Simply make your own taco seasoning.

I can be such a culinary moron sometimes.

We eat a lot of Mexican food here. It is so simple and everybody in this house will eat it. Yet, it took me 35 years to figure out I could make taco seasoning myself. I think I thought it was some exotic mixture filled with secret 'Mexican' ingredients.

Not so much.

Here is my recipe which I used so that I could have a full jar on hand at all times...

4 tablespoon chili powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon dried oregano
2 teaspoon paprika
6 teaspoons ground cumin
4 teaspoon sea salt
4 teaspoon black pepper

Simply mix them all up in a pretty jar and store in a cool dry place, like all other spices. Keep some shredded chicken in your freezer. And then when you are pressed for a quick meal- throw some of your chicken in a fry pan with a couple tablespoons of your taco mix and a bit of water and heat it up.

You can then throw it on a whole wheat tortilla wrap with some black beans, corn, bit of shredded cheese, black olives... whatever your family likes in their quesadillas, throw another tortilla on top and heat in a nice hot cast iron skillet for a minute and you have a quick snack for hungry mouths.

Serve up with salsa, sour cream or Greek yogurt with a pinch of your taco seasoning mixed in... I think I know whats for dinner!

(Like my sweet antique Ball jar with chalk board sticker??? Me too! Those stickers are so freakin' fun!)