The giveaway is closed – a winner has been chosen
I’m really excited about this Essiespice Essential Spice Collection giveaway and I’m hoping that you’ll be too!
I’m a spice girl (no, I wasn’t part of the nineties girl group, although I’m all about girl power too), for as long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated with spice and herbs; the smell, texture, colour and how they imbue flavour, warmth, aroma and life into our food.
We’re generally not heavy spice users where I’m from, we season our meals sparingly and knowingly with local spices, herbs, cured fish, smoke, fermented seeds, etc.
We learn about spicing and flavouring by watching the women in our households cook, and from our neighbours.
I have memories of my grandmother grinding grains of Selim and ginger for her soups just like her grandmother had done. My mom would fry a pungent leaf in her oil to flavour her stews, a tip she’d picked up from a neighbour.
Discovering Essiespice was a little like discovering that neighbour who not only shares her trusted flavourful blends, but teaches you how to use them effectively too.
The founder Essie, is a spice girl too; a ‘mixtress’, who has parlayed her love for mixing and blending, which naturally began after watching her mother cook, into a unique spice and sauce brand.
The spices and sauces are seductive, flavourful and fragrant with catchy fun names, I fell in love with them in stews, roasted veggies, soups and salads, and anything that needs a boost.
These aren’t just spices, they’re a fusion of sophisticated flavours; ginger, star anise, guava, tamarind, cinnamon, coconut, mango, chilli peppers and others, carefully selected, matched and blended into exciting sauces and spice mixes.
I’m partnering with Essiespice to give away their Essential Spice Collection, one lucky winner gets to try the heady Coco-for Garlic, warm Mango Chili Medley, aromatic Meko Dry Rub and the exotic TamarindOh
To enter, simply fill out the form below and tell me what your favourite spice is in the comments section.
The winner will be chosen next week (don’t forget to leave your email address so you can be contacted).
Good Luck and thank you for playing!
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121 Comments
My favorite spice that i love to work with the most is bay leaf, it really changes the tastes of my soups.
8 July, 2015 at 5:01 ami don’t think i’d care to live in a world without cinnamon. 🙂
8 July, 2015 at 7:20 amI love your blog and I am so excited to see Essiespice on here! I am addicted to the mango chili – seriously. I always use peppercorns, cloves and anise seed in my stews. I don’t think there is a spice I don’t like although too much white pepper disagrees with my taste buds. I discovered tarragon for fish a few years ago and I can’t cook any seafood without it now.
8 July, 2015 at 7:36 amSuch lovely photos! I would love to try to the Meko Dry Rub. It is really great to see wonderful women partner up! Go girl power! 🙂
8 July, 2015 at 7:35 pmMy favorite spice is smoked paprika.
9 July, 2015 at 8:19 amI love turmeric.
9 July, 2015 at 9:34 amMy favorite spice is paprika!
9 July, 2015 at 10:41 amMy favorite spice is garlic. This spice collection sounds wonderful.
9 July, 2015 at 11:33 amIt’s hard to pick. They are look wonderful, but I would have to say mango chili medley!
9 July, 2015 at 11:46 amI like cuurry.
9 July, 2015 at 12:29 pmThe Tamarind Oh reminds me of home big time.
9 July, 2015 at 1:09 pmCinnamon! Excellent for baking, and cooking in the Fall season.
9 July, 2015 at 1:26 pmMy favorite spice is paprika!
9 July, 2015 at 2:55 pmThat’s a definite tie between garlic, tamarind, and bay leaf
9 July, 2015 at 3:52 pmSo hard to pick my favorite spice, but currently it’s ghost pepper. I have ghost pepper salt and this home made ghost pepper garlic blend that is to die for!
