dish is too salty!

lynzpower

I very very rarely add salt.

In fact I use salt mainly for cleaning, not cooking although i sometimes salt the outside of jackets to make them crispy, but other than that I cant remember the last time I used it :T

Essex-girl_2

I use Maldon sea salt - not just because I live near there.

I personally need to season meat and the sea salt is apparantly not as bad for you as table salt.

Never use salt on veggies whilst they are cooking.

lemontart

I never use salt when cooking, but if you have problem you can use lo-salt found by the normal salt in supermarkets as alternative. We use this on the table and tastes just the same though quite pricy.

Beth
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susank

I used to use loads of salt and now dont add it to anything other than a small pinch to potatoes as cannot eat them boiled without

Heth_2

I only use salt in bread, and occasionally if a recipe specifies salt but I will usually cut down the amount anyway. Never add it to veg/pasta/potatoes etc...

Ted_Hutchinson

There is another useful salt thread here and some useful links in this post #22

There are 3 pages of useful salt reduction ideas in This useful guide

Lillibet_2

I find the easiest way to reduce salt in cooking is to.....not add any!

Honestly, it may take a while but you will get used to the (proper) flavour of food without salt!

Out of curiosity is it just "old school" who add salt? Surely on the odd occasion that cooking is taught in school now students aren't actually taught to add salt? Are they? Please tell me no!? (and someone pelase tell Jamie Oliver that it really isn't on too!)

rchddap1

Also don't add any. No-one has ever complained or mentioned it.

Annando

I just use loads of different herbs.
Must confess that we are coriander addicts!
Shallots are very good as well to give seasoning and flavour, much milder than onions.

mikeywills

When my daughter was born we cut out salt from all our vegetable because we used to make up pots of food for her, from the excess of our meals.

Potatoes are the hardest I find, we steam all our other veg, and don't miss the salt. But the potatoes still boil in the water below the rest of the veg, a little milk and butter helps I find.

I do like a little salt on chicken and turkey skin when cooking, I find the gravy made from the juices tasteless without it.

A little salt is not bad for you at all, if you don't eat processed foods you will probably require a little salt in your diet.