I have been thinking about spice mixes the last few days. (Don't we all ;)).
The other day I made keish and pulled out my bottle of herbs de Provence with lavender. As I have mentioned previously, I like to use up a whole assortment of leftovers in my keish and herbs de Provence just pulls the flavors together beautifully every time.
While making the keish, I also made apple pockets using the other half of the pie crust that the recipe makes.
I mixed a couple apples with cinnamon but that seemed a bit dull so I added some nutmeg, cardamom, and clove. It was great. We had about 3/4 cup of the apple mixture left after the apple pockets so I added it to our Scottish oats the next morning. Audrey loved it and commented on them several times. She said the spices were better (I usually "just" do apples and cinnamon). So I decided to make my own little Cinnamon spice mixture in one of my beautiful little portmerion spice containers. It has already come in super handy for banana bread and of course - oatmeal.
Sweet Spice Mixture:
4 Tablespoons Cinnamon
2 Tablespoons Nutmeg
1 Tablespoon Cardamom
1/2 Tablespoon Cloves
The other day I made keish and pulled out my bottle of herbs de Provence with lavender. As I have mentioned previously, I like to use up a whole assortment of leftovers in my keish and herbs de Provence just pulls the flavors together beautifully every time.
While making the keish, I also made apple pockets using the other half of the pie crust that the recipe makes.
I mixed a couple apples with cinnamon but that seemed a bit dull so I added some nutmeg, cardamom, and clove. It was great. We had about 3/4 cup of the apple mixture left after the apple pockets so I added it to our Scottish oats the next morning. Audrey loved it and commented on them several times. She said the spices were better (I usually "just" do apples and cinnamon). So I decided to make my own little Cinnamon spice mixture in one of my beautiful little portmerion spice containers. It has already come in super handy for banana bread and of course - oatmeal.
Sweet Spice Mixture:
4 Tablespoons Cinnamon
2 Tablespoons Nutmeg
1 Tablespoon Cardamom
1/2 Tablespoon Cloves
1 comment:
Custom blending your own Spice blends not only saves money but ensures the freshness of the spices. I also like how with custom blends you can go top heavy on a favorite spice.
I recently gathered a bunch of herbs from the P-Patch and have created an herbal tea blend that I am calling "Kitchen Sink Blend" because it has everything but the kitchen sink in it. :)
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