 Cooking Without SaltThere are lots of ways to add flavour to your cooking without using salt. So, try some of our top ten tips.
1. Add fresh herbs to pasta dishes, vegetables and meat.
2. Marinade meat and fish in advance to give them more flavour.
3. Use garlic, ginger, chilli and lime in stir fries.
4. Add red wine to stews and casseroles, and white wine to risottos and sauces for chicken.
5. Make your own stock and gravy, instead of using cubes or granules.
6. Roast vegetables such as red peppers, courgettes, fennel, parsnips and squash to bring out their flavour.
7. Squeeze lemon juice onto fish or seafood.
8. Try using different types of onion - brown, red, white, spring onions, shallots.
9. Make sauces using ripe flavoursome tomatoes and garlic.
10. Use black pepper as seasoning on pasta, scrambled egg etc instead of salt.
And try not to add salt automatically when you're cooking or about to eat. Often people only use salt out of habit.
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 Chefs' SecretsTo cook up delicious dishes without salt, Nick Nairn says: 'use good quality, fresh ingredients so that you get the natural flavours coming out. Don't be afraid to experiment with other flavourings. Try sprinkling lemon juice, or adding fresh herbs, garlic, ginger or chilli. Fresh herbs keep for about five days but you can grow them just as easily. Remember to taste the food as you go along so that you don't overdo it!'
It's a good idea to use a spice mix to season meat and fish. This will add lots of flavour, without the need for any salt. If you have time, you could make your own spice mix. Bear in mind that spice mixes you buy could contain salt.
At the Allium at Dolphin Square, the restaurant where Anton Edelmann is Chef Patron, they use a spice for meat including ingredients such as turmeric, garlic powder, ginger powder, cumin, chilli powder, allspice, black pepper, ground coriander, paprika, onion powder and thyme. Try sprinkling a combination of some or all of these ingredients on meat before you cook it.
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