Yummy Spices!

I'm a lucky laydeeee! My parents gave me a gift card to the local Spice and Tea Exchange. This place is a chain with a local shop right near our record store. They sell all manner of spices, flavored sugars, salts, peppers, blends, and teas. I had a good time selecting my goodies. I am reviving my Eat To Live habits, but still picked a few salts. These smoked salts add such a nice flavor even when I used 1/2 or less of the amount called for in recipes.

Here are the yums I picked!

Dark Chili Powder

Chardonnay Oak Smoked Salt (already used in a homemade pasta salad and it was awesome!)

Hickory Smoked Salt

and for dessert, Espresso Sugar! Any ideas on using this gem?

I also got some neat metal tins with little windows so I can see what's in them.

I love being able to buy spices and pour them into the glass jars I already have. Yay!! Can't wait to try more :)