What you’ll need

Your gonna want some warm spices to make this chai tea spice mix but feel free to adjust the amounts to taste. I use ground cinnamon, ginger, cardamon, allspice, cloves, nutmeg, and a pinch a fresh ground black pepper. To make your cup of tea you’ll also need black tea bags. I prefer English Breakfast. Last you’ll need sweetener. I like to use maple syrup but honey or white sugar work just as well.

How to make homemade chai tea spice

I gathered up all my spices and measured them out and poured them into my mason jar. Give it a good shake to mix up the spices. This can store in your mason jar for up to 6 months. If it last that long!

Tips:

• You can adjust the seasonings to fit your taste. I like mine with a little extra black pepper.
• Chai tea can be served hot or over ice for a cold chai tea.
• Spices won’t dissolve so be sure to stir well.
• Chai tea spice is good in your baked goods, ice cream or even chia pudding. The options are endless.

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How about blueberry cobbler in a mason jar for a wonderful way to serve dessert at your next picnic! Mason jars are so versatile you can even bake in them and this recipe is a fun way to cook up something sweet and fruity for summer (or spring, fall, or winter).

What you’ll need

I have kiddos with food allergies so I always leave out dairy, eggs and nuts. I used frozen blueberries for this recipe but I’ve also used fresh and they both work great. For this recipe your gonna need oats, oat flour, butter (I use earth balance), sugar, salt, cinnamon, and blueberries. If your avoiding white sugar you can substitute with maple syrup or honey.

Tips for making blueberry cobbler:

• I use oat flour in this recipe to stay away from flour but either is fine.
• If you want to use oat flour I just blend my oats in my high speed blender until their a fine flour.
• If you like your blueberry liquid less runny you can add 2 tablespoons of arrowroot powder to the blueberries before baking to thicken up the juices.
• Lemon juice and lemon zest add a nice flavor to the blueberries. You can add 1 tablespoon of lemon juice to the blueberries before baking. One of my kiddos is allergic so we leave it out.
• I put the cookie sheet with the mason jar cobbler into a cold oven and then turn it on to prevent jars from baking.
• This cobbler is delicious hot and served with ice cream or cold for breakfast the next day.

How to make blueberry cobbler in a mason jar

I start with the frozen blueberries in a bowl. To the blueberries I add my sugar and give them a quick stir. In a separate bowl I mix my oats with the oat flour adding the sugar, cinnamon and salt. Next I add my earth balance melted and stir until everything is combined. I put the blueberries into the mason jars filling them about 1/3 full. On top of that I add the oat mixture. Here you can put as little or as much as you like. I put the mason jars on top of a cookie sheet and place it in a cold oven. I bake at 350 degrees for 35 -40 minutes or until blueberries are juicy and bubbly.

How to store

The great thing about using mason jars is that if there’s any left you can just pop a lid on the jar and put it into the fridge. It should last up to 3 days. I notice the oats soak up some of those blueberry juices making them quite delicious!

I hope you enjoy this as much as we do. It makes such an easy, delicious and quick dessert for a picnic for your family or even for a potluck.

To see my favorite mason jars go here.

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The Ingredients

Here’s the ingredients I like to use when making homemade taco seasoning.

• chili powder (if you pick up from the bulk section at your grocery store you can pick one from mild to spicy)
• garlic powder
• onion powder
• dried oregano
• paprika (the bulk section has sweet or smoked I use smoked)
• ground cumin
• salt
• ground black pepper (I buy peppercorns and grind my own)
• red pepper flakes (optional)

The Jar

I like to use the Kerr 8oz regular mouth jelly jar. This is the jar I store all my spices in. It keeps your spices fresh for up to 6 months. I also like that this jar stacks so well in my cupboard. You could double this homemade taco seasoning recipe so that you have it ready to use for a few recipes. Keep in mind any jar works as long as it has a secure lid.

How to use taco seasoning

Taco seasonings not just for tacos. We also like to use it on fajita’s, grilled onions and peppers, black beans, chili mac. You can also tweak the seasonings to fit any of your own recipes.

Yield: 2

Homemade Taco Seasoning

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A deliciously sweet and spicy homemade taco seasoning mix. Great for all your recipes.

Prep Time 5 minutes

Total Time 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 Tablespoons chili powder
• 3 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons ground black pepper

Instructions

Mix each ingredient into a mason jar or air tight container. Shake to mix. Enjoy!

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Take everything out of your cabinet.

Take everything out of your cabinet. Now you can give all the shelves a good wipe down. Be sure to throw away any expired spices. If your not sure a spice is at it’s best any more give it the whiff test. Take a whiff, if it still smells like that spice it will still add plenty of flavor to your food. I had to get everything out just to see what spices I had in stock and what spices I still needed to purchase.

Next grab your favorite mason jars.

Next grab your favorite mason jars. I chose the Kerr 8oz regular mouth mason jar. This jar is just the right size for those bulk spices I wanted to store. Bonus they are easy to stack! I wrote the name of the spice and the date I put the spice in the jar on the lid with a permanent marker. I purchased my spices from Thrive Market. They have a great selection of spices and you can’t beat their prices!

Last load all those lovely jars full of spices back into the cupboard

Last organize your spices in mason jars. I like to sort them by type of spice. For example staple spices, exotic spices, herbs and baking. It might also be a good idea to put the spices you use on a daily basis on the bottom shelf in the front where they would be easy to reach.

Having organized spices in mason jars makes meal time a little easier because I know just where to find all my spices and can easily see when to replenish them. Plus, now when I open my cupboard I hear beautiful music and it fills me with joy. Just kidding on the music part!

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Kerr 8oz regular mouth mason jars here.

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