44 homemade spices and herb blends for next level cooking

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Store-bought spice blends may be convenient, but they often lack the freshness and depth of homemade blends. These 44 homemade spice and herb blends are easy to make and will elevate your meals to new heights. From smoky BBQ rubs to zesty taco seasonings, these blends are sure to add delicious and complex flavors to your dishes, so you can say goodbye to bland meals for good.

Glass bottles with spices for enchilada seasoning.
Enchilada Seasoning Mix. Photo credit: Low Carb – No Carb.

Homemade Sausage Seasoning

Homemade Sausage Seasoning
Homemade Sausage Seasoning. Photo credit: Low Carb – No Carb.

Learn how to make Homemade Sausage Seasoning Recipe with savory spices you already have at home in just a few minutes. Fully low carb, keto, sugar-free, grain-free, and diabetic friendly, this sausage seasoning blend is so versatile you will use it for almost every recipe in your kitchen.
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Enchilada Seasoning Mix

Learn How To Make Easy Homemade Enchilada Seasoning Mix in just a few minutes to flavor your favorite protein, enchilada sauce, dips, and all of your Mexican dishes. Our homemade enchilada seasoning blend is filled with Mexican flavors to replace Mccormick store-bought dry enchilada spice.
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Taco Seasoning

Learn how to make super simple gluten free Keto Taco Seasoning Recipe in the comfort of your home in just a few minutes. This sugar free seasoning is a perfect mixture of Mexican spices and great substitution for your taco sackets.
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Dehydrated Onions

Learn How To Dehydrate Onions For Food Storage using a dehydrator. Use dry onion in your cooking or further mince it into a delicious onion powder for your seasonings.
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Homemade Mushroom Powder

Our Homemade Mushroom Powder Recipe, made out of dehydrated mushrooms, is the best mushroom seasoning blend to flavor your dishes. Learn how to make mushroom powder seasoning used as umami powder in your savory cooking to sprinkle on meats, stews and soups, sauces, and even for our keto snacks.
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Everything Bagel Seasoning

Everything Bagel Seasoning
Everything Bagel Seasoning. Photo credit: Low Carb – No Carb.

Learn how to make Everything Bagel Seasoning done in minutes with only 5 spices as a perfect low sodium replacement for expensive Trader Joe’s everything bagel seasoning. Our fully low carb, keto, gluten-free, grain-free, salt-free, and diabetic friendly garnish mix will be your seasoning on almost everything you will prepare.
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Sugar Free Brown Sugar

Learn how to make Sugar Free Brown Sugar without molasses, homemade, and done in a few minutes using only 2 ingredients. Fully low carb, gluten-free, excellent for diabetics. This substitute for brown sugar, which tastes like traditional brown sugar, is the best keto brown sugar you can have in your pantry.
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How To Make Mushroom Powder

Learn How To Make Mushroom Powder at home for a great seasoning. Dehydrate your seasonal harvest and have the best umami always available.
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Indian Spice Blend

Collect 12 Essential Spices for Indian Cooking you should have in your pantry at all times. Make your Indian spice blend for everyday use for your Indian dishes such as curry, dahl, or biryani.
Get the Recipe: Indian Spice Blend

Pizza Seasoning

Pizza is great. Pizza with seasoning is even better. Pizza with our seasoning recipe? Out of this world.
Get the Recipe: Pizza Seasoning

Peri Peri Seasoning

If you’re looking for a seasoning that’s got some serious heat, our peri peri seasoning is the answer. It’s like a party in your mouth, and everyone’s invited (except for those who can’t handle the heat).
Get the Recipe: Peri Peri Seasoning

Dry Rub for Pork

This is a fantastic recipe for homemade dry rub that will spice up your meals and enhance the flavor of meats. Use whether you are grilling, air frying or smoking.
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Pumpkin Pie Spice

Make your own pumpkin pie spice! You can make this favorite fall flavor at home in only 5 minutes.
Get the Recipe: Pumpkin Pie Spice

Apple Pie Spice

Apple Pie Spice
Apple Pie Spice. Photo credit: Upstate Ramblings.

