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Spices 101: Three Options for Grinding Spices (Recipe: Quick Mojo Sauce)

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If you’ve got a pepper mill, then you are off to a great start to grinding your own spices. Why grind your own? Well, we’ve already discussed the benefits of buying whole spices, so now you’ve got to break them down. Fortunately it’s easy to do and well worth your time. One sniff of freshly [...]

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Ten Ingredients You Absolutely, Positively, Must Have on Your Spice Rack

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Today Simple Bites is honored to welcome spice enthusiast extraordinaire Lydia Walshin from The Perfect Pantry. After hearing about our Spices 101 series, she readily agreed to guest post and we are most fortunate to have her share her wealth of knowledge with us. Welcome, Lydia! My first kitchen, the one in the third-floor walk-up [...]

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Stocking Your Pantry for Success

by Shaina19 comments
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One of the very first keys to successfully eating as a family and cooking meals on a regular basis is having a good base to start from in your pantry. Having food on hand and available makes this process less stressful and much less work. Can you imagine if you had to purchase every spice [...]

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Spices 101: Storing Spices (Recipe: Black Pepper Shrimp)

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If you’ve been following our Spices 101 series, you may have had some spice myths debunked, and also may have decided to invest in quality spices.  Today, we’ll learn how to store your quality spices properly so that they’ll maintain their maximum freshness and potency. It may come as a surprise to you, but a [...]

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Spices 101: What You Need to Know About Buying Spices

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One might think that learning which spice to add to which dish is one of the first things you would be taught in Spices 101, but they would be wrong. Learning to source and purchase fresh, quality products is paramount when learning to cook well with spices. Would you make a fruit salad with moldy [...]

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