powder).
ReplyDeleteI never thought of orange peel though, I'm going to try that next time.
Where do you get your orange peel? I checked Target the other day, but didn't come up with any. Maybe a standard grocery store would do the trick?
ReplyDeleteHonestly, we went to so many places to try to find it I don't remember which one ended up being the jackpot but I want to say it was just a plain ol' grocery store.
ReplyDeleteIf you can't find it, you can always zest an orange or two and dry it out. It'd probably taste better that way! :)
I have another similar recipe in my "to try" file. I like the idea of a little citrus-y kick from the orange peel. I found a low sodium mix one time that was really good, but of course it was in a clearance bin and I could never find it again.
ReplyDeleteI love using fresh zest for anything needing orange peel but I keep on hand (in case I don't have any oranges)orange peel from Penzey's. You can buy both orange and lemon peel from them on-line, it's dehydrated but they give you directions for re-hydrating. It's not as good as fresh but I've used it in baking before with no problems. For those who enjoy spice varieties, they can be a fun place to shop. We recently had one of their stores open and it's a real treat to go in and be able to smell the differences in the different cinnamon's (for example) or chili's. Mrs, from your blog to my recipe book, this looks fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds great. I need to get the orange zest and ancho chili powder (I assume it is a little different from 'regular') but I have all the rest in my pantry. I am not good at figuring out the right proportions - thanks for doing it for us and sharing!
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to mix up a small jar of this! THANKS!
ReplyDeleteI love this! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteOoh, I make my own taco seasoning but the orange peel sounds like a delightful addition that mine doesn't have--thanks!!!
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