Low Salt Recipes
You can mix all ingredients listed under each title separately in a small bowl. Transfer contents to shaker and store. Use each mix according to your choice as an alternative to salt in the dishes that you prepare in order to get different flavours and taste that can take your mind off the craving for salt.
Spicy mix
- Dried savoury (crumbled) - 2 tablespoons
- Onion powder - 2-1/2 teaspoons
- Garlic powder - 1/2 teaspoon
- Curry powder -1/4 teaspoon
- Cumin (ground) - 1/4 teaspoon
- Mustard (dry) -1 tablespoon
- Freshly ground pepper (white) 1/4 teaspoon
Salt free delight
- Lemon rind powdered -1 teaspoon
- Garlic powder - 2 teaspoons
- Basil -1 teaspoon
- Oregano -1 teaspoon
Zesty seasoning
- Rosemary -1 tablespoon
- Paprika - 2 teaspoons
- Pepper -1 teaspoon
- Cloves -1 teaspoon
- Crushed coriander seeds - 1 teaspoon
Fiery Herb
- Crumbled basil leaves/ dill weed(dry) 2 tablespoons
- Onion powder - 2 tablespoons
- Celery seed -1 teaspoon
- Dried, crumbled oregano leaves – a pinch
- Freshly ground pepper - a pinch
It is tricky to go easy on salt all on a sudden. Yet with gradual reduction, the taste buds rapidly adapt to the change in less than fifteen days.Maintain a food record identifying the food sources and calculating the total amount of salt consumed.
While cutting down on salt, exercise caution and don’t go overboard and drastically reduce salt consumption because there has been evidence from several recent studies about the serious danger of severe salt restriction. A routine low salt diet can lead to serious health problems and higher overall death rate, especially in the presence of some chronic health conditions and lifestyle factors.
