To easily give your home-cooked meals a new twist, try making your own citrus-flavored sea salt!

Simply mix about a dozen or so pieces of citrus peel (pith removed and cut into 1/4” squares) along with about two tablespoons of course sea salt into a salt mill (my favorite being made by Peugeot) and use in place of plain salt. The freshly ground zest and will add a nice kick to broiled or grilled fish, steamed veggies and even make a great garnish to a bowl of chocolate pudding!

You can use a single variety of citrus—like orange or meyer lemon, or you can mix your favorite citruses together.  And if you really want to get creative, you could even add some black peppercorns, whole coriander or other dried spices and come up with your own spice blend!

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