Savory Herb Seasoning Salt Recipe

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Making your own herb seasoning salt sounds fancy doesn’t it? Thankfully, fancy doesn’t mean hard. The key to a great herb seasoning is to start with quality herbs and salt and get creative mixing your favorites combinations together.

As an added bonus, by doing this you can omit your consumption of the many questionable ingredients in the store bought seasonings. Not only will the taste be better, it will be a much healthier option. Have you seen the ingredients in a store bought Hidden Valley Ranch packet? So much ick. If you’re a ranch lover, check out my ranch seasoning mix that I use to make fresh ranch dressing and dip whenever my family is craving some!

Herb Seasoning Salt for gifts

Herb seasoning salt mixes are also great gifts. I love to bring one when invited to a home as a hostess gift. It’s also a great white elephant gift, or for anyone who spends time in the kitchen cooking for their family.

What type of salt to use

I love a large flake, flavorful sea salt for these blends. Not only are the flakes gorgeous, but sea salt has a wonderful taste that enhances whatever it’s used on. My favorite brand for these is Maldon. You can find them easily on amazon. (links below) I also saw they have a smoked salt option, which would be so fun to make a BBQ rub.

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Where to get your herbs

I’m an herb snob and I’m not embarrassed about it. Herbs are such a powerhouse of flavor, as well as tons of nutrition. When you use herbs that have been grown organically and harvested well, you get the best for your tastebuds and health.

I grow and dry many myself, and you can find out how to do that in this post here.

If you can’t or simply don’t want to grow your own, Mountain Rose Herbs is hands down my favorite place to purchase them. I have found their quality to be unmatched and the prices extremely good. I’ll never go back to getting “Great Value” herbs from the store. When placed side by side to store bought herbs, you can easily see the difference in color, taste, and smell from Mountain Rose versus other brands.

Packaging

Packaging is a huge deal to me. Aesthetics matter, especially if you want to give these as gifts. Use your personal style and color palette to create your packaging. Or, keep it minimal so the herbs can be the star players of the presentation.

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Ingredients you’ll need:

Again, if you find you don’t have some of these, feel free to omit them, or sub for something you have that would work well in a savory mix.

• 3/4 cup Large flake salt 
• 2 tablespoons rosemary 
• a few peppercorns
• 2 teaspoons garlic salt
• 2 tablespoons dried onion pieces 
• 2 teaspoons parsley 
• dash paprika 
• 2 teaspoons sage 
• 1/4 teaspoon chili flakes

Instructions to assemble herb seasoning salt

When I say this whole project takes less than 5 minutes, I’m not joking.

Pour salt into a small bowl, then add all herbs on top of it. Stir with spoon until herbs appear mixed evenly into the salt.

Using a canning funnel or spoon, pour or scoop salt mixture into glass container. I love using my ball canning jars, in the decorative, 8 oz size.

Place butcher paper over the lid and secure with screw top. Add a tag or write on the top of the jar. That’s it!

Think outside the box

Get creative with the salt base and use different seasoning mixes to your hearts desire! Or keep it very simple! Even just 1/4 cup rosemary and 3/4 cup salt is a wonderful gift and packs a punch as a meat rub, or sprinkled over fries or veggies before cooking. 

It’s also fun to go through the seasoning isle at your favorite store, snap a picture of the ingredients, then head home and see if you can make a mix better! Play around with the herb and salt ratios until you find something that’s perfect for you.

If you make this mix, make sure to tag me over on Instagram. I love to see your creations!

How to store

It’s best to store this herb salt seasoning in a cool spot away from direct sunlight. Seasoned salt mixes will last up to 6 months in the pantry. They never truly “go bad” but over time the spices will begin to lose their potency, so the blends will lose flavor.

I find that different times of years I’ll use different spices, so I’ll basically rotate my herb mixes seasonally. If it’s summer, I’ll use more poultry seasonings, light and spicy herb seasonings, and ones that work well on the barbecue. These include sage, marjoram, pepper flakes, paprika, dill.

Come winter, I’ll swap them out and use more savory, heavy mixes. Ones that work great with roasts, soups and stews are rosemary, thyme, basil, tarragon, curry and Thai blends.

Take inventory, then get busy creating!

I hope this leaves you inspired and ready to head into your kitchen and create! Pour yourself a cup of coffee, go to the pantry, and start sifting through all your spices! If you’re similar to me, you need to do a good solid purge and organization at least once a year. I’ll combine spices I know are good, but for some reason I have more than one bottle of. I’ll also throw out ones that may be old and clumping, or have lost their color. Keeping my computer close by, as I find items running low, I’ll be making my next order on Mountain Rose Herbs.

For home use, I keep my herbs in quart and pint mason jars. For gift mixes, I’ll use the small jars linked above. We go through spices so fast in this house, that the small bottles just don’t work for our everyday life.

Spices can be the backbone of your kitchen, giving foods that extra oomph to take them from great to a meal that will be remembered for years.

Thanks for letting me share my love of herbs with you today. Now get busy!

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