A couple of years ago I bought a medium-sized microwave steam pot from Pampered Chef and now it's the most overworked tool in my kitchen. Yesterday I sliced a pound of carrots (we like them for leftovers) sprayed them with Pam cooking spray, added some Mural spice and sea salt, 3 tablespoons of water, and microwaved them for 7 minutes. Wow, sweet and tasty and they were not cooked to mush.
Which reminds me, the new Penzey's spice store opened up at the mall so we've already made a trip. Lots of new spices to try. What I love about Penzeys is the spices taste so much better than the cardboard-tasting stuff available in supermarkets. Whether it's chili, taco or smoked salt, there's just such a difference. Mural of Flavor is our very favorite, it's a blend of shallots, onion, garlic, lemonpeel, citric acid, chives and orange peel. Its salt free and works on chicken, pork, fish, vegetables and even popcorn.
I think it's easier to stay on a diet when you eat spicy food. It makes up for the scrumptious flavor you miss eating low fat foods, like I have to do. I think good cooks know about spices and how to use them. Penzeys always has new spices to try. This week we visited the shop at the Palisades mall and bought a new spice called Northwoods seasoning for chicken and fish (I'm eating a lot of lean proteins). You could probably make your own, the ingredients are: salt, paprika, Tellicherry black pepper, thyme, cracked rosemary, granulated garlic and chipotle. It was delicious on Cornish game hens.
They also had great gift boxes, including grill master, pepper-lovers (with or without the mill) and chocolate lovers. Lots more too. I bought up a bunch to use for gift baskets. What kind of food are you cooking up?
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