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Why would one want to make celery salt, you ask? And how do you use it?
Well, before you just move on from this post thinking, “What’s so great about celery salt?”
Don’t.
I’m sure you’ll find something you’ll like.
The reasons you might want to make your own celery salt are:
1. Control over your ingredients
2. Save money (remember, Homemade Seasoning Blends always cost a TON less than buying them pre-blended)
3. You just can’t get enough of “Make Your Own” stuff
4. You are craving my Special Seasoning Popcorn (you know, the totally addictive stuff) and you don’t have any celery salt in the house 
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Now, about #1.
What? You mean there’s more in celery salt than just celery and salt? Well, yes and no.
Of course, unless you are buying specialty celery salt, then the salt in your celery salt could have any of the following in it:
- sugar
- sodium silicoaluminate (ugh – aluminum??)
- dextrose (why is there sugar in salt??)
- sodium bicarbonate
Homemade Celery Salt
Makes approximately 1/2 cup
Ingredients
1/4 cup celery seed
1/4 cup salt (I recommend Real Salt)
Method
1. Put celery seed in grinder (I use this great cuisinart grinder - I love it because the grinding cup is removable and can even go in the dishwasher!)
2. Grind celery seed to desired consistency.
3. Mix with salt.
NOTES:
1. You can also use kosher (coarse) salt. Just use twice as much salt and grind it together with your celery seed.
2. Celery Seed has a super long shelf life – so you can go ahead and buy it in bulk. Whole spices typically have very long shelf lives, while ground ones are different.
How to Use Celery Salt
1. Of course, you really have to try my Surprisingly Good Popcorn Seasoning | All Purpose Seasoning. It’s loaded with celery salt. You’ll love it. Guaranteed!
2. Use as a seasoning anywhere you might use salt (just not in baked goods !) Think – baked potatoes, vegetables, sausage, dips, soups, etc. It’s especially good for dishes like cold salads (egg, potato, pasta, etc.)
3. In some areas of the U.S. it is used as a hot dog topping (I’ve read it is a must on Chicago Hot Dogs)! (We buy only the no antibiotic, no nitrate hot dogs when we do buy them !
4. Have a recipe that calls for celery but don’t have any? Save a trip to the store and use celery salt. Just make sure to cut back on the amount of salt you add to the recipe. Substituting this way saves tons of time and money!
5. Beverages. Celery Salt is typically used in Bloody Marys (I’ve never had one, but….) and it’s a great seasoning to add to vegetable juices.
Bet you had no idea there were so many ways to use celery salt. I sure had fun digging up these ideas and will be using it more as a result.
Oh, in case you are wondering where I buy spices, I mainly use Frontier Brand but sometimes Mountain Rose Herbs.
Looking for other Do It Yourself Pantry Replacements? How about:
- Pumpkin Pie Spice (a must for this time of year as fall rushes in)
- Homemade Taco Seasoning
- Mild Curry Powder
- Best Cinnamon Sugar
- Powdered Egg Replacer (compare to Ener-G)
- Herbes de Provence (this is a key ingredient for one of our favorite popcorn toppings)
Do you use celery salt? If so, how?
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i dry out my celery leaves (from the garden) on a low temp in my toaster oven and mix them equal parts with salt. YUMMY!
I love that idea. I was just trying to do the easiest way (or for those of us who don’t have celery lying around
!)
I do what my grandfather always did; celery salt on hamburgers! Nothing like it!
Sounds great!!!
We don’t have celery salt in the house. I had no idea it was so simple to make. Brilliant Adrienne
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Thanks! Hi France and thanks for your kind words!!!
I love celery salt as well, and had no idea there was all that junk in some brands. I’ll have to check the packaging on mine and see…
My favorite thing to put celery salt on is tomato soup. And I agree with Diane about the hamburgers too!
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What I mean about the junk is that it is in the salt. So they don’t have to label the stuff in the salt b/c they are just disclosing “salt” on the label. But table salt, if you look at your table salt label, is typically loaded with junk – like anti-caking ingredients – hope that helps!
Oh! I see now, I read too quickly
The aluminum is the biggest shock to me, thanks for your post on that… We otherwise use natural sea salt, so making the natural celery salt would be so easy for me. This is on my to-do list for sure!
I am excited to my kids to have it on their natural hot dogs
! Enjoy!
Made my own Old Bay Seasoning the other day and it required a large amount of celery salt…what a timely post as I needed to purchase some more.
I love using celery salt in cooking – it’s great to have a recipe for a natural alternative to the commercially prepared ones!
This post is one of the highlights in my Hearth & Soul Hop this week — great idea! Thanks for sharing on Hearth & Soul Hop.
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Thank you!!!
What a fun recipe to have on hand! I would love to have you stop by ‘Or so she says…’ and share your great ideas at the Saturday link party (runs until Tuesday night…tonight!) I hope to see you there! http://www.oneshetwoshe.com
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Adrian, this is a great idea! I love celery salt in so many things, especially chicken and tuna salad. Great tip!
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I’ve had my celery salt for 13 years. Not only is it old, but it’s not labeled, so I have no idea if it is GF. Thanks for this recipe. I would love it if you visited my new Gluten-Free Monday party at OneCreativeMommy.com and linked up this and any other idea you would like to share. I hope to see you there.
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So smart. I love all your recipes because they are simple and I never think to do that!
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Thanks!! Hope you are well!!