Homemade Seasoning Blends for Holiday Gift Giving

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You might consider making homemade seasoning blends for holiday gift giving to friends and family. Everyone likes to uses spices to give a punch to recipes.

You could gift a jar of spice to one person on your list. Or make a big batch and give to many recipients.

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Consider Making These Spices & Seasonings:

Flavored Salt:

These 4 homemade flavored salt recipes was created by Gift Ideas Cafe. With just a few ingredients, delicious seasoning salts add extra flavor to dishes in everyday meals.

A few small glass jars, salt, dried herbs and pretty labels are all you need to create a delicious homemade gift for someone you care about.

Taco Seasoning:

Good Cheap Eats created this taco seasoning mix.

I’d like to try this seasoning mix for my taco soup recipe. I’ve been buying a taco mix from the store up until now.

Instead of purchasing the ready-made mix from the grocery store, this is a frugal way to create your own.

Everything Bagel Seasoning:

Luci’s Morsels created this Everything Bagel mix.

In the past, I used to buy the Everything But The Bagel Sesame Seasoning mix from Trader Joe’s. Now I have groceries delivered, so I haven’t visited that store in years. I’m glad to see I can make it myself!

They would make great gifts for any adult, co-worker, neighbor, friend, or family member.

Rosemary Garlic Seasoning:

Kalyn’s Kitchen created this rosemary garlic herb seasoning (or rub). This herb seasoning blend is delicious to use in a pork, beef, chicken, or salmon dish.

Poultry Seasoning:

Recipes From a Pantry created this poultry seasoning recipe. This seasoning gift is perfect for adding bold flavor to soups and casseroles.

Pumpkin Pie Spice:

This pumpkin pie spice recipe was created by Chaos and Wine. This homemade seasoning blend is perfect for all your fall baking needs.

Vegetable Broth Powder:

This easy vegetable broth powder was created by Whole New Mom. This blogger is a mother and health coach, and is recovered from 10 years of chronic illness. She say this recipe has none of the additives in store-bought broth cubes and packets.

Good to know!

Lemon Pepper Seasoning:

This lemon pepper seasoning recipe was created by Dizzy Busy & Hungry. This seasoning is bursting with citrusy lemon flavor and only requires a few other seasonings.

You’ll love using this homemade seasoning on fish, veggies, or chicken.

KFC Spice Blend:

The Six Figure Dish created this KFC copycat seasoning recipe. This copycat recipe for the KFC spice blend is great for seasoning fried chicken.

Dry Pizza Sauce Mix:

This dry pizza sauce mix was created by This Old Baker. Just add water and a splash of olive oil to this dry pizza sauce mix. Heat briefly for a rich, spreadable sauce.

Old-Fashioned Holiday Gift Giving:

Create homemade seasoning blends for a thoughtful way of gift giving.

With a handful of dried herbs, fragrant spices, and a few simple ingredients, you can make special blends that enhance everyday cooking.

Start by gathering your favorite seasonings and experimenting with combinations. Italian herb blends, taco seasoning, garlic and herb mixes, savory poultry seasoning, and smoky barbecue rubs are all wonderful choices.

The presentation is part of the fun. Fill small, clean, completely dry glass jars with your seasoning blends. Then add decorative labels listing the ingredients and suggested uses.

Dress up the jars with festive ribbon, twine, or little handwritten tags.

Using Jars for Storage:

This 8-pack of small clear jars are perfect for these seasonings and spices. These 4 ounce vintage embossed mini Mason jars are under $12 at Amazon.

If you’re using fresh herbs, they are usually accessible all year in large supermarkets, produce markets and specialty stores. Look for moist (but not wet), fresh-looking herbs without drooping leaves or black spots.

Fresh herbs are usually chopped to release the flavor before being added to a dish, but dried herbs add excellent flavors to dishes, too.

Tucked into a small basket or wrapped in a simple holiday gift box, these homemade seasonings become presents that look as lovely as they taste.

One of the nicest things about giving homemade spice mixes is that they are both personal and practical. You’re offering something made with care that can be enjoyed after the holiday decorations have been put away.

These little jars of flavor are especially appealing for friends who love to cook.

This type of gift is affordable and easy to prepare in batches. It is a reminder that the most meaningful gifts don’t have to be expensive.

Sometimes, a small jar filled with fragrant herbs and spices is just the right way to make someone’s holiday a little more special.

Storing Spices & Seasonings:

A helpful gift-giving tip: Use fresh, food-grade dried spices and herbs, label every ingredient. Include the date prepared and storage instructions. Remind recipients to use clean, dry spoons when measuring out their blends.

To keep spices and seasonings fresh, store them in a cool, dark, and dry place. Don’t store them near heat, moisture, or direct sunlight.

Whole, unground spices (such as cloves, nutmeg, peppercorns, coriander and anise) will keep indefinitely. But write the date on jars of ground spices when you open them.

This post I wrote shows ways to organize jars in the kitchen. If you don’t have cabinets in your kitchen, or very little, you might check out this solution that I ordered for my kitchen.

I use this metal shelf for baking ingredients and other dry pantry foods such as pasta and beans.