{Gluten Free} Taco Seasoning

Being gluten intolerant we have to beware of all the sneaky little places that manufacturers like to hide gluten. For instance prepackaged seasonings and foods are notorious for containing gluten, maltodextrin, whey (for all my lactose intolerant friends), and lots of other things that we  shouldn’t be consuming on a regular basis.
When my husband and I were first married and I was still learning to cook I used to always buy those little taco seasoning packets. In the last few years I have made a commitment to try not to buy as many processed foods and make more things from scratch. This ensures that I know exactly what we are eating and don’t have to constantly have Google handy to make sure I’m not going to make one of us unnecessarily sick. At first I thought “making these things from scratch is going to be really time consuming” and with kids under foot who really has time to spend hours in the kitchen making things from scratch. But I’m starting to figure out that it is not that hard, it really doesn’t take that much more time, and it really tastes so much better.

Yesterday was taco Tuesday for us! It took me all of 20 minutes (at most) from the time I walked in
the kitchen until the time my kids had their meals in front of them. This taco seasoning is so quick and easy to make. If you already cook a lot at home you probably have most of these spices on hand and if you don’t trader joes and costco are great places to buy spices for really cheap. This taco seasoning can be used on so many things: ground beef (what we had last night), ground turkey, chicken, vegetables, and even tofu for my vegetarian friends.

What you’ll need:
measuring spoons
small bowl
something to mix with
Ingredients:
2 teaspoons of garlic powder
2 teaspoons of chilli powder
2 teaspoons of cumin
1 teaspoon of onion powder
1 teaspoon of dried oregano
1 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of pepper

Now for the how to:
In no particular order measure your seasoning out into a small bowl and then mix. Yup that’s it!  This recipe yeilds 3 tablespoons. Last night I cooked about a pound and a half of ground beef and used all 3 tablespoons of taco seasoning. It’s not to spicy for the kids, not overly salty, and its just down right tasty. Hope you enjoy taco night as much as we do.