so my very first post...........

on my cooking blog! let me just start by saying i LOVE to cook! i really do, i have recently started trying to cook some new stuff because my family tends to be creatures of habit and can eat the same 10 things over and over. I am Mexican so alot of what i cook is Mexican food but i have been experimenting with new things and taking lots of pictures now i will warn you i am no pioneer woman but my family are my biggest fans... usually!

so  first let me tell you a little about myself in case you don't read my main family blog. i am a sahm mom of 4 kids Liz-10, David-6, Johnathan-5, and Jake 19 months old, and we just found out we are expecting another baby in September! We also have a son Matthew who passed away at 3 months old he was Johnathan's twin brother. My hubby John works really hard so that i can stay home with the kiddos and he is AWESOME! i am a mops coordinator and i am planning on home schooling next year wow what a adventure we are on around our house! so enough about me lets talk about food!

so what will make this blog different from any other cooking blog? i cook very simple meals, i don't want to make a 7 course dinner i just want to show you some yummy food your family may love. i don't follow recipes to well i will try to tell you to the best of my knowledge but i cant make any promises =).

my biggest tip when it comes to cooking is to season your food! i mean so many people can make food look so pretty then when you taste it there is no flavor! so for my very first post i will show you some of my favorite kitchen seasonings!

 

these are my 2 favorite seasonings/spices. cumin is so yummy and adds a smokey depth of flavor to your food that is so delicious. i put it in my beans, rice, taco meat, soup, chili, and on and on.

the Tony's i have seen in Albertsons and Wal-mart but i always order a case online and put the extras in the freezer and use them as i need them. you add this just like salt and it has a little kick to it. i literally put it on EVERYTHING that i would salt.

i do use lots of pepper, salt, garlic powder and many other seasoning but these 5 i have mentioned are my favorites.

 

i use cooking spray, and extra light tasting olive oil all the time as well as vegetable oil but i have to have he light tasting kind. the others are too strong to me. i will never forget one time we were visiting someone and they made pancakes using the regular olive oil and even with syrup we could only taste olives blahhhh......

 

lastly here some onions and garlic, if you are not using fresh onions and garlic you are missing out! i used to think i hated onions, and now i love them cooked. Raw they are still gross to me but a cooked onion just rounds out a great meal to me!

So what spices do you love? what are your staples in your pantry? i cant wait to hear from you!