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Homemade Lite Salt/Salt Substitute ~ salt + potassium recipe

Homemade Lite Salt/Salt Substitute provides a low sodium increased potassium recipe, with a ratio of 60:40, or make it 50:50, if preferred. Use this Lite Salt for all your cooking needs.
Course condiment
Cuisine American, French
Keyword copycat, homemade, lite salt, low sodium salt, mortons, recipe, salt alternative, salt potassium, salt substitute
Prep Time 10 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 100 servings -- 1 teaspoon (the amount you may use in a day)
Calories 0.02kcal
Author Megan
Cost $28

Equipment

  • optional scale, for weighing food OR optional measuring cups/spoons (But none of these are needed. See the Notes section for alternative.)

Ingredients

Note: The quickest way to make this recipe is just to measure equal parts of salt and potassium chloride into a jar. This allows you to make any quantity that's convenient for you, plus it's so fast and easy. But, for those who would like the 60:40 recipe, that's also quite easy, plus nice to have in bulk, it's just below. Enjoy!

  • 12 ounces sea salt white refined (or as few as 8 ounces if you want more potassium in your ratio/less sodium) -- If you don't have a food scale to weigh the ingredients, see the Notes section below.
  • 8 ounces potassium chloride
  • optional 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar (For some people, this improves the flavor of the overall recipe.)

Instructions

  • In bowl or storage jar, combine all ingredients so they're well mixed.
  • Seal and store in a mason jar for daily use.

Notes

If you don't have a food scale

A couple of options make this recipe easy to measure if you don't have a food scale, in order to weigh the ingredients:
  • Purchase one of your products (either the salt or potassium chloride) in an 8-ounce container. Use it as your measuring guide. After you dump the full contents into your mixing bowl or storage jar, use the same container to measure the second ingredient. (While the weights of each product are not exactly the same, they are close enough for the purposes of this recipe.)
  • Measure by volume instead of by weight: use 1 cup of each product + the optional cream of tartar.
  • Or, as noted just above the ingredients, for the 50:50 recipe, just measure by volume equal amounts of both main ingredients, in any quantity convenient for you.

Nutrition

Calories: 0.02kcal | Sodium: 1380mg | Potassium: 1460mg | Calcium: 0.001mg