On August 3, I asked you how you have cut down on your salt intake for a chance to win a collection of 10 McCormick Gourmet spices.
Congratulations to our winner, Rumiko, who says:
"I've really come to love cooking and make many things from scratch, and we try to avoid prepared and processed foods as much as possible. Even then, I am conscious of how much salt (and sugar) I use and found great natural flavours such as herbs, spices, vinegars, dried fruit, kelp stock, ginger, etc. Even adding a tomato to a stir-fry sauce adds flavour, I find. But the best trick I've come to love is when preparing vegetables, whether steamed, stir-fried, boiled or whatnot, instead of adding more salt for flavour I squeeze a bit of fresh lemon at the end and it really seems to enhance the natural tastes, not to mention vitamin C and a bit of a kick!"
