How to make your own Garlic Salt, and why it is worth a few minutes of your time. Plus it stirs up in a snap!
I will just make the confession right now, we use (and enjoy!) garlic in most of the dishes that are cooked around here. From a simply sauté on the stove to a slow and low grill on the barbeque. Garlic is usually invited to the party! And I keep garlic in several forms available for use in the kitchen pantry. Mostly because of the ease of use. For example when grilling my husband used dried garlic either alone or in combination with other flavors in a sprinkle on seasoning. We have chopped frozen garlic in the freezer for a quick addition to any recipe here in the Tiny House. But I also enjoy the quick grab and go use of dried garlic as well. And often my favorite to grab, is Garlic Salt.
And while store bought garlic salt is quite inexpensive, there is a reason I prefer to make my own. The salt. We use sea salt in and on our food for seasoning, and most prepared seasoning blends, even the organic ones, simply use a generic salt. But since I already have my Celtic Sea Salt in the cupboard, with a jar of organic dried garlic, homemade Garlic Salt is a breeze to stir together! Granted it is a small item this salt business. But this is also the reasoning behind making my own brown sugar, I get to control make sure we are eating the foods and ingredients that we prefer.
Most jars of garlic salt found in the market have parsley flakes added. And yep you sure could add a teaspoon. But by personal choice I do not keep dried parsley in my cupboard. As I have found it to be flavorless and only adding color. Along those same lines of thought, you could add a teaspoon of ground pepper. Maybe the parsley flakes were to help you know where you had sprinkled the garlic salt?
Living in a high humidity climate I have learned a couple of tricks to keep salt dry! Here in Texas salt draws moisture from the air. And while it won't hurt the salt in any way, a salt blend will turn to taffy in a jiffy. To solve this, we keep our salted spice blends in the freezer. The little cross-top freezer is perfect as a storage spot. They fit on one of the shelves on the door, and are easy to get to when cooking. If you find that the flavor of what is in the jar (usually garlic!) begins to take over the whole freezer, simply put the jar of spice in a plastic freezer bag to insulate it from the more delicate food stored there, like ice cream.
We are fortunate, we have a double refrigerator in our Tiny Home, so we have a savory side seasoning blends, chopped onions and minced garlic, and a sweet side for storing our dessert treasures, vegetables and fruit.
Ingredients needed for this recipe:
- salt of choice
- organic powdered garlic
- dried organic parsley if desired
- fine ground pepper, if desired
You will also need the following:
- measuring spoons
- small mixing bowl
- kitchen spoon
- storage container
Now we are ready to begin!
Homemade Garlic Salt
by the seat of my pants
3 T salt, we use Celtic Sea Salt
1 T organic granulated garlic
1 t organic parsley flakes, if desired
1/2 t fresh ground black pepper, if desired
Place the ingredients you wish to use into the small mixing bowl, and stir well to combine.
Transfer to the storage container. Store in a cool dry area where you keep your other herbs and spices.
Or for those in a high humidity area, the freezer works great! This will keep until gone! Then simply make more.
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Homemade Garlic Salt
by the seat of my pants
3 T salt, we use Celtic Sea Salt
1 T organic granulated garlic
1 t organic parsley flakes, if desired
1/2 t fresh ground black pepper, if desired
Place the ingredients you wish to use into the small mixing bowl, and stir well to combine.
Transfer to the storage container. Store in a cool dry area where you keep your other herbs and spices.
Or for those in a high humidity area, the freezer works great! This will keep until gone! Then simply make more.
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I make my seasoning blends but I've never done garlic salt. Sounds like a great idea!
ReplyDeleteCarol my main consideration was the quality of the salt. But it is so easy, I doubt there will ever be purchased garlic salt in my pantry.
DeleteThat really is so simple to make! We use garlic in some form or other in just about every single recipe we make too. I had heard a few years ago that excess garlic helps keeps ticks away and living in the heart of Lyme disease country I figured it certainly couldn't hurt!
ReplyDeleteJoanne, I will make an "added pepper" jar in the near future...
DeleteWe go through a lot of garlic here too.
ReplyDeleteThat is a great idea keeping the salt in the freezer and I love the sound of this garlic salt.
Kim, thanks! Around here if it doesn't have garlic I wonder if we actually cook it...
DeleteI had never heard of garlic salt before. Is that a good substitute for fresh garlic?
ReplyDeleteNicole I use it regularly, very convenient and often I do not have fresh garlic available.
DeleteOh, this is fun! I used to make my own all-purpose seasoning and my own taco seasoning. I should probably do that again!
ReplyDeleteGina, it is one way of making sure the ingredients in the mix, are the same ones you eat, at your house. Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it.
DeleteI use garlic salt all the time and made it myself years ago.. you've reminded me to make it again - it really does taste better homemade! I also like to dehydrate the garlic myself... Thanks for joining in on Home Matters Linky Party! I will be featuring your post this week! #HomeMattersParty xx
ReplyDeleteJoy, thank you kindly! And thanks for hosting, I appreciate it.
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