This Homemade Seasoning Salt is a staple for adding flavor to your favorite meals—without the questionable ingredients hiding in most store-bought blends. With just 6 simple, real-food ingredients, it’s a cleaner, healthier choice.
Just like my Homemade Fajita Seasoning, Homemade Garlic Salt, and Homemade Taco Seasoning Mix, this Seasoning Salt is an easy and amazing spice mix.
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If you love your store-bought seasoning salt but hate the unhealthy ingredients that come with it, look no further. I’ve got the perfect homemade recipe for you.
I grew up on Lawry’s and what can I say… It just elevated every dish! (BTW if you're looking for help on which spice brands you should substitute and for what, check out my Spice Substitute Chart.). Sadly, store-bought seasoning usually comes with too much sodium and highly processed ingredients, so I’ve learned to skip and make my own homemade seasoning salt blend.
And honestly, I don’t know why I didn’t do this sooner! You could put these on Homemade Burgers, Oven Roasted Chicken, Homemade Croutons, and more -- and the list goes on.
So if you’re looking to recreate your usual seasoning salt into a healthier homemade version, follow this simple recipe and you'll never look back.
Reasons You'll Love It
- Super quick to prepare -- takes 5 minutes tops
- Stores easy in a pantry or spice drawer
- Savory and delicious
- Healthy break from store seasoning salts
Ingredients For Homemade Seasoning Salt
Sea salt: Like your regular salt, but waaay better. The thicker grains don’t easily dissolve when cooking, which helps you actually see how much you’re putting in your dish – perfect for a seasoning blend!
Ground black pepper: Freshly ground is ideal for this recipe, but pepper powder should work just fine.
Coconut Sugar: This recipe calls for coconut sugar for an even healthier approach than most store-bought brands. If you're looking for help on the best sugar substitutes, check out my post on 7 Healthy Sugar Substitutes.
Step By Step Instructions
- Step 1: Combine all spices into a bowl and combine thoroughly with mixture
- Step 2: Store in an airtight container and use as needed.
Recipe FAQs
This seasoning salt recipe is crazy versatile, making it the perfect addition to any (if not all) of your savory favorites. I use this seasoning on burgers, Perfect avocado toast, sandwiches, Scrambled eggs, chicken, Pan Roasted Steak, and tons of other dishes. You can even add it to your own Homemade Healthy Popcorn for your next movie night! It’s super flexible, tasty and useful as a basic all-purpose seasoning.
Seasoning salt is a blend of salt, herbs, and spices that you add to your savory dishes and snacks as needed. It’s a simple addition to any recipe, but it definitely packs a unique, flavorful punch. You’ll find a whole bunch of ready-made brands at your local store, or you could make your own mix and save yourself the trip, plus the unhealthy stuff.
You can store this seasoning salt in an airtight container for up to 6 months. For more information on air tight containers check out my post Ultimate Guide to the Best Meal Prep Containers.
More Homemade Seasoning Recipes
If you’re a fan of seasoning blends (or if I’ve successfully turned you into one), here are a few more homemade seasoning recipes and resources for you to try at home!
Homemade Seasoning Salt
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon granulated onion
- ¼ teaspoon coconut sugar
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a small bowl and mix well.
- Use as needed.
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Notes
- Can be stored in air-tight container or shaker for up to 6 months.
- Adjust to taste, if you prefer a more sweet tasting spice mixture add a bit more sugar. If you would prefer a saltier taste add a bit more salt.
Nutrition
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Stevi
Looking forward to trying this recipe!
Lacey Baier
I hope you try it soon! It's such an amazing and easy recipe. I hope you enjoy it!
abby
hi! i'm so happy i found this recipe. thanks, lacey. btw, i was just wondering if you used hungarian paprika or spanish paprika.
Lacey Baier
I tend to use the plain generic paprika that you buy at the store, both of those would work as substitutes. So whatever you would prefer!
Christine L
This is GREAT! Thanks for sharing this recipe! So much better than the original.
Lacey Baier
Aw, thanks so much. That means a lot. I hope you continue to enjoy it!
Laurie
The secret ingredient missing is Tumeric. It also adds color.
Lacey Baier
If you would prefer to add tumeric, and for that matter, if you would prefer this seasoning blend with any other spice feel free to adjust the recipe to your desires. I hope you enjoy it! 🙂
Kathleen Shusta
Thank you Lacey! I like that this recipe cuts the salt in half and almost eliminates the sugar, leaves out the cornstarch... very good changes from the original recipe. And, "Yea!" I'm glad to see that you added in one of my favorite seasonings: black pepper! Hmmm… I happen to like turmeric… and it a very trendy seasoning now-a-days for it's health benefits, so I WOULD add that one back in. I was wondering why you chose to leave it out?
Lacey Baier
I'm so glad you enjoyed this recipe concept, Kathleen! I personally don't cook with a lot of turmeric for no real reason lol, but I can see how that would be a great addition to the recipe.
Alice Boor
I just found your recipe for the seasoning salt. I love using the seasoning salt, but I don't like seeing the sugar being first, or almost first on the label. Can your recipe be used without the sugar? I know that the sugar in your recipe is at t he bottom, and that is great! Just wanted to know for my husband's sake.
Lacey Baier
Alice, that is a great question! I actually make this nowadays often with no sugar or with coconut sugar for an unrefined version. While no sugar will alter the flavor some, it will still work very well for whatever you would use seasoning salt for. Enjoy!
Marjie Lischer
How much does this make if you double or triple the recipe? thanks.
Lacey Baier
Hi Marjie. The recipe, as written, makes just shy of 2 tablespoons of the seasoning so 2x would be roughly 4 tablespoons (about 1/4 cup) and 3x would be roughly 6 tablespoons (about 1/3 cup). I hope that helps!