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Featured Spice: Pumpkin Pie Spice

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Featured Spice: Pumpkin Pie Spice

Pumpkin Pie Spice. The seasonal spice blend is a popular addition to any home pantry this time of year. But did you know the spice blend actually does not contain any pumpkin?  Instead it is used for enhancing pumpkin related recipes, whether sweet, savory or even spicy.

Chef Cherie’s Pumpkin Pie Spice blend contains allspice, cinnamon and nutmeg. Our blend is hand mixed, hand packed and contains absolutely no fillers or additives, as do most brands found in the local market. Chef Cherie’s spices are 100% pure and 100% natural.  Continue reading Featured Spice: Pumpkin Pie Spice →

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13 Spices of Portuguese Allspice

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“Temperos Portuguese,” or Portuguese Allspice, is a tasty spice blend used to marinate meats and seafood, in stews and rice dishes. While you can usually find Portuguese Allspice in specialty stores, why not make your own? This 13 spice recipe is a blend of many of the spices you already have in your pantry. Spices like cinnamon, chili powder, nutmeg, cumin, paprika and allspice. Nothing exotic. Not too spicy. But with enhanced “warm” notes from the cinnamon and paprika. A refreshingly homemade spice blend that’s a perfect addition to your arsenal of flavors.

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Recipe: Portuguese Allspice
portuguese grilled chicken
Recipe: Portuguese Grilled Chicken
recipe portuguese steak
Recipe: Portuguese Steak

 

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Harvest Time is Pickle Time

Harvest Time = Pickle Time

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. And squash. And zucchini. And tomatoes. And cauliflower. and…

Pickling isn’t just for pickles! As the fall harvest comes in are you finding yourself with way too many vegetables? Quiches, pasta, salads, steamed, fried, stir fried, even raw is just too much! Well pickling is a quick and easy answer for your abundance of veggies. 

Did you know you could pickle just about any vegetable? Solo or mixed, vegetables like squash, tomatoes, peppers,  zucchinis,  eggplants, cauliflower, beans, and yes, even cucumbers can all be pickled.

fried chicken
Pickle Brined Fried Chicken
sweet & sour pickled squash
Sweet & Sour Pickled Squash
pickle relish
Sweet & Spicy Pickle Relish
spicy green tomatoes
Spicy Green Tomatoes

 

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