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Green Tomato Mince: What Is It and How to Make It

This is the spice season…is it not? While Spice Sherpa has some cool stuff on tap for you in the coming month, (A giveaway! A spice freebies section! Spicy gift guides!), today’s post spotlights a simpler, more wholesome, and frugal time. And it all starts with the cold weather. Quick 10 second diversion: if you were anticipating [...]

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Seasoned Kale Chips: The Addicting Version

Want a snack that doesn’t sabotage your healthy intentions? Here’s your cure: seasoned kale chips. These little delights are salty, crunchy and utterly addicting. Addicting is good because kale chips are stuffed with nutrients, vitamins, fiber, protein, calcium and iron. Eat your greens? Heck yeah! Now you have a couple of choices. You can purchase kale chips at the [...]

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Cinnamon Spice-Scented Applesauce Ornaments

The holiday season smells awesome, doesn’t it? Baking spices, pine trees, crisp wintermint air–each scent layers on the memories and good vibes. Here’s another way to treat your holiday sense of smell: homemade spice-scented ornaments. These ornaments come with a story. Last week my 10 year old participated in a trade fair at school. He left [...]

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Homemade Vanilla Extract

Vanilla is a such a staple of our spice cupboards we hardly give it a second thought. It’s time to change that. The best tasting desserts use top quality ingredients. When it comes to vanilla that’s an expensive statement. Did you realize that you can make your own vanilla extract? It’s beyond simple. You need a [...]

Sugared Flowers

Or…A Sugared Bouquet for Mother’s Day Mother’s Day has a pretty sweet deal. It’s positioned smack in the middle of spring which means the day is naturally adorned with spring rains, fresh sunshine and of course, flowers. If you’re looking for a creative way to celebrate spring, Mother’s Day, or just feel like expanding your flavor [...]

The 3 Enemies of Fresh, Flavorful & Fragrant Spices

Spices are meant to be used. Right? And if they are going to be used you want them to actually do their job of delivering fresh flavor and fragrance to your food. Unless of course you just want to look at them. Don’t laugh. Here’s a short but true story. Don’t worry…it all ties together [...]