Favorite spices

So I want everyone to share in the comments what their favorite spices are. You can share some for sweet dishes, some for savory. I'll start.

Savory:

• I am addicted to basil. I've said it. There.
• I've recently rediscovered paprika. I forgot that it is good for more than a garnish on deviled eggs. Tried it on some sweet potato fries today and it was delish (yes, I said delish--I'm bringing that one back from the 90s).
  
• Basic Mrs. Dash. So it's not just one spice...but I think it's amazing that there's so much goodness and no salt, and I never add salt when I've used Mrs. Dash, so that's got to be a good sign for someone like me who adds exorbitant amounts of salt to some of my food.

Sweet:

• Nutmeg.
• Vanilla bean.
• Butter.

Ok, so I know butter isn't a spice. But it's yummy. And I don't even blink when I make butter balls, one of my favorite cookies, that have two sticks of butter in them.

2 things

1. We need to get a title for this blog already.
2. I forgot the 2nd thing.

If you're on a diet...

Stop reading.

For all the rest of us liberated women (who know we're going to die because of the things we eat but we say we don't care as we smear butter on everything we make), here's a recipe I tried today from The Pioneer Woman's Web site. It was really, really yummy. I love strawberry shortcake, and this is like strawberry shortcake on steroids. So enjoy, and I'll see you when we're getting stints in our major arteries the same weekend.

Strawberry Shortcake Cake