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Healthy Eating Tip: Don't Salt the Pot

FitSugar — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:00:00 -0800

Has this ever happened to you? When cooking up a big pot of soup, you add salt to enhance the flavor. When you taste a spoonful, you can't even taste it, so you keep sprinkling more and more salt into the pot. In doing so, you can end up adding huge amounts of sodium without realizing it. When you finally pour yourself a bowl, you don't really know how much salt you're actually eating. Next time you put the pot on the stove to start a soup, I suggest not salting the entire pot of soup. Instead, after ladling out individual servings, allow your family or dinner guests to salt their own soup. Everyone will be able to monitor their salt intake more precisely, and I find you're able to taste the salt and other flavors more. You can also reduce the need for salt by flavoring your soups with fresh herbs, spices, and garnishes like Italian parsley.

Craving This?	Try this Instead
Ice cream	Frozen yogurt, soy ice cream, or chocolate sorbet
Candy bar (Snickers, Kit Kat)	A piece of dark chocolate with a handful of almonds
Pizza	Choose ones made with thin crust (for less carbs) or make your own using lowfat cheese and grilled veggies. Or try a pizza salad.
Chewy candy (skittles, sour patch kids)	Dried Fruit or trail mix
Peanut butter cookie	Peanut butter on a whole grain cracker, topped with a drizzle of honey
Chocolate mousse or fudge	Make your own chocolate pudding with nonfat milk
Apple pie	Baked apple
Banana cream pie	Halve a banana lengthwise and top with 1 tbsp chocolate chips
French Fries with ketchup	Bake or grill regular or sweet potatoes instead, and flavor with fresh rosemary

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