Apple pie spice is easy to make at home and perfect for adding to all your baking! It adds flavor to pies, muffins, cookies and even coffee!
Get the Recipe: Apple Pie Spice

Taco Seasoning

Skip the hidden carbs and bland flavor and make your own taco seasoning! Inspired by the big and bold flavors of the Southwest, this Fiesta Seasoning is kicked up a few notches!
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Chili Powder

Inspired by the big and bold flavors of the Southwest, this homemade Chili Powder will add some serious flavor to your meals!
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Pickling Spice

Make this homemade pickling spice recipe and store it on the shelf for the next time you want to make pickled veggies or corned beef.
Get the Recipe: Pickling Spice

The Best Steak Rub

This steak rub with salt, pepper, spices and herbs will create the most epic crust on your next grilled or cast iron seared steak.
Get the Recipe: The Best Steak Rub

All-Purpose BBQ Rub

This is that one staple barbecue rub you need in your pantry that goes great on pork, beef, poultry and seafood.
Get the Recipe: All-Purpose BBQ Rub

Best All Purpose Seasoning

This 5-ingredient Best All Purpose Seasoning is my go-to blend for everyday cooking needs and the secret to scrumptious savory flavor in favorite dishes. Perfect for burgers, steaks, home fries & roast chicken. Sprinkle it on veggies and use it in salad dressing, too.
Get the Recipe: Best All Purpose Seasoning

Beef Bouillon

Beef Bouillon
Beef Bouillon. Photo credit: Glenda Embree.

Homemade Beef Bouillon Powder is the savory umami ingredient that brings, beefy, meaty flavor to your favorite dishes. As deliciously beefy as it is, Beef Bouillon powder is 100% vegan and gluten-free. It’s a simple recipe that requires only 5 minutes of prep.
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Chicken Bouillon

Homemade Chicken Bouillon Powder is your one-stop kitchen solution for punching up the chicken flavor in stocks, soups and stews, gravies and casseroles. Add it to rice, lentils or pasta for instant umami flavor. Or, simply dissolve it in water to make chicken broth. Plus, it’s vegan, gluten free, sugar free and dairy free!
Get the Recipe: Chicken Bouillon

Homemade Taco Seasoning

Homemade Taco Seasoning is much more flavorful than store-bought packets and in a family that loves their tacos, it’s a household staple. It’s deeply flavorful and easy to make, as well as being vegan and gluten-free.
Get the Recipe: Homemade Taco Seasoning

Southwest Spice Blend

Southwest Seasoning is an easy, delicious southwest spice blend that adds explosive flavor to your favorite Southwest and Mexican inspired dishes. Savory and herbaceous with a healthy dose of heat, it wakens your palate and tempts you to take just one more delicious bite.
Get the Recipe: Southwest Spice Blend

7 Spice

Ever wondered why Mediterranean food is SO good? You’ll probably want to learn this 7 Spices recipe if you have. It’s quick and easy!
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Chicken Bouillon Powder

Chicken Bouillon Powder
Chicken Bouillon Powder. Photo credit: Them Bites.

Flavorful, savory, easy to make, and lasts for months, this vegetarian homemade chicken bouillon powder recipe will become the go-to seasoning in your pantry.
Get the Recipe: Chicken Bouillon Powder

Pumpkin Spice Mix

Making your own pumpkin spice mix is super easy and a must have in your home! It takes just minutes but you can pick the best individual spices to include
Get the Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Mix

How to Dry Fresh Herbs for your Spice Cabinet

Whether buying them in bulk or growing them in your garden, see how easy it is to dry fresh herbs for your spice cabinet. No tools needed, just fresh herbs, a rubberband, and time!
Get the Recipe: How to Dry Fresh Herbs for your Spice Cabinet

Everything Bagel Seasoning

Love everything bagel seasoning? Now you can make it at home to enjoy on everything – avocado toast, hummus, hardboiled eggs, and even to season meat and veggies!
Get the Recipe: Everything Bagel Seasoning

Cinnamon Sugar

Homemade cinnamon sugar is delicious on top of baked goods, on the rim of a cocktail or mixed into your morning coffee.
Get the Recipe: Cinnamon Sugar

Bloody Mary Salt

Bloody Mary Salt
Bloody Mary Salt. Photo credit: Feast and West.

