Instead, I love, more than anything, coming up with recipes for things that simply make food better when you taste them. If that sentence makes absolutely no sense to you, allow me to elaborate.
If I'm hanging out in the kitchen on a lazy day, you will likely find me making a multitude of seasonings, sauces and marinades.
Why?
I don't know why, really. It's just my favorite. Even if I don't have anything to put it on, I love coming up with flavor profiles to ramp up my meals. Because I like to make food from all different regions of the world, I've got quite a long list of mixes and sauces that I've made, but many more I have yet to tackle.
This Creole seasoning is one of those. I've never been to the South and eaten authentic creole food, but what I have nibbled on, I have really enjoyed. Enough so that I'm making my own seasoning for the purpose of expanding my Southern cooking palate and trying some creole recipes.
This seasoning is super easy and way more flavorful than anything you could try buying.
I could see this being good on chicken, fish or grilled vegetables.
I can't wait to get started cooking!
Creole Seasoning
1/3 cup smoked paprika
1/3 cup garlic salt
2 tbsp onion powder
2 tbsp cayenne pepper
2 tbsp dried oregano
2 tbsp dried thyme
2 tbsp cracked black pepper
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl.
Transfer to a storage container at room temperature.
