Make Your Own Seasoning Mix Recipes
Do you buy seasoning mixes in those little foil packages? If you do, would you like to have some recipes that you can make yourself to replace those?
I really like to make my own seasoning mixes. I can purchase the herbs and spices really inexpensively at Winco Foods. So the cost of each mix is really low.
If you don’t have a Winco Foods near you, I hear the Dollar Store is another good place to get inexpensive spices. Not to mention that you know all the ingredients that go into each mix.
I will purchase the foil packages occasionally when I can get them really cheap or for free with coupons but when I can’t I make my own. But by making my own I can avoid fillers and other things I don’t want in my mix.
My favorite seasoning mix to make is herb and garlic. I love it because it is really versatile. I can use it on roasted vegetables. But it’s also equally great on chicken too.
Or I even use it in homemade gravy to pump up the flavor. It’s super easy to make, just mix up the spices and store in an airtight container until ready to use.
I try to keep my batches of spice mix fairly small, so they don’t draw moisture and go bad. But if you can seal them in a canning jar you might want to double or triple the recipe below.
Herb and Garlic Seasoning Mix
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Garlic Powder
- 1/4 cup Onion Powder
- 1/4 cup Dried Parsley
- 1 tablespoon Salt
- 1/2 tablespoon Pepper
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients into a container with an airtight lid.
- Place the lid on the container and shake to mix well.
- Use as a seasoning on meat or vegetables.
Here are some other great seasoning mixes to try,
Homemade Ranch Seasoning from Fluster Buster
Sloppy Joe Mix from $5 Dinners
Homemade Chili Powder from Humbled Homemaker
Italian Seasoning Mix from Heavenly Homemakers
Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix from My Baking Addiction
Homemade Taco Seasoning from $5 Dinners
Beef Stew Seasoning Mix from Rachel Cooks
What seasoning mixes do you make instead of purchasing them? Do you have a great seasoning mix recipe to share? If you do post it in the comments below or email the recipe to me so I can share it on the blog.
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I don’t make any seasoning mixes right now, but I think I’d love to try a pumpkin pie mix. 🙂 Thanks for sharing so many great recipes, Shelly!
Yummy! Garlic anything is amazing. 🙂 I love homemade seasoning on oven roasted chicken.
Thanks for sharing these mix ideas. Always up for saving money! Also including links to other great mixes was thoughtful of you – thanks! Pinned.
Suzanne, Thanks for stopping by and for pinning the post. 🙂
The Herb and Garlic Mix sounds yummy! I’ll have to try that! So far I’ve only consistently mixed up my own taco seasoning but would like to expand on that. We don’t use a lot of seasoning packets in our recipes usually, but for those times that they’re called for I would much prefer a DIY option!!!
thank you
Your Welcome!
Shelly,
Have you tried to make Spice Island Garden Seasoning? I ran across a recipe calling for this spice, I love to dry my own spices, seems to taste better.
A trick I learned drying ginger, do not peel, slice it with a mandolin for even slices, dry it in a dehydrator, 150 deg. for 2 to 3 hours, check after 2. Grind it, (coffee grinder) then run it through a sieve.
Dave, I have not tried making Spice Island Garden Seasoning but now I’m going to have to give it a try. Thanks for sharing your trick for drying ginger. I’ll give it a try.
I”m sorry, forgot to tell you it is ginger root to dry. 1 pond will yield almost 2 ounces.
I have been on the hunt for Garlic & Herb Seasoning. I mix with butter and poultry seasoning and rub between the skin and breast meat on Thanksgiving Turkey. Room temp butter and stir together. Place on a sheet of plastic wrap and squeeze to make a log to slice as coins to sneak between. In a rush (forgot the day before) just smear between skin and breast. Very messy but still works.
Gale thanks for sharing your Thanksgiving turkey rub sounds great.