Spices! Oh how I love thee. From everyday flavors to fancy-shmancy culinary delights, a kitchen is hardly complete without a collection of herbs and spices. This DIY wall-mounted magnetic spice rack featured on The Kitchn is a great way to store your ingredients in accessible and aesthetically pleasing way. If you’re concerned about the amount of light exposure (which may hasten the expiration of spices), this system would also work well on the inside of a pantry door, or with opaque jars. No patience for gluing magnets to your lids? Try picking up a ready-to-use magnetic spice rack kit with glass honeycomb-shaped jars from Gneiss Spice on Etsy.
If you’re the kind of person (like me) that will go out and buy a new spice just to try a recipe, I’m sure you’ve amassed quite an arsenal by now. Using an entire supply of one uncommon spice can be a challenge if you aren’t sure how else to use it! I did some searching and came up with a bit of inspiration for dusting off the jars in the back of your rack. Below are some ideas for meals and snacks to help you incorporate a little more spice into your life (sorry, couldn’t help myself).
Clockwise from top-left:
Chicken kokkinisto by Jamie Oliver
Moroccan spiced cous cous recipe on All Recipes
Orange cardamom cookie recipe from Gourmet
Smoked paprika shredded pork with orange fennel marmalade from McCormick
Fennel ice cream recipe from Smitten Kitchen
Cumin coriander sirloin steak from Cooking Light on My Recipes
Parsnip spice cake with ginger cream cheese frosting on Epicurious
Shrimp and yellow squash on saffron mint rice from Eating Well
Indian spiced vegetable fritters on Smitten Kitchen
Black sesame seed and sea salt-encrusted salmon on Serious Eats
Onion-herb focaccia bread recipe from Food Network
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yummy…… thanks to your tips , i’d love to stick to your blog as usually as i can.use a good day~~
i like to add herbs and spices on the foods i cook.”*:
I particularly like experiementing with spices in breads since I bake almost every day
Herbs and Spices are essential in making the best gourmet and pasta`,”
Herbs and Spices are always essential in making the perfect recipe at home and in restaurants.*;
Thanks for that, it was a great read. I can’t believe it myself, but it’s my wife’s and my 10th anniversary next month. Our first anniversary was in Italy, and we had some incredible shrimp pasta in this little restaurant in Rome. I’ve been looking all over the net for decent recipes to see if I can’t make some myself to surprise her, and I even found a whole shrimp pasta homepage dedicated to them! Thought you might like to know, you can find anything on the net nowadays it seems!