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Salt, sugar, butter and ketchup aren’t the only things you can add to food! Cooking with herbs and spices gives you a healthy way to make your meals tasty.
Herbs come from shrubs and can be used fresh or dried. Parsley, chives, marjoram, thyme, basil, caraway, dill, oregano, rosemary, savory, sage and celery leaves are all herbs. Spices are captured from tropical plants and trees’ bark (cinnamon), roots (ginger, onion, garlic), buds (cloves, saffron), seeds (yellow mustard, poppy, sesame), berries (black pepper) and fruit (allspice, paprika). Dehydrated vegetable seasonings include onion, garlic and shallots.
Herbs and spices are essential in cultural cooking. A typical pairing would be:
Indian—cumin
Italian—oregano
Mexican—cilantro
Chinese—ginger
French—marjoram
The University of Nebraska/Lincoln Extension lists these helpful guidelines to using herbs and spices:
Reducing salt
In most dishes, you can replace salt with black pepper, garlic powder, curry powder, cumin, dill seeds, basil, ginger, coriander or onion.
Replace the salt when cooking pasta with basil, oregano, parsley and pepper, or use an Italian seasoning blend.
Use powdered garlic and onion rather than their salt form, and use only half as much of the powdered form.
Reducing sugar
You can replace sugar in some recipes with:
Allspice
Cloves
Anise
Ginger
Cardamon
Mace
Cinnamon
Nutmeg
Seasoning meats and veggies
Experiment with these herbs and spices to punch up taste on specific foods:
Beef—bay leaf, marjoram, nutmeg, onion, pepper, sage, thyme
Lamb—curry powder, garlic, rosemary, mint
Pork—garlic, onion, sage, pepper, oregano
Veal—bay leaf, curry powder, ginger, marjoram, oregano
Chicken—ginger, marjoram, oregano, paprika, poultry seasoning, rosemary, sage, tarragon, thyme
Fish—curry powder, dill, dry mustard, marjoram, paprika, pepper
Carrots—cinnamon, cloves, dill, ginger, marjoram, nutmeg, rosemary, sage
Corn—cumin, curry powder, onion, paprika, parsley
Green Beans—dill, curry powder, marjoram, oregano, tarragon, thyme
Greens—onion, pepper
Potatoes—dill, garlic, onion, paprika, parsley, sage
Summer squash—cloves, curry powder, marjoram, nutmeg, rosemary, sage
Winter Squash—cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, onion
Tomatoes—basil, bay leaf, dill, marjoram, onion, oregano, parsley, pepper
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