Keep Bloody Mary salt on hand to put on the rim of your Bloody Marys! You can also put it on chicken or seafood to give it a kick.
Get the Recipe: Bloody Mary Salt

Roasted Walnut Dukkah

This easy, beautiful and delicious Roasted Walnut Dukkah is made with a blend of walnuts, sesame seeds, cumin seeds, coriander, black peppercorns, and sea salt. You’ll find yourself putting this Egyptian condiment on anything and everything as you fall in love with its complex flavors and pleasing textures!
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Rosemary Salt

Learn how to make delicious rosemary salt to add a pop of flavor to a large variety of dishes for the perfect finishing touch.
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Italian Seasoning

Italian seasoning is a must-have for anyone who loves to cook. This vibrant mix of herbs is the perfect way to add flavor to any dish, and it’s also very easy to make at home; you most likely have all the ingredients on hand!
Get the Recipe: Italian Seasoning

Za’atar Spice

Za'atar Spice
Za’atar Spice. Photo credit: Healing Tomato.

Za’atar is a Middle Eastern favorite seasoning that is super easy to make at home. It’s great seasoning to flavor breads, vegetables and even pasta
Get the Recipe: Za’atar Spice

Xawaash Spice

Heard of Xawaash spice before? Well, this is a flavorful Somali spice that will definitely transform your dishes.
Get the Recipe: Xawaash Spice

Homemade Pizza Seasoning

With just a few simple ingredients, you can create a custom blend that perfectly complements your favorite Italian recipes.
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Homemade Cajun Seasoning Blend

Homemade Cajun seasoning is easy to make with common spices you probably already have on your spice rack. Don’t waste time hunting for pre-made Cajun seasoning at the grocery store again!
Get the Recipe: Homemade Cajun Seasoniong Blend

Dehydrated Lemon Powder

Learn how to dehydrate lemon peel and turn it into delicious zesty dried lemon powder with multiple uses in the kitchen.
Get the Recipe: Dehydrated Lemon Powder

How to make Cinnamon Powder

Have you ever thought about grinding your own cinnamon? Cinnamon preserves essential oils in a stick thus homemade cinnamon powder is powerfully fragrant and packed with flavors. Moreover, it lasts longer.
Get the Recipe: How to make Cinnamon Powder

Homemade Ranch Seasoning

Homemade Ranch Seasoning
Homemade Ranch Seasoning. Photo credit: Chicken Air Fryer Recipes.

Who doesn’t love Homemade Ranch Seasoning. This recipe is perfect for seasoning chicken, making ranch dressing or ranch dip for veggies!
Get the Recipe: Homemade Ranch Seasoning

Homemade Chicken Dry Rub Seasoning

This Air Fryer Chicken Dry Rub is the perfect dry rub for any chicken recipes! Full of flavor and makes the chicken so juicy. The best part is, it’s incredibly easy to make!
Get the Recipe: Homemade Chicken Dry Rub Seasoning

Mixed Spice Recipe

Mixed spice isn’t easy to buy and almost never found in US grocery stores, but necessary for so many British baked goods. However, you can make your own with spices you have in your kitchen cupboard with this simple recipe!
Get the Recipe: Mixed Spice Recipe

Oatmeal Spice Mix

A dash of this oatmeal spice mix will take your breakfast to a whole new level.
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2 thoughts on “44 homemade spices and herb blends for next level cooking”

  1. Very valuable information for these trying times. I am definitely going to try some of these receipes. Thanx!

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    • I am so happy you have enjoyed the ideas. Love making my own seasonings as I know exactly what goes in and make sure it is as fresh as possible.

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