Homemade Spice Gift
I love Christmas. I always have. When I was in high school you could find me gallivanting around the woods in North Central Wisconsin in my snowshoes and a headset playing Harry Connick Jr. Christmas music… no lie… I am a dork. But anyway, even when I was a poor college student I would make homemade food gifts for my friends, aunts and uncles. It was usually my caramel apple pie (not healthified!). It would be unbaked and frozen with a label on it on how to bake it (temperature and time amounts), so they could enjoy a fresh baked pie whenever they desired.
I still love to give food gifts but I just make healthified gifts now. This year I am making gift baskets for my loved ones filled with my favorite keto traveling snacks like Mission Meats beef sticks, pili nuts, KETO Chocolates from ChocoPerfection, BeautyCounter Bath and Body gifts, Pique Tea as well as my Homemade Taco Seasoning.
The reason I love to give this Taco Seasoning Spice mix is that it also helps educate people. I had a family member tell me that they were not feeling well for quite some time so they decided to cut out all gluten but it didn’t help. I asked him if he cut out smoked meats, beef jerky, spice mixes, and a few other things, all which contain gluten. Once he followed the rules on my Hidden Gluten plan he finally felt amazing.
Homemade Spice Gift
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups chili powder
- 2 tablespoons garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons onion powder
- 2 tablespoons crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 tablespoons dried oregano
- 4 tablespoons paprika
- 3/4 cup ground cumin
- 8 tablespoons Redmond Real salt
- 8 tablespoons fresh ground black pepper
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients in a large bowl and combine until well mixed. Place into jars and tie with a bow!
Most Taco Seasonings have sugar, yes, even Trader Joe’s Taco Seasoning has sugar. So if you want that traditional taco seasoning flavor, I suggest adding Swerve confectioners.
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Hi Maria…I love this idea for gifts and I had been looking for a recipe that was ok for me too. What size and kind of jars did you use for your gifts? Thank you.
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I’ve always been told that losing more than 2 pounds per week is not healthy.
Will you please explain if this greater weight loss is healthy in the keto diet?
Thanks
Yes. It is healthy. Losing weight with carbs is totally different.
I bought your Quick and Easy Keto Cooking and I love it! However I am struggling with the vanilla fat bombs. The first two times, they were perfect and broke up nice and crispy, popping right out of the pan. The last two times I’ve made them, the wouldn’t budge out of the pan. I ended up soaking the pan and throwing them out. Any insight?
Yikes. I’m not sure. I would try using parchment for easy release.
This is such a great read! Thanks for the ideas!!
Thank you!!!
Would it be ok to use Private Selection Spanish Smoked Paprika? Ingredients: Spanish smoked paprika, silicon dioxide (to prevent caking) is all that is listed. Private Selection is Kroger’s brand. Thanks for all your insight to living gluten free!