Here's a quick and easy Christmas gift project. Create a salt and pepper gift in one grinder for all the foodies in your life.

I was given a gift of a similar salt and pepper mix in one of those disposable grinders. It turned out to be one of my favorite "go-to" things in the kitchen. I'd grind a little on a hard-boiled egg, over a baked potato, and in a bowl of soup. It sits on the counter next to the stove for a pinch of salt and pepper for whatever I am cooking. So I thought why not make some to use as nice holiday gifts?
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Salt and Pepper Grinder Gifts
Supplies
- Coarse Salt - 5 pound bag
- Rainbow Peppercorns - 24 ounces
- Grinders - 6 sets of 2 -- 12 total

The original salt and pepper mix appeared to have more salt than pepper so I decided to make this gift close to a 2:1 salt to pepper ratio.
I bought sets of grinders and used them individually for the mix. Each grinder held about 6 oz. So after a bit of trial and error, I came up with the mix of 1/4 cup of peppercorns to 2/3 cup of salt for each grinder.

Once I mixed up the salt and peppercorns I used a simple piece of paper to make a funnel. This made it easy to fill the jars.

I love the look of the rainbow peppercorns in this pretty grinder.

I ended up with 12 salt and pepper grinder gifts and the cost came in just over $10 each. Not bad for a small Christmas or stocking gift.
Here are a few simple tags that you can tie on if you'd like. Just click on the image above and you will be redirected to a pdf page of the tags to print out and use as you wish.

Since my family is a bunch of foodies I know this will be a big hit.
If you have a lot of food lovers on your list you may also like this homemade mixes to give as gifts post with several other foodie ideas. 'Tis the season.


Kay Bowles
Hi Patti!
Once again you've done it! You have just given me my gift idea for family and friends this Christmas! I am making a "salad basket" which includes your Salad Dressing Seasoning Mix, a bottle of good balsamic vinegar, a jar of Dijon mustard, mason jar holding up salad servers, and your salt and pepper grinder as well. I may have to make an extra basket for myself! LOL!
This is the perfect gift for everyone...who doesn't love a good salad?!
Have a joy-filled holiday season and thank you for always sharing such great ideas! I look forward to seeing your blog show up in my email!!! It makes my day!
Kindest regards,
Kay Bowles
Patti Estep
Oh what a wonderful gift! Yes, you should definitely need to make one for yourself. I've had several people tell me they love the salad seasoning and so far I've been using the salt & pepper grinder and love it.