Salt-less flavouring is a good habit to adopt when preparing family meals and trying out new recipes. Keeping meals low in salt, fat and sugar is important for maintaining optimum health. Avoid adding salt, fat and sugar to meals during cooking or at the table.
That said, healthy food need not be bland. Make use of herbs and spices to add flavour to your favourite go to dishes. The table below will help you to pair flavour filled spices with your favourite ingredients. Simply adding herbs to roasting veg rather than salt brings out the vegetables natural flavours, making them more enjoyable. Herbs and spices also have welcome nutritional properties. Low salt cooking is not only good for you but it can take your cooking to a whole new level. Get creative with flavours and spare the salt!
Sodium is found in many of the products we buy so we can not be completely salt free, nor do we need to be. It is a high salt intake that is problematic most especially if you have high blood pressure or a family history thereof. Using small amounts of salt in cooking together with salt-less flavouring, avoiding the further addition of salt at the table and limiting very salty or highly processed foods will go a long way to improving your health and reducing your risk for disease.
Salt-LESS Flavouring
When eating meals or snacks outside of the home, make sure to choose low salt, low fat, low sugar foods. Click below to find a chart of the salty foods most commonly consumed by South Africans.
