Am cooking now and am trying to think on how to cook without giving it the right taste but just put in moderate amount of salt rock.  Luckily i found this on magazine last night, entitled HERBS FOR SALT.  It tells that there are herbs that will give a natural salty taste to the food we are going to cool.  So by doing so we can be able to have a betetr health. 

According to diet health professionals, they encourage the use of hers instead of salt.  Seasoning with herbs is very important skill for the health-conscious cook to master.  Here aer some suggestions on how to spice up your meals:

• Use no more than one-fourth teaspoon of dried herbs, or three fourths teaspoon of fresh herbs, for a dish that serves for people. 
• To soups and stews that are cooked a long time, add herbs during the last 15 minutes of cooking.
• Whe cooking vegetables or making sauces and gravies, cook herbs along with them.
• To cold foods, such as tomato juice, salad dressings, and cottage cheese, add herbs serveral hours before serving.  Storing these foods in the refrigerator for three to four hours deepens the flavor.
• Remember thatt the correct combination of herbs and spices is the one that tastes best to you.
• A very versatile seasoning is Mrs. Dash.  Use the one witout salt and low in pepper.
• Don’t over season.  Vegetables have wonderful flavors in their own right.

SALT “BOMBS”

Condiments                                  – Amount                           – Salt (mg)

Ketchup                                       3 tsp                                  1,100
Italian dressing                           3 tsp                                   2,500
Soy Sauce                                     1 tsp                                  2,500
Dill pickle                                     1 large                               3,000
Garlic Saslt                                    1 tsp                                 4,500
SAlt                                               1 tsp                                  5.000

source: Health and Home 2006

Yesterday i was not able to stick to my shopping list.  I carried a few hundred with me for an errand that will cost me a couple of hundred pesos.  But guess what?  I ended up spending the 5 pcs hundred pesos i was carrying.  This is the bad thing in not sticking to budget or the shopping list.

On my shopping list are a can of corn kernels, 1 small corn starch powder. and 1 big can of evaporated milk.  It was a quick shopping because my preggy sis called up that she likes to eat Maja Blanca for the Christmas dinner. Oh well…i did not stick to my list.  I went home with more like 2 dozens of clothes hangers, dispo forks, dispo salad cups, and oranges.  Oh well the oranges was in the list but have to buy it outside the big grocery for a better bargain but thinking of the safety 6 pesos for an orange inside the Gaisano mall was not bad.  I picked 20 pcs. 

When i got home my wallet is almost bare. hahahaha.  So in short, one should stick the shopping list, to the budget and don’t go out shopping too when you are hungry.