If you are not starting with herbs and spices to season your food BEFORE reaching for the salt shaker, let me give you something to 'chew' on!
Celery!
That is an inside joke and just a point about how our bodies and taste buds respond to food.
Celery like other edible plants (carrots, beets, spinach, chard) contain some sodium. Which means adding celery to foods kicks up the taste of the food.
But many herbs so enhance the flavor of food that many people won't miss the salt.
One of my favorite "sub-the-salt-with-herbs" example is a baked potato. Who does not appreciate a good baked or boiled potato with butter and salt.
But if you want a change and a surprise in how good something tastes without salt, you will need rosemary (dried or fresh minced), fresh lemon or lime juice, and potatoes. That's it.
Bake, boil or grill the potatoes. When done, break or cut open squeeze a bit of lemon juice on them, and sprinkle with the rosemary. Dive in and enjoy.
Many times when I cook meat, I rub with rosemary, thyme, or syrian oregano, or a combination, cracked black pepper, and that is it. Most of the time even my guy does not reach for the salt shaker.
I hope this gives you some ideas on ways to season food with herbs before reaching for the salt.
Enjoy experimenting with herbs first!!
Have a best day, stay safe, be kind and patient. Many people are more stressed than ever.
-- Catherine, The Herb Lady
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