6 Recipes to Help You Recommit to Cooking in the New Year
If you pledge to do one thing in the new year, revamp your spice rack. It’s the simplest, most essential way to elevate flavor in the kitchen. As for those culinary mainstays you’ve been looking to switch up––well, sometimes they just need a little spice. Filling foods like broccoli get a lift with Garam Masala, cauliflower earns its kick with Curry Seasoning, and a Greek salad with smashed potatoes is reinvigorated with a blend of flavorful herbs. These six recipes, each featuring high-quality spice blends from The Spice Hunter, are the perfect way to get excited about cooking this season.
1/3Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Curry Tahini Sauce
Cauliflower on its own can incite an explosion of opinions, with preferences ranging from roasted to raw or spun into a soup. But this simple and easy prep––first steamed, then roasted beneath a blanket of curry butter and served with a side of tahini sauce––will have you adding this recipe to your side-dish favorites. The kicker comes from flavor-rich Curry Seasoning: a blend of more than a dozen spices including cumin, turmeric, coriander and chile pepper.
2/3Crispy Smashed Potatoes and Chickpeas with Greek Salad
Crispy chickpeas and smashed potatoes share the plate with lemon-juiced onions, tomatoes, and olives, all balanced by a creamy spread of yogurt. Brought to life with Greek Seasoning, made with oregano, garlic, cinnamon, peppermint, dill, nutmeg, red pepper, and chives. It turns your favorite staples, like potatoes, into flavorful masterpieces.
3/3Five Spice Popcorn Chicken
It’s easy to rely on take-out for some of our favorite Chinese dishes. However, with the right pantry staples, dishes like this 5-Spice Popcorn Chicken can become part of your go-to arsenal of recipes. First the chicken is marinated with garlic, sugar, and Chinese Five Spice, a blend of star anise, cloves, cinnamon, fennel, and black pepper. After frying, it gets an additional sprinkling of the zesty spice blend, and is served with creamy sriracha mayonnaise and scallions.
