Do you salt your food while your cooking or on your plate?

I salt the foods while I cook, but that never seems enough for my hubby he always salts the food before eating it. I also use pepper but I also use garlic powders soemtimes and soul seasoning depending on what I am cooking.I buy the regular salt I know I should be buying the lite because we both have High Blood Pressure. I will have to check that lite salt out. I have heard that sea salts is good for you and you get the same flavor taste for less and it is good for you.

Now if you have high blood pressure have you tried Ms. Dash that is really a good replacement for salt all together. Then they have seasoning the are called No Salt seasonings. You should check for them in the stores around your area. I'm not a salt person, I use other season in it's place.

I think we have gotten to the point that if we taste it without salt, it just does not taste right, like something is missing so we add the salt. I believe we all need to learn to live without so much salt. I know it is very bad for us, but like I said all through life we have used it and now it causes your body to hold fluids, high blood pressure, then after we salt it while cooking sometimes we do it again at the table, could it just be habit. I use sea salt and it is suppose to be better for you, I know once you get used to the taste it is better than regular salt. I have used the Morton's Lite salt, but I'm just trying to get by without any at all.

I don't use salt in my cooking all the time, once in awhile I'll use a little, along with pepper too. I have high-blood pressure too, so I have to watch my salt intake, I also use Morton's Lite Salt. Some people don't like the taste of it, they say its real strong tasting, but to me it taste like regular salt, I've used it all my life anyway so I'm used to it. I think it helps a little...

Firstly I do not cook,other than stuff like pizza bites,or frozen pizzas that can be cooked in the oven,but usually I will add some salt after the food is prepared,even though I do not eat a lot of salt,because I know it is bad for my health,and I already have high blood pressure and have to take medicine for it,so I try to stay away from salt sometimes,because both my parents have high cholesterol,and they have to take medicine for it.

Hi char ;p I do put salt not while cooking...here's a tip... Why don't you try putting some salt when you are just finish slicing any meat.Rub the meat with some salt so that before you cook it..it will sink in to the meat.So while you are waiting for the food to be cook..you will know if you still need to add some salt or if the taste is just right.Be it a beef,pork,chicken or fish..I make sure that I rub some iodized salt and let it sink it for few minutes before I cook it.My boyfriend actually followed my style about it.And there's another tip for chicken.I know you observe also that there's some part of the chicken which is so slimy..you get salt and rub it to remove that slimy thing on the chicken...bec. that slimy thing on the chicken is giving an allergic reaction for those people who has asthma...like me..after removing that slimy thing with salt...wash the chicken so that it will not be salty though...It's just a filipino way of cooking or cleaning the chicken as well.Have a great evening char. ;p

I do salt some foods, but not many. It seems that potatoes just have to have salt and I do salt them when I am making mashed potatoes. But when I cook I do not salt my food, or if I do it is when I am the only one eating and I use very little. I also have high blood pressure and really changed my salt intake when I started taking medication for it many years ago. When we used to have family dinners, we used to put a salt shaker right next to my sister-in-law's plate, since she always salted everything!!

I use to add salt to cooking but don't anymore and haven't for a couple of years now, the only salt I have on food is chips and my sonm is the same, my hubby very rarely uses salt. My father in law uses it on every main meal and that is the only time we go through salt and i have to refill the salt thing, he uses to much really though but I think its just his way, my Nan is the same! I don't see anything wrong with you using a bit if you like it and everyone is bad now and then otherwise they would be REALLY boring LOL!

hi charray7 I do not do either one. Iuse no salt as I have hight blood pressure and must not use anysalt. most prepared foods have toomuch salt in them anyway so I am not missing anything. I do not want to have a stroke or heart ;problems. so I use no salt and have a balanced diet of lots of veggies and fruits,and lean meat like chicken and fish,low fat dairy and whole grains. but no salt.

I do tend to use more salt than my daughter or my girl friend do so I try to do it on my plate... When girl friend cooks dinner, she puts little salt shaker next to my plate...

I was before use a lot of salt on my dish too, but when I have the high blood pressure I stop that much of salt.

Even though I'm not supposed to, I put salt on almost everything lol. Sometimes I use it when I am cooking, but most of the time I just use it when my food is already cooked.

Most of the time I salt my food while I'm cooking. I occasionally wait to salt it on my plate when I know that the kids won't like it salted or if I have company who I know won't like it salted. Have A Good One!

I like to put my seasonings especially salt on my food when it is on my plate. Occasionally I do like to put some salt on my over-easy eggs while they are cooking in the pan. You mentioned Morton's Lite salt. I think it would probably help because it is light. It is a good idea to watch your blood pressure and watch your salt.

I dont use salt when cooking, I use more herbs then salt. I dont really like salt either. Hubby on the other hand does so he will add some on things that he thinks needs them. I know salt can be bad for you but I do think that if used within reason it should be alright and seeing that you use the Mortons Lite, sounds like that would be even better for you.

Hi CharRay, I only used salt during cooking time, if it is cooked i dont add more specially in the plate. Too much salt is bad for our body so i dont put much salt. thank you and happy mylotting. have a wonderful day and keep smiling

Hi friend, I will always use salt limitedly.I will pour less but not more.If it is less than it won't be a problem but if it more than there would be a lot of problem.We have to simply throw it if the salt is more in the items we eat.If it less than they won't be any problem as i keep a salt box on my dinning table. I use capitan cook salt which is good for health too.Ofcourse what you said is absolutely taking salt in food with less is always good for health. Have a nice day........

When my son's dad and I were married for only 4 years (and our son was three) he had a stroke - at age 60. What a wake up call that was for him. He had been one to salt everything heavily. We stopped using salt altogether. I didn't use it in cooking at all. We also had to stop using convenience foods - at fast food restaurants and from the grocery store, because they are so full of salt. Ed and I were married for 20 years before we divorced, and I got used to having no salt. Now I'm married to a man with diabetes II whose blood pressure is also a bit high (and he needs to lose a bunch of weight). Slowly, I'm getting him to cut back on salt. I still don't cook with it at all, giving people the opportunity to salt their own foods when they visit. When you cut out most salt from your diet, it makes it very difficult to grab a bite at a fast food restaurant. It tastes like you're eating pure salt. Yuck. And a piece of ham? Ewww - that also tastes like eating pure salt to me.

I never salt my food on the plate,lol. Normally,I just put some salt while I am cooking,that's it. Too much salt in food is always not good for our health. We should avoid that.

I try not to use salt at all. There is so much salt in out food anyway. Occasionally I will use it, as a treat. My blood pressure is kinda high so I have to be careful with my diet (that chocolate cake I just had doesn't count). If I am putting salt on food, it is when it is on the plate, you can see better how much you are putting on. If your plate looks like it has snowed, you have put too much on!