"Seasoning" Greetings {Savory Holiday Neighbor Gifts}

 

Last year we got a bottle of homemade seasoned salt from my uncle. We also had about 13 plates of delicious sweets too from other friends and family. I ended up freezing most of the sweets because we just couldn't eat it all! However, the seasoning salt lasted months, and we used it every day (on our eggs mostly).  I thought it was an awesome gift (Thanks again, Tom). So last year I made a mental note that I'd like to give out a seasoning mix to my neighbors for Christmas. I have a few seasoning recipes on the blog so far (Taco & Fajita), and they are ones I use on a regular basis.  The taco seasoning is one I thought would be good to pass around, I mean doesn't everyone use taco seasoning (it's even gluten-free).  I had the idea to make a catchy "seasoning" saying on my gift tag. I orignally thought of saying 'Tis' the "Seasoning"', but after talking to Leesh, I decided to go with '"Seasoning" Greetings'. I thought it was kind of fun and cute!   Thanks for always helping me out, Leesh!

So, if you're in the market for savory vs sweet gift to hand out to friends and/or neighbors, just mix up your favorite seasoning mix (or check out my taco and fajita seasoning recipes), buy some big seasoning shakers (or small salt and pepper shakers) at the Dollar Store ($1 for the big ones and 2/$1 for the salt and pepper size), fill up the bottle with your seasoning of choice, make a nifty little tag ("Tis' the "Seasoning" with Love, Your Name OR ""Seasoning" Greetings" with Love, Your Name, the options are endless here), and tie it on with some cute twine or raffia.  And your set!  

Other ideas for Neighbor/Friend Gifts - Check out all the links!

Chocolate Candy Cane Blossom Cookies 

Holiday Doodles {aka Festive Snickerdoodles}

Creamy Peanut Butter Truffles

Deluxe Chocolate Truffles {Plain Ganache or Flavored}

Johnson Cookies (with Christmas colored sprinkles)

Whole Wheat Chocolate Chips Cookies (just use Christmas colored M&M's)

S'more Cups

Sugar Cookies {Buttery Crips or Thick & Chewy} - Decorated festive with Glace Icing

Sugar Cookies {Soft & Chewy} - Decorated with Glace Icing

Cinnamon Rolls

Glazed Doughnuts (cut out with Christmas cookie cutters - add Christmas sprinkles too)

Here are a few of the things I did to assemble my seasoning shakers!

 

I made these tags by printing the phrase on some tan card stock. I found the cute Candy Cane Font here. (It's the 5th one down or so). I then glued it on to some green scrapbook scraps, punched a hole in the corner, and got some cute candy-cane twine for tying it on.

 I washed and dried the seasoning bottles and made a narrow-mouth funnel to pour in the seasonings (since I don't have a real funnel).

 The funnel helped for a no-spill project!

 I cut little circles of aluminum foil about the size of the shaker top....

 ...and then put it in the top of the lid so we didn't have taco seasoning all over the place! :) 

And to keep it fresh!

 I also had cards to hand out with my gifts so I wrote up the recipe for the taco seasoning and stuck it in the envelope. That way if they like it, they can make more, and it tells how much seasoning to use for your taco meat!

Happy Gift Giving!