- Basil
- Celery seeds
- Chili powder
- Chives
- Cinnamon
- Cocoa powder
- Cumin
- Curry
- Dill
- Flavoring extracts (vanilla, almond, etc.)
- Garlic
- Garlic powder
- Lemon or lime juice
- Marjoram
- Mint
- No-salt seasoning blends
- Nutmeg
- Onion powder
- Oregano
- Paprika
- Parsley
- Pepper
- Pimiento
- Rosemary
- Sage
- Savory
- Thyme
You can also try squeezing some lemon on vegetables in place of salt.
Seasoned Salt: Good Or Bad (And What To Use Instead)
The following tips will help you keep your food tasty without salt:
- Use fresh ingredients or foods with no salt added.
- For favorite recipes, you may need to use other ingredients and delete or decrease the salt you would normally add. Salt can be taken out of most recipes unless the recipe calls for yeast.
- Try orange or pineapple juice as a base for meat marinades.
- Avoid canned soups, entrees, and vegetables; pasta and rice mixes; frozen dinners; instant cereal; and pudding, gravy, and sauce mixes.
- Select frozen entrees that have fewer than 600 milligrams of sodium per serving (140 mg of sodium per serving is considered low sodium). The nutrition facts label on the package should tell you the sodium content. You should only eat one frozen entree per day.
- Use fresh, frozen, or no-added-salt canned vegetables.
- Use low-sodium canned soups.
- Avoid mixed seasonings and spice blends that include salt, such as garlic salt.
After about two weeks, your body should adjust to not having salt. You’ll find that foods don’t have to be salty to be delicious.