Spice up your spice cabinet with DIY Seasonings with spice staples like cumin, chili powder, paprika, oregano and a few spicy and savory others. Three easy to blend DIY seasonings are homemade taco seasoning, a super tasty spicy blend for pork and chicken, and a jerk seasoning that’s great on meat or vegetables.
When you’re making spice blends, I suggest doubling up and storing some for later use. Be sure to label your containers and you’re set to store the mixture in an airtight container for up to three months. When I got started with Clean Eating, one of the first things I did was restock my spice cabinets with the spices that kept coming up in the recipes. These three seasonings use those a lot of the base spices you want to have on hand when preparing healthy meals at home.
Taco Seasoning Blend
DIY Taco Seasoning is a great way to control the amount of sodium in your mix, as well as the amount of spice. This recipe would be great in one of my favorite Instant Pot recipes and also in this Turkey Taco Bake!
Taco Seasoning Blend Recipe
- 1 Tbsp chili powder
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1/4 tsp. dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp. ground black pepper (optional)
- 1 tsp. sea salt (or Himalayan salt)
Spicy Pork & Chicken Seasoning Blend
This DIY Seasoning can be spiced up or down depending on how much heat you like. You increase of decrease the cayenne or hot paprika to get the perfect blend for you and your family.. We have used this blend for pork chops, pork roasts, pork short ribs and chicken, both boneless and bone in!
Spicy Pork & Chicken Seasoning Blend Recipe
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika (hot paprika is optional)
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
Jerk Seasoning
Did you know that it’s called jerk seasoning because of the action of “jerking”, which means poking meat with holes so that flavor can be more easily absorbed. A jerk spice or seasoning is a spice rub. Jerk chicken is a traditional Jamaican food.
This seasoning is smoky, sweet and spicy and is great on chicken and veggies too. Jerk cauliflower is an awesome veggie side dish or as a main meal even. Roasted jerk potatoes are amazing in the air fryer! Mix some jerk seasoning with mayo for a flavorful sandwich spread.
Jerk Seasoning Recipe
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 to 3 teaspoons cayenne pepper
- 2 teaspoons onion powder
- 2 teaspoons dried thyme
- 2 teaspoons dried parsley
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon