What spices do you like to cook with?

I will have to remember to eat a ton of garlic next time we are camping! But won't that keep the humans away as well? I love a variety of herbs and spices when cooking. I use more flavorings in my cooking rather than using butter.

I use quite a bit of garlic and oregano in cooking. I also use bay leaves in soups and roasts. I cannot make stuffing without sage and I cannot make onion soup without marjorum. Paprika does not have much flavor but it sure makes my devilled eggs look pretty. The one spice I use the most of is cinnamon. I keep a sealed container full of sugar and cinnamon for sprinkling on toast, baked goods and desserts.

I tend to use garlic alot. I also use season salt, pepper, lemon pepper, oregano, and grill seasoning

gahhhhlic! I like a lot of basil in Italian dishes, and I use a lot of Emeril's cajun seasoning. But we really use a pretty obscene amount of garlic in my household. I also like dill, especially in chicken salad or roasted potatoes.

I cook mainly Chinese dishes and 2 spices normally used in all dishes are garlic and ginger.I normally saute ginger in hot oil first before adding in the garlic as the latter tends to get burnt easily and then the dish will have a bitter taste.

mmm Garlic of course and onion if you count that but I have to be careful because DH is allergic. I adore nutmeg, it's my favourite and goies in almost anything. Tarragon is great in salads and on poultry. We grow Tarragon, Basil, Fennel, Dill and some others in our garden and they are so yummy fresh. Dill is a big one with me so good on fish, White Pepper is great anywhere you use Black and is invisible which is nice if you cook for kids who think they don't like pepper. When I'm baking one of my "things" is to throw in spices that mimic the flavour of chai. Cloves, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Cardamon. mmmmmm. :)

for me its garlic, ginger and chilie these three make up the basis of most meals eat

Well I love to cook and I love to add spices. I do not cook with salt though. I figure people can add their own salt to things if they want. I love to add paparika, parsley, garlic, onion powder. Depending on what I'm making I will also add in lemon pepper or cloves. Both can really add things. Bay Seasoning is also good for fish, chicken or pork. Now if I'm baking I will add cinammon to things. That can really taste great like in French Toast. Vanilla as well I usually add in more then the recipe calls for because I find it helps with the flavor.

Garlic, salt, pepper and onion powder are my main ones. I use those in so many things. You are right about the garlic keeping the bug bites down. I know we give the dog garlic and she doesn't seem to have a problem with flees as do the cats. I wonder what the science is behind that.

i love turmeric n 2ndly ginger...i use em in all o my cookings...turmeric is best n a natural healer too

I really like Tony Chachere's Creole seasoning. It makes any food taste spicy and just plain yummy. I put it on steak, chicken, fries..etc.

Yes GARLIC is #1. I also use a lot of fresh ground black pepper. I think i The history of the spice trade is fascinating. Two good books on the subject are The Scents of Eden: A History of the Spice Trade by Charles Corn and Nathaniel's Nutmeg by Giles Milton. Spike is a spice blend that I rely on heavily. It has a lot of celery seed in it. I also like Old Bay seafood seasoning. And I use a lot of ground chipotle chili powder. It has a great smokey flavor and aroma. If you find paprika to be bland try smoked paprika and make sure your paprika is fresh.

Garlic is a big one for me too. I grow my own herbs and spices and usually have basil, oregano, rosemary, thyme on hand fresh to cook with.

I put Spike (a mixed seasoning blend with just about every herb you can think of) in just about everything. It is a little salty, a little garlicy, and nicely herbaly. It gives things that extra something.

it depends on what i'm cooking. i love garlic, too. but mostly, i go with pepper. makes me sneeze (lol), but i read it can help trim you down, too.

I too enjoy cooking with garlic. I also often times use seasoned salt, basil, and Mrs. Dash-any of the flavors! Mrs. Dash is salt free and gives great tase for vegetables, meats, and potatoes.

I use a lot of garlic salt and an italian herb blend. Sometimes I use cumin and curry.

I like to put garlic, onion, tomatoes,

I use many spices in cooking. I love garlic! and so does the rest of the family so that is in almost everything I cook. I also use, paprika, basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, dill, parsely, sage and a few others like salt & pepper. I love experimenting.

i love using garlic, fresh black pepper, red pepper flakes, parsley, basil and oregano. i also use a spice called Vegeta which can make vegtable stock, but i use it with fish