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Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Organic Spices That Make Dinner Taste Like a Fancy Restaurant Meal

April 25, 2013 7 Comments

*Amazon or other affiliate links may be included, see full disclosure after the post. I'm not a medical professional, so use anything you read here only as a starting point for your own research.

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AcroAma

Organic Spices!

 

What I love about this company is that they put it right on their label that they are beyond organic, which means they go further than the ‘organic' label requires of them.

Here's what their site says:

We begin at the source, with farmers and producers who are committed to bio-sustainability and organic processes. Our herbs come from the finest certified organic gardens, with every seasoning blend handcrafted in small batches for a gentler, healthier way to preserve their benefits and ensure freshness. Each blend is 100% certified organic and non-irradiated, containing no hidden fillers, fragrances, anti-caking agents, or ingredients of any kind.

Even better, also right on the label it says that their herbs are non-irradiated.  Most companies don't even know that this is important, let alone label their products this way!

Irradiation is just one more way the food industry likes to denature our food and mess with its flavor, and spices are a common culprit.  Read more about food irradiation.

In the U.S., here's where you need to be most aware that your food could be irradiated:

United States Irradiated Food Supply:

Fresh tropical fruit from Hawaii, Florida, Mexico, some Asian countries, India, and Pakistan,[46][47][citation needed] dehydrated spices,[48] spinach[49] and ground meat products.[50][51]

The fact that AcroAma is a company I'm happy to support, since they're doing things right, is only part of the story.  Their spices make even MY cooking awesome!

They sent us one of the sampler packs so we could play around with their spices and we had a blast coming up with new things to try.  These spice blends are not something the average cook (me) can replicate on my own.  Which is why anything you use them on end up tasting so much better than your average meal.  This is just a lot easier than my previous method of ‘dumping and hoping' that the tastes will come together well.

Meals we came up with:

One night I was visiting a friend in the hospital and I came home to the most amazing smell wafting through the house.  It was this, a chicken, pasta, vegetable medley that Kent used the Mediterranean blend on.  It tasted like a fancy restaurant dish!  (We like Einkorn pasta – here's where to buy Einkorn pasta, organic veggies, and pastured chicken.) I love that Kent loves to cook and is so good at it. (Better than I am in a lot of ways.)

Mediterranean chicken, pasta and veggies.jpg

Next I cooked up plain old pork chops (pastured pork from a local farm), and sprinkled on the Northern European blend.  They had the BEST flavor, we all loved them.  I forgot to snap an “after” picture because everyone was starving and Kal had to leave for work.

(Oh and notice I'm using my most favorite pan EVER.  We got the 16″, it's huge and perfect for our family.  There's a 12″ and a 16″.)

Herbed pork chops

Another night I made a simple meal of fish and rice using the Louisiana blend in both – I sprinkled ours generously and a bit less for the kids as it has a delicious kick.  The flavors came alive and it's a great way to make your fish more exciting.  (I used germinated rice cooked in homemade bone broth and extra butter, and wild caught cod with no preservatives.)

Louisiana fish and rice

Another night I don't remember what we had with it, but we stir-fried broccoli and cauliflower until crisp-tender, again in my favorite pan, with ghee and olive oil (here's where to buy ghee and olive oil) using the Middle Eastern blend.  YUM!

Flavorful veggies

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Click here to try AcroAma Blends!

Note:  I was given the spice sampler to try and will receive compensation for this post.  See the complete scoop on my icky small print stuff here.

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  1. Karen D says

    April 27, 2013 at 3:51 PM

    twitter handle @kdff, Karen Goodwin Delaney on FB, karengdel on Pinterest

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  2. Janea says

    April 27, 2013 at 10:15 AM

    These spices look wonderful! It’s amazing what good spices add to a meal.

    Reply
  3. Lynn says

    April 25, 2013 at 10:49 AM

    Hi Kelly,
    The meal your husband made looks delicious! We are a gluten free family (as much as possible) and am curious about the Einkorn pasta. I did a quick search on it and see that if it was gluten free. I found this very interesting article which makes so much sense to me. https://www.einkorn.com/is-einkorn-flour-gluten-free/
    I think I will give this a try! 🙂

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    • KitchenKop says

      April 25, 2013 at 12:23 PM

      What a great article!

      Reply
    • Genet says

      April 25, 2013 at 7:32 PM

      Ummm. . . . .MOST people and nutritionist DO NOT consider Einkorn to be “gluten free” but rather, it has a different form of gluten (and much lower) than modern wheat. Kamut and spelt also have a lower, simpler gluten. If you have celiac’s disease or other gluten sensitivity, I would be cautious about trying it. Also consider the risk of possible cross-contamination at any processing plant. Some gluten free people can do Einkorn without severe or adverse reactions, some can’t. So please proceed with caution. 🙂

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      • Lynn says

        April 25, 2013 at 7:42 PM

        Good point. I have a daughter who is gluten sensitive…thankfully none of us with Celiac Disease. 🙂
        This is a bit off topic now, but I would love to know what gluten free pasta people use and like. I have tried many and so far we like Ancient Harvest Organic Quinoa pasta. It does have corn flour in it but it is GMO free according to the company website.

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  4. janis says

    April 25, 2013 at 7:27 AM

    Great idea to help with meals.

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