All Purpose Seasoning {House Seasoning} - The Seasoned Mom (2024)

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This homemade All Purpose Seasoning or “House Seasoning” is the best way to jazz up meat, seafood, salad or veggies. The perfect balance of kosher salt, dried parsley, dried minced onion, garlic powder and dried basil works with almost any dish!

Y’all…I’ve finally devoted an entire post to the “recipe” for our favorite all purpose seasoning. It only took me how many years?!?! When readers started sending me messages requesting the “House Seasoning” recipe that they couldn’t find on my blog, I knew it was time to solve that problem.

After all, I’ve included this homemade all purpose seasoning recipe in various posts (such as my grilled salmon recipe and my grilled pork chops recipe), and the simple blend has garnered somewhat of a cult following! So many of you have told me that you keep a bulk supply of it in your pantry and add it to just about everything that you cook — just like we do.

Why this homemade seasoning blend is so good:

All credit for this recipe goes to my mom, who created it years ago when she was trying to duplicate a seasoning blend that she purchased when we were vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard. The original blend that she bought was called “By the Sea,” and one glance at the ingredients made it clear that she could easily reproduce the mixture at home.

Mom gifted jars of her “House Seasoning” to family and friends one year for Christmas, and we were all instantly hooked. She began purchasing the spices in bulk at Costco because her neighbors would repeatedly request refills on their supply. I’ve since learned how to make my own, and it has become a staple in our home as well.

The simple blend of basic herbs and spices isn’t overpowering, is appealing to almost every palate, and highlights the natural flavors in everything from chicken and steak to fish, shrimp, roasted vegetables and cold salads. It’s a healthy way to add flavor to your food, without adding fat or calories.

How to make All-Purpose Seasoning:

It only takes about 5 minutes to stir together these five simple ingredients, and then you can keep a stash of the homemade blend in your pantry for up to a year.

Ingredients:

• Garlic powder
• Kosher salt
• Dried parsley flakes
• Dried minced onion
• Dried basil

Just combine the ingredients in equal proportions, so you can make as much or as little of the seasoning as you like!

How to store All Purpose Seasoning:

Store the seasoning blend in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 year. We make a batch in bulk and store it in a large mason jar, but you can use smaller spice jars if you prefer.

How to use All-Purpose Seasoning:

It’s seriously good with just about anything! Here are a few ways that we use the house seasoning in our kitchen:

• The Perfect 15-Minute Grilled Salmon
• Grilled Pork Chops
• Baked Salmon Fillet or other fish
• Grilled Steak
• Pork Medallions
• Pork Sirloin Roast
• Shrimp
• Potato Salad or Pasta Salad
• Roasted Veggies
• Green salad or Caesar salad
• Grilled Potatoes or Baked Potatoes

See Also

Italian Spices and Herbs8 Herbs & Spices Every Italian Cook Needs in Their KitchenChef's Secret Seasoning - Marion Kay SpicesMcCormick Culinary Italian Seasoning | McCormick For Chefs®

Enjoy the blend — I hope it becomes your new “house seasoning” as well!