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What is it that can save your dish from falling flat? The right seasoning will be able to revive that life in your dish and bring about a wonderful change in the aroma and taste. Spices can do wonders to a simple dish from making it tasty, exotic and smell good. Spices are either added by themselves, whole or ground, or can be combined and put in a dish to give out the most tantalizing smell. You need to know what spices go with what dish to enhance its flavor.

Do you add that extra dash of salt and pepper to your plate of food for that zing if you do then you need to widen your creativity skills a bit more with spices. Stock your kitchen with the basic herbs and spices that would be required for daily cooking like garlic, pepper, cinnamon, oregano etc. Fresh herbs like basil and cilantro go well with pastas and spaghetti. And to spice up the roast chicken you can add a little rosemary, parsley etc. most spices have their own distinctive taste and smell so be careful when you are trying something new so that you don’t drown the taste of the main ingredient instead of enhancing it by using too much of a spice.

For that fresh, clean flavor for your food use fresh herbs and spices. You can chop parsley for your soups or sauces. Work with spices and herbs which you feel will compliment the taste of the main ingredient in the dish like rice or meat. Give your imagination and creativity a boost by trying different combinations with the spices to see what works best for your palette.

If you are a beginner then it is better to follow the recipe to the T and then the next time you can try your hand at adding maybe a little more of this or less of that.  And work your way through to getting the taste you want. You may find it informative to know that certain spices go with certain foods like cumin will go more with beans, cheese, breads, lamb etc, while basil will go with beef, chicken, lamb and potatoes etc. paprika is a another spice which has a very bright red color and due to this it is used in garnishing and to color chicken and beef sauces.

Pepper is a very versatile spice and it is compatible with almost everything. Thus it is the most commonly found and used spice.  A sprinkle of salt and pepper over a plain boiled potato or egg will change its taste completely making it more palatable. Salt and pepper is a chef’s delight and a must in every kitchen. Pepper can be added to meats, soups, sauces etc for that extra zing.     (Used in post on blogger.com)

Pepper is very good for health and the benefits derived from it are many so this should make it all the more necessary for you to add pepper to your daily diet.

Remember that spices bring out an exotic flavor in the food you cook. Use them well to come up with some remarkable differences in your regular cooking. Spice up the food of your life with spices.