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Tango Mango

The Tango Mango tastes as good as it looks at The Columbia Restaurant in Tampa, Florida.

Homemade taco seasoning

I want to take a quick minute to share with you a recipe for homemade taco seasoning. I made 7-layer dip for our small Super Bowl get-together yesterday and got soooo tired of reading recipe after recipe that called for stirring a store-bought packet of seasoning mix into the sour cream. 

I truly hate putting unwanted chemicals into my food, so I’ve fudged with making my own concoction before. It’s usually a healthy dose of chili powder with some cumin and salt. Yesterday I decided to do an online search for a substitute that was more exact.

As it turns out, there is recipe out there. In fact, you can find the exact same recipe on a multitude of websites. The only difference is the quantity you end up with. Since I didn’t need too much for my purposes, I whipped together this tiny batch. Consensus? Touchdown!

For flavoring your meat (or tofu) for tacos, or stirring into sour cream for a southwestern dip, here’s a great recipe.

Stir all ingredients together.

1 tablespoon chili powder

¼ teaspoon garlic powder

¼ teaspoon onion powder

¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes

¼ teaspoon dried oregano

½ teaspoon paprika

1-1/2 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon black pepper

i am beating you up with my mind