A Penzeys Spice Review...Some Of My Favorites

good afternoon everybody Liz gieslin with better Lifestyle Solutions I actually had an entirely different plan for my live today I was actually going to do it from Penzeys which is a spice shop that I frequent quite often I needed to go to get a couple gift cards and while I was there I started filming and of course I forgot my hot spot so consequently I lost connection so I decided I'm going to go ahead and do a little spice tutorial here in my kitchen because I think that that is the one thing that I hear from so many people that are trying to cook healthier that they're so tired of like how can I make that tilapia fillet tastes different or that chicken breast tastes different and so much of that is with seasoning and you can just really create an entirely different flavor by what seasonings that you use and I have found that Penzeys number one they're very reasonable and you can buy in quite a few different sizes from a very small amount to the next size something like this to the jumbo pack which is usually what I get because it's more cost effective and I'm not frequent you know going to the stores frequently and it's I'm using it all the time so what I want to do is I'm going to go over um and tell you about several well quite a few of my favorites I'm not going to go into all the dried herbs which of course your basil oregano of course they have that whole Litany of the dried herbs most of these are blends of different types that really have become favorites of mine and what I'm going to do too is I'm going to make up a um a document a word doc and if you would like to have that just either message in the comments yes Liz I'd like to have it and then connect with me so I can get your email address so I can ship it off to you or private message me either way I'm just I really feel that this is really going to help if you want to start having a little bit more um I know be a little more adventuresome in your cooking okay one of my first favorites is a spice called Turkish seasoning and it is it's a go-to for me it's just delicious I mean it's here's what's in it it's salt garlic cumin tell a cherry black pepper Turkish oregano sweet paprika sumac Cayenne Red Pepper and cilantro it has a little heat but not much but it's just a really really wonderful blend okay Turkish seasoning the next one fajita seasoning this is fantastic I buy the um Frozen um red belt or it's like the tri-colored peppers and onions thaw those throw them in a hot Skillet with some of this seasoning put in some chicken strips cook that up make your own fajitas at home so easy um it's delicious and here same thing it's salt black pepper black pepper paprika Turkish oregano cayenne pepper garlic celery seed Mexican oregano cumin basil nutmeg marjoram Thyme and rosemary so you can see that there's quite a bit in each of these Blends so I'm not going to read all the in the back of the Blends but what's nice is there's been some real thought in that company putting things together that really are unique and different okay fajita season [Music] Cajun seasoning this is absolutely um the best Cajun seasoning ever I mean I know that there's a lot in the grocery store I promise you this is superior a Northwoods this is another huge favorite for me and you can see all of these are following a little bit more like a red spice but that they either have some paprika you know along those lines in them they also have a Northwoods Fire which has um more Cayenne I don't think this has any Cayenne in it has Chipotle but no Cayenne so really flavorful and I mix this up sometimes with a little bit of olive oil make like a paste and then rub that onto a tilapia fillet or you could do it on chicken of course and then you know Brown it or just pop it in the oven and bake it make it easy and just delicious the other thing that's nice is that they have all different varieties of heat factors of your crushed red pepper from very very hot to medium hot to medium to just regular so it's which is nice because I have some clients that really do like a lot of heat so I always do have that on hand another great blend is this pen soup they have a lot of different curries but this the now Curry this is just so fragrant and so delicious and highly recommend it adobo this Adobo seasoning is along the same lines it's most it's got a lot of cumin in it but of course another blend of other things in it you know of other um seasonings if you will that really make it different and special so it's really another it's going to fall along the Mexican line great and chilly uh anything you know same thing rub this on something sprinkle a little into some rice you've just cooked it's just really good now another one of my favorites and actually my beautiful daughter-in-law Kathy actually is the one that introduced me to sandwich sprinkles she said Liz don't let the name throw you because to tell you the truth I probably would have walked right by this but it is just a real simple blend of what you know some herbs some dried herbs and some other seasonings this is fantastic in eggs uh anything vegetables rice it's just a great all-purpose seasoning really nice and I introduced this the other day this Muskego Ruth Ann's Muskego Avenue however they got that name I'm sure there's a story chicken and fish seasoning and this is along the lines of like a lemon pepper delicious again to as an all general purpose which is what I kind of try to do is just keep things simple but and with these Blends it just makes your meal it just makes your food more interesting it really does and of course I'm just showing you I can't live without this this Italian herb mix which of course has you know oregano basil marjoram Thyme and cracked Rosemary fabulous I'm actually going to do a live I might do that tomorrow actually because um I use I make these particular nuts that we call cracked nuts for any of my friends that are watching that that know those nuts that I make and I will show you how easy they are they're a wonderful gift to give around the holidays something to have so and they're real easy and I use this in those so I think I might that'll be my next live maybe okay one other this is I discovered this actually through um something I posted on there's actually a Penzeys Facebook page and uh I was asking for some ideas oh I think I was showing my avocado to I was doing something I posted something and uh one of the gals suggested this Szechuan uh pepper salt this is my husband is like he loves this it's and you think ooh Sichuan is that going to be like too hot it's not it is but the flavor is just delicious so highly recommend this as well of course I'm not going to stand here and like not recommend something and the other thing that they have to see look at this a tote minced toasted onion this has an entirely another you know when you want to use dried onion flakes in something this nutty wonderful toasted minced onion is delish they have quite a plethora of salt-free seasonings too so one of them Sunny Spain another really nice it's actually uh like a Ruth Ann's it's going to be the salt free version of ruthanne's it's a lemon pepper type seasoning wonderful another one is this Arizona dreaming the other thing that's nice is when you shop there and I think even online too they do a lot of you know you buy so much and you get a couple things free they're pretty generous it's really good so this Arizona dreaming this is also one that's a salt free really wonderful blend delicious now and you you know I've confessed I'm not even though I did the the no need bread live yesterday I'm not a baker I'm you know I like to do stuff in the pan and but they have a whole section set up adorable looks like a little old-fashioned kitchen with everything you Bakers would ever want I mean it is filled with cool stuff the things that I use are the dehydrated orange peel I use this in a recipe I make called Sweet Orange salmon wonderful they and then in those lemon zucchini muffins that I posted I don't I didn't do a live but they're on my blog um to get to acquire the um the lemoniness that I wanted it required I bought some pure lemon extract delicious because some of the stuff in the store can really have that bitter alcohol aftertaste no can do here this works great and then also the lemon peel California minced it's dehydrated as well this is fabulous these are the two items that actually actually in the recipe I just talked about the extract and since I've made them I actually added a teaspoon I think of this as well but if you don't have this and you might want to make the muffins you don't have to have this so basically that's a little Penzeys tutorial like I said if you would like a list of these I'm going to go ahead and make up just so I have it for my record you know for my um coaching clients that I have my my health coaching business that I'm going to have this available so if it's something that you would like I'm happy to give it to you just message me give give me some way to get a hold of you and I'll get it to you so until tomorrow live well don't forget to live better and take good care of each other I'll see you tomorrow bye