Homemade Taco Seasoning

If you're like me then you're probably constantly trying to find new ways to be healthier and save money in this tough economy.  Two ways that I have found to be thrifty is by reusing things and making many things I would have usually bought instead.  Just the other night I decided to make my version of Mexican pizza only to realize I was out of taco seasoning.  In what use to mean running to the local grocery store, picking up an overpriced pack of taco seasoning loaded with a bunch of not so good for you things, to get one meal out of it- I reached into the spice cabinet and crossed my fingers for a Pinterest solution (and on the double)!  After scouting through many suggestive "pins" I realized taco seasoning is defiantly a taste preference.  Since my husband Luke has a mild sense of flavor I decided to go with a more milder flavored homemade taco seasoning and this recipe was born!

 

Homemade Taco Seasoning (Mild)

4 Tablespoons chili powder

3 Tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon paprika

3 Tablespoons ground cumin

1 Tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons onion powder

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper

 

Mix all the ingredients well in a glass bowl and store in an airtight container until ready to use.  To use: prepare your taco meat first in a skillet (brown ground meat or thoroughly cook non ground meat like steak or chicken).  After meat is well cooked, drain any grease, add 2 heaping Tablespoons of Homemade Taco Seasoning Mix and a cup of water to the skillet.  Mix water and seasoning in well with the meat and cook on medium-low until none of the water remains.  Eat and enjoy!

 

 

 

 

I stored my Homemade Taco Seasoning in a reused sour cream container that I removed all of the old writing from.  I also used my label maker to mark my container as well as add the recipe on the side of the container.  I have found that if I have to dig for the recipe again, I probably won't do it.  By adding the recipe to the container, makes it easy for me to make more without the hassel of trying to figure out what I did with that recipe!

 

-Mallory Mudd Pomerville