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S.T.'s Tex-Mex Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Nuggets
Quick Weeknight Meals Recipe Contest 2009

Recipe: Tex Mex Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Nuggets with Homemade Chipotle Ranch Category: Omnivore How long does it take? 20 minutes prep, 15 minutes cooking Name: S.T. Why is it a favorite meal? It's t...

Egyptian Spice Mix: Dukkah

Dukkah, an Egyptian spice blend of toasted nuts and seeds, has become a international favorite over the past few years, thanks to its popularity first in Australian restaurants and then among home coo...

From the Spice Cupboard: Za'atar Seasoning Blend

A friend gave us a homemade blend of this spice mix a while back and we just had to share! Za'atar seasoning is fragrant and tangy with just a hint of nuttiness. This sounds like a spice mix with a lo...

D.I.Y. Recipe: Vegetarian Furikake Rice Seasoning

Furikake is a Japanese condiment typically sprinkled over or mixed into rice. There are dozens of varieties on the market – most contain seaweed, sesame seeds, sugar, and salt. Other ingredients...

Recipe: Simple Rosemary-Rubbed Pork Chops

Here's a quick and easy recipe for grilled pork chops, in time for our second week of Meat/Un-Meat coverage. Now and then when I'm too tired to cook anything too labor-intensive, I'll pick up some p...

From the Spice Cupboard: Chinese Five-Spice Powder

Five spice powder is one of the essential base seasonings for much of Chinese cooking. A little of this pungent mix goes a long way, giving dishes a balanced hit of sweet, savory, bitter, and sour. Mo...

Recipe: Pumpkin Pie Spice Mix

We've got pumpkin pie on the brain this week! Yesterday, we examined the canned pumpkin that is often used to make the pie's filling. Today, we turn our attention toward pumpkin pie spice. Click throu...

Spice Mix: Baharat

Bahārāt, which simply means "spice" in Arabic, is a all-purpose seasoning used in Middle Eastern cuisine. Although the particular blend varies by region and household, it always includes bla...

Pantry Basics: Pickling Spice

If you've ever looked at a recipe for pickles or chutneys (like our tomato chutney posted last week), you may have encountered an ingredient simply called "pickling spice." What's in pickling spice, a...

Recipe: D.I.Y. Sesame Salt

Flavored salts are an easy, quick way to enhance simple dishes at the table, and some are also quite easy to make at home instead of buying in jars at specialty markets. This particular salt is a...

D.I.Y. Recipe: Garam Masala

Masala, in Indian cuisine, just means spices or a mix of spices - although it does sometimes refer to the sauce the spices are used in, like chicken tikka masala. Garam masala is one of many masalas i...