Now this is a nice and easy edible present. Also one that will last longer than cakes and brownies and will hopefully be used in many meals to come! Nearly two years ago at my mother’s birthday dinner I had a lovely Cajun Chicken Salad. Once I had demolished the plate in an obscenely short amount of time I turned to Doug and said “I need to find a recipe for this”. Then my main course came along and this happy thought went right out of my head as so many of my food related thoughts do! So when I was poking around the the Secret Recipe Club one day and saw this recipe it all came back to me at once!

Cajun Spice Mix (via Steph at Plain Chicken and Heidi at Heidis Verden)

Ingredients:

• 5 tsps paprika
• 4 tsps fine sea salt
• 4 tsps garlic powder
• 4 tsps onion powder
• 2 tsp finely ground black pepper
• 1 tsp cayenne pepper
• 2 tsp dried oregano
• 2 tsps dried thyme

Combine all the spices together and then use with chicken or beef or whatever your fancy is. I think that roasted or grilled veg with a sprinkling of this stirred through with oil would be pretty fabulous…

To give as a present you’ll either need to buy some new glass jars or keep the empty ones. Then add some ribbons and a gift bow on top!