9 July, 2015 at 5:42 pmDifficult decision, it would be either garlic or rosemary! 🙂
9 July, 2015 at 6:10 pmGarlic is my favorite spice to use!!! I think I use garlic in every single dinner I make!!!
9 July, 2015 at 6:30 pmmy fav is Meko Dry Rub;
9 July, 2015 at 7:49 pmMeko Dry Rub;
9 July, 2015 at 7:49 pmIt’s hard to pick just one i really like to use basil,cinnamon,fennel,garlic,lemongrass…..
9 July, 2015 at 8:32 pmMy favorite spice is nutmeg, I just love it.
9 July, 2015 at 10:18 pmI am a paprika fan. I like garlic too.
9 July, 2015 at 11:05 pmCinnamon is probably my favorite spice. I look forward to trying the Mango Chili Medley.
10 July, 2015 at 12:25 amMy favorite spice is turmeric! We are wild about garlic too 😉
10 July, 2015 at 12:47 amGarlic
10 July, 2015 at 1:56 amMy favourite spice would be cumin
10 July, 2015 at 4:03 amI have so many. Some are garlic powder, celery and savory. DOREEN LAMOUREUX
10 July, 2015 at 5:07 amOregano!
10 July, 2015 at 5:22 amLove garlic
10 July, 2015 at 5:35 amsweet paprika
10 July, 2015 at 6:49 amI love cinnamon!
10 July, 2015 at 6:58 amProbably garlic
10 July, 2015 at 7:27 amco-co-For-Garlic would be my favorite,we love garlic,we use it in almost everything we cook.
10 July, 2015 at 8:28 amMy favorite of the spices is Coco-For-Garlic. I love garlic and use it daily, it’s also a natural antibiotic.
10 July, 2015 at 8:35 amOnion & garlic is our favorite to use on almost everything.
10 July, 2015 at 8:53 amI like cumin.
10 July, 2015 at 9:05 amI have a serious addiction to Cinnamon.
10 July, 2015 at 9:40 amGinger is my favorite. I use in savory or sweet creations or just for refreshing tea.
10 July, 2015 at 9:41 amI am definitely a garlic lover so I would be most interested in trying the Coco-for Garlic spice. That being said, I also love mango (Mango Chili Medley sounds amazing) and I need a good dry rub as well. I’m always open to trying new things and the exotic TamarindOh definitely sounds exotic. Thanks for offering this! 🙂
10 July, 2015 at 9:44 amEssiespice looks so yummy, Elsa I could do so much with them, esp. TamarindOh. 🙂
Love your photos as always 🙂
10 July, 2015 at 9:44 amI make a lot of soups and use a lot of cumin.
10 July, 2015 at 9:54 amChili Powder.
10 July, 2015 at 10:22 amI love coriander/cilantro. Especially fresh cilantro in salads.
10 July, 2015 at 10:25 amMy favorite spice is a toss up between garlic and cumin
10 July, 2015 at 10:36 amA favorite spice? Yikes! I am also a spice girl, Lol I spice everything, I do love Rosemary though, and there is an abundance in my garden right now!
10 July, 2015 at 10:40 amI would have to say that it is thyme
10 July, 2015 at 11:11 amgarlic!
10 July, 2015 at 12:32 pmi love basil but it is not the only good spice there are so many that i cant possibly choose one
10 July, 2015 at 12:32 pmDefinitely Garlic!
10 July, 2015 at 12:54 pmI like black pepper. I’m simple like that.
10 July, 2015 at 1:10 pmOregano!
10 July, 2015 at 1:22 pmThat is such a tough question. Right now I use a lot of cumin.
10 July, 2015 at 1:46 pmI use garlic like I’m on the set of Twilight!
10 July, 2015 at 2:00 pmIm deloveping a taste for tamarind i even go to the little store to buy the candy made of tamarind
