Homemade vs. Store Bought Taco Seasoning

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The decision was made that tacos sounded good for supper. We have all the needed things, but we didn't have taco seasoning. I like to know what is going into my food, and I am also cheap. I would not go to the store to spend up to a dollar on something that I did not know what it was. Now if it was free...is that bad reasoning?
Where did I turn to, but to pinterest! I knew that there were recipes out there for taco seasonings just a matter of finding one.

The recipe that I tried out was the following from $5 dinners.

Homemade Taco Seasoning

Ingredients

• 1 part chili powder
• 1 part ground cumin
• 1 part garlic powder
• 1 part onion powder
• 1/4-1/2 part crushed red pepper

 Mix all the spices together and store in an airtight container.

Had to go home to see what one of these spices I had received for shower and wedding presents. I have enjoyed having spices that I received from a few people! Gotta love the essentials. I did have everything that the recipe called for. Yay! Well,l I used minced onions for the onion powder...

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I got curious as I was making this, what the store taco seasoning had in it. I checked out Old El Paso's list of ingredients, and this is what it had listed. INGREDIENTS:Maltodextrin, salt, chili pepper, onion powder, spice, monosodium glutamate, corn starch, yellow corn flour, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent), natural flavor, ethoxyquin (preservative). Any guesses on what part of that is?

The consensus. I thought that the homemade was good, just that I needed to add more than I did. I didn't want it to be overpowering, but will use more next time. I will definitely make the seasoning again!

Have any of you tried your own taco seasoning before? Anybody have any recipes for taco seasoning that you would like to share?