Spices, Herbs & Baking

Ancho Chili Blend. Aromatic, flavorful with a hint of sweet. Used in Mexican and American Cooking to add serious flavor to mild and spicy sauces, stews, meat, poultry, fish salsa, rubs, fruit and nuts. 

Hand crafted in small batches, sifted and hand blended to perfection you'll taste!

Blended with Ancho chillies, Mulatto chilies, Hungarian paprika, onion powder, garlic, cumin, Mexican oregano and spices. 

Bayou Blackening Rub. Aromatic, savory, bold slightly sweet and delicious. Get ready for beautiful blackened chicken, fish or shrimp.  A wonderful hand blended array of fresh ground spices and herbs, just like the deep aromas and bold flavors of fish cooked on the bayous of Louisiana. This blend will have you licking you fingers and you won't even realize you're licking them!

Blended with nutmeg, cinnamon, cumin, organic palm sugar and herbs.

Quick Recipe: Lightly cover your chicken, fish or seafood with olive oil. Generously shake on this blend to cover. Next, add 1 tablespoon of butter to a skillet and  pan-sear over high heat for 5 to 6 minutes (4 minutes per side if cooking fish, 2 to 3 minutes per side if cooking jumbo shrimp) flip over, turn down the heat squeeze the juice of 1 lemon directly into the butter/oil and spoon over fish, chicken or seafood as it cooks for an additional 5 minutes. Serve with lemon wedges over a bed of shredded purple cabbage with Cajun baked potatoes (slice fingerling potatoes diagonally toss in olive oil, butter and our Louisiana Creole Spice Blend, bake until tender on 375 degrees, about 20 minutes). Now you're cooking!

 

 

Chipotle Chili Powder. Flavorful, aromatic, and wonderfully smoky with a slight kick of heat. We roast the chipotle chili right before we grind it for maximum flavor and aroma. This blend is hand crafted in small batches, sifted and then hand mixed to perfection. You will certainly taste the difference. A perfect 10 on meat, poultry, or seafood! A perfect addition to a delicious bowl of chili or sprinkled on corn. Click on this link for a kickin' chili recipe!

Blended with Ancho chiles, Chipotle chiles, smoked paprika, cumin, onion powder, and spices.

Fennel Seeds Organic Sweet, aromatic and delicate flavor similar to anise. This seed is often used in fish dishes, cheeses, Italian sausage, marinara sauce, pizza, pasta, liquors, baking, breads, and cakes. 3 ounces, refill bag.

Fennel seeds is a good herbal remedy for coughs, gas and bloating. Contains lots of fiber and is often used to make herbal teas and in laxative preparations.  

Herb Rice Blend. This rice blend is no boxed mix! Fresh ground parsley, basil, bouillon and thyme is a delight when added to rice or spaghetti. This blend also shines on chicken, fish, steak and as a compound butter (by adding 2 tbsp. of blend to a tub of butter, stir and refrigerate 24 hours). Great on garlic bread too. A kid favorite!

Try 3 1/2 tablespoons of this pleasing blend with 1 1/2 cups of uncooked rice, 2 1/2 cups of water, 1 tablespoon of butter and 10 pieces of spaghetti broken into pieces. Bring to a boil, then simmer 20 minutes.

This blend is also fantastic as a soup mix. Simply add 2 tbsps of this blend to 4 cups of chicken broth (low sodium please), 1 cup of diagonally chopped carrots and a pinch of crushed red chili. Let simmer for15 minutes or until carrots are tender. Next, add chicken breast and simmer until chicken Is cooked, about 15 minutes. 

Herbes de Provence. Aromatic, flavorful, savory and earthy. Wonderful in tomato and lamb dishes. Fantastic on chicken and potatoes! Make a quick compound butter add 1 tablespoon of this blend to 1 stick of butter and spread on steak during the final minute of grilling. This savory blend is traditionally made from a combination of basil, lavender, marjoram, rosemary, savory, and thyme. 2 ounces

Organic Indonesian Grade A Cassia/Cinnamon. Delightfully bold, warm, aromatic and flavorful. Cinnamon has many uses and is a culinary delight in cookies, cakes, pies, pancakes, spice blends, ice cream and beverages. Cinnamon also shines in many meat dishes from Mexican to Indian dishes. A sprinkle of cinnamon has huge medicinal benefits and helps the body to maintain blood sugar with as little as 1/4 teaspoon per day.

Star Anise. Distinctive, sweet, bold. One of the key ingredients in to Chinese Five Spice and mulling spices. Superb on chicken, fish, duck, Cornish hen, pork and finishing sauces. Particularly used in Chinese Cooking. 2 ounces

Turmeric Organic. While beautiful in color, this spice is subtle, warm, slightly bitter, woodsy, and similar to ginger. A necessary ingredient in curry powders, yellow coloring agent, mustard, and Indian cooking. The spice that gives Indian curry its color, is greatly used in Indian medicine. Lately, turmeric has been getting massive attention as an anti-inflammatory and a strong cancer fighter. The chemical responsible for turmeric’s golden color, called circumin, is considered a top anticancer agent, helping to quell the inflammation that contributes to tumor growth. Lab studies show turmeric helps stop the growth and spread of cancer cells that do form. Studies have linked turmeric to reduced inflammation in a number of conditions, including, psoriasis. In animal studies, circumin decreased the formation of amyloid, the stuff that makes up the brain deposits characteristic in people with Alzheimer’s disease. Turmeric is now prescribed by doctors to combat inflammation. Now that's what we call pulling double duty!

For a tasty twist:

• Sprinkle 1/2 tsp onto 2 cups of hot  white rice
• add cilantro and drained black beans
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil and combine
• salt to taste

Looking to combat inflammation the natural way? Try our best-selling Anti Inflammation Blend, loaded with a combination of 20 spices and herbs scientifically researched and known to fight inflammation. 

*****OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH*****

Turmeric as it relates to breast cancer

In India, breast, prostate, colon and lung cancers are 10 times lower than in the U.S. due in part to turmeric. This magic powder or what we like to refer to as "gold dust" is known as a powerful anticancer agent. Here are some interesting facts about turmeric:

100% Pure Turmeric

Inhibits the proliferation of tumor cells

Helps your body destroy mutated cancer cells to prevent spreading to other parts of the body

Decreases Inflammation

Enhances and detoxes the liver

Prevents the development of additional blood supply necessary for cancer cell growth

Inhibits the synthesis of a protein thought to be instrumental in tumor formation

FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THIS INFORMATION IS NOT MEANT TO TREAT, CURE, DIAGNOSE OR PREVENT ANY DISEASE AND IS USED AS A COMPLIMENT TO YOUR CUISINE WHILE PROMOTING GOOD HEALTH FROM THE VITAMINS, MINERALS AND COMPOUNDS FOUND NATURALLY IN EVERYDAY COOKING SPICES.

YOU SHOULD ALWAYS CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR BEFORE TAKING ANYTHING IN ADDITION TO YOUR DAILY PRESCRIBED MEDICATION.