10 July, 2015 at 2:46 pmWe use a lot of garlic in almost everything we cook, I would love to try the mango chili melody.
10 July, 2015 at 4:21 pmI use tons of garlic so that is my favorite along with nutmeg and cinnamon
10 July, 2015 at 5:16 pmGarlic and black pepper are the top two on my list.
10 July, 2015 at 6:23 pmYum! I love trying new spices. My favorite is cinnamon, as it is so versatile.
10 July, 2015 at 7:06 pmI love Garlic!
10 July, 2015 at 8:21 pmI like black pepper
10 July, 2015 at 8:23 pmGarlic and the 2nd runner up is black pepper!
10 July, 2015 at 9:57 pmmy favourite spice is nutmeg
11 July, 2015 at 7:42 amRosemary
11 July, 2015 at 7:56 amsage and rosemary
11 July, 2015 at 9:53 amMy fav spice is cumin
11 July, 2015 at 10:02 amI love cardamom for my Indian cooking!
11 July, 2015 at 10:56 amGarlic powder s my favorite spice
11 July, 2015 at 11:01 amMy favorite spice is Italiano spice.
11 July, 2015 at 12:27 pmmy favorite spice is CUMIN! love it!
11 July, 2015 at 3:35 pmGarlic is ours
11 July, 2015 at 5:13 pmsage
11 July, 2015 at 5:54 pmMy favorite spice is garlic.
11 July, 2015 at 7:50 pmI love basil
11 July, 2015 at 9:05 pmNutmeg and cinnamon
12 July, 2015 at 1:53 amCumin because it helps with digestion.
12 July, 2015 at 7:45 amI’m going to have to go with cinnamon! I have it everyday in my coffee! 😉
12 July, 2015 at 10:25 amMy favorite spice is garlic.
12 July, 2015 at 11:27 amI love pepper!
12 July, 2015 at 11:59 amI love garlic, and seasonings like thyme, sage, basil etc.
12 July, 2015 at 2:22 pmMy fave spice is cinnamon!
12 July, 2015 at 5:26 pmCinnamon, definitely.
12 July, 2015 at 6:43 pmRosemary – so good on chicken and pork
12 July, 2015 at 9:06 pmI love love love basil!
12 July, 2015 at 9:12 pmbasil and oregano
12 July, 2015 at 10:35 pmMy favorite spice is probably garlic. Thanks 🙂
13 July, 2015 at 12:29 amCumin is my favourite spice and the Mango Chili Medley sounds delicious.
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13 July, 2015 at 1:03 amMy favorite spice is the cinnamon!
13 July, 2015 at 3:22 amOMG, my fave: garlic. Divine. Wow, prize
13 July, 2015 at 3:23 amspice is fab. & splendid. 2 fingers snap. It is
tight, fly & off the chain. Thank you for the awesomeness, the
contest, and generosity. 🙂 Pick me, pick me! Dear Santa: I’ve been
nice. My X-Mas wish this year is to win this contest. Starving artist here
desperately needs the spice to cook and eat. A life changing
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13 July, 2015 at 6:42 amCilantro or Garlic
13 July, 2015 at 1:42 pmgarlic would have to be my favorite, but like the meko dry rub
13 July, 2015 at 2:58 pmI love all spices , my fave would be Cinnamon and allspice . Carey Hurst
13 July, 2015 at 5:43 pmI love cinnamon
13 July, 2015 at 5:50 pmMy favorite spices are cumin & chili powder!
13 July, 2015 at 6:50 pmCurry
13 July, 2015 at 8:52 pmI enjoy any and all spices. Some of my favourites are garlic, chili, curry, etc.
13 July, 2015 at 9:42 pmMy favorite is garlic.
14 July, 2015 at 1:33 pmMy favorite spice is salt and pepper….you cannot live without it
14 July, 2015 at 4:00 pmCoriander 🙂
14 July, 2015 at 4:20 pmWe love garlic Thanks for the chance!
14 July, 2015 at 5:52 pmThe Coco for Garlic would be a hit in my house!
14 July, 2015 at 6:00 pmIt really depends on the dish, but salt and pepper
14 July, 2015 at 6:16 pmI love cayenne pepper. I’ll put it in pretty much anything.
14 July, 2015 at 8:04 pmMy favorite is mint.
14 July, 2015 at 8:42 pmMy favorite is tamarind.
14 July, 2015 at 8:42 pmGarlic salt
14 July, 2015 at 10:15 pmI love garlic!
15 July, 2015 at 3:28 amCinnamon!
15 July, 2015 at 5:24 amOnion spice or garlic
15 July, 2015 at 7:24 amAdd me to the list of loving garlic!
15 July, 2015 at 10:36 amMy favorite spices often change. Right now I am really into cinnamon.
15 July, 2015 at 12:02 pmI’m a garlic lover. Onions also.
15 July, 2015 at 3:00 pmIf it’s a “savory” dish ~ it has to have GARLIC! (But we grow lots of herbs: Rosemary, Sage, Basil, Thyme, Dill (to name just a few!) Also use A LOT of Ginger & Cinnamon!
15 July, 2015 at 6:07 pmJesselyn A/Jesstinger
Onion or garlic, I also use a lot of cinnamon, summer savory too, curry, cayenne… ginger… it just depends on what I’m making.
15 July, 2015 at 6:31 pmI would love the Tamarind-OH!
15 July, 2015 at 7:08 pmI love Garlic! On almost anything!
15 July, 2015 at 9:00 pmI’m nuts about nutmeg!
15 July, 2015 at 9:32 pmThank you, thank you, thank you! I’m so excited! Can’t wait to try it!
17 July, 2015 at 11:05 am