Use Less Salt More Herbs

USE LESS SALT AND MORE HERBS AND SPICES

Cooking with herbs and spices learning station

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Use Less Salt and More Herbs and Spices is a Learning Station that can be used as part of a workshop or at an event. It can easily be expanded into a Lesson in a Box by a Community Educator who is comfortable teaching about cooking with different foods.

You can use this Learning Station to complement lessons about eating more fruits and vegetables; or about balancing calories because fresh herbs and spices help make vegetables more interesting to eat.

Be sure to get a least one fresh herb for your display. Cilantro is a good choice because it is used in many cultural dishes and is generally easy to find at neighborhood stores.

Hot and mild peppers are also a wonderful addition. They are colorful and often used like an herb to accent flavor in cooking.

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Use Less Salt and more Herbs and Spices

Directions 

print front to back

LIB Sign English Spanish

print single sided and laminate then cut in half where needed

Activity 1 Herb/Spice of the Day English and Spanish

Use-Less-Salt-Herbs-Activity 1 You will need a plain solid color tray or flat aluminum tray.

Cilantro, parsley, basil, dill, hot red and green peppers are nice choices. Use at least one or more fresh herbs. You can always add mushrooms or other produce depending on what you are demonstrating.

You will need some way to make your posters stand upright.

How do you Flavor Your Foods Poster 1 How do you Flavor Your Foods Poster 1 back

11×17 Front Back
Do not print double sided.The back of each poster has information that will help you.

Print each page separately in color.
Place a blank 11×17 sheet between front and back pages.Be sure back page is facing outward before laminating.

Poster 1

How do you Flavor Your Foods Poster 2 How do you Flavor Your Foods Poster 2 back Poster 2

Activity 2 How do you flavor your food? English and Spanish

Use-Less-Salt-Herbs-Activity 2

Match your meal with the herbs and spices you can use when cooking.

print double sided and laminate 
then cut

Herb and Spice Cards 
Foods Cards

Activity 3 Make Your Own Herb and Spice Mix English and Spanish

Use-Less-Salt-Herbs-Activity 3

You will need to print 2 “Make Your Own Herb and Spice Mix” posters front and back so one can be placed upright and one can lay flat on the table.Make sample herb mixes and/or use commercial herb mixes that are salt free. Labels you can use for your bottles.

Have products labels of Adobo and other flavorings that are high in salt.

Be sure to display your Salt Shaker poster.

Do not let people taste your mixes.

Make Your Own Blend Poster 3 Make Your Own Blend Poster 3 back

Make Own Herb Mix 
11×17 Front Back
Do not print double sided.

Print each page separately in color.

Place a blank 11×17 sheet between front and back pages.

Be sure back page is facing outward before laminating.

Salt Shaker Sodium 11x17 LIB front Salt Shaker Sodium 11x17 LIB back Salt Shaker Sodium 
11×17 Front Back
Do not print double sided. Print each page separately in color. Place a blank 11×17 sheet between front and back pages. Be sure back page is facing outward before laminating.For 8 1/2 x 11 force print command to fit that size paper.
Adobo NFL

Chicken and Ham BrothHoisin Sauce

Oyster Sauce

Dumpling Sauce

Soy Sauce (flavoring)

NFL 11x17 Sugar Sodium Fat LIB Front

NFL (Nutrient Facts Label)

print 11 x 17 or force print on 8 1/2 x 11 double sided
laminate and cut in half

Herb Blend Recipe handouts

Herb Mix Recipes

Print double sided and cut in half.Recipes to distribute to participants.

10 Tip Sodium

optional
ChooseMyPlate 10 Tip Sheet
Salt and Sodium

print and laminate

use for your own reference or with interested individuals

Distribute if you have copies available.

Univ Nebraska Fresh Herbs

for your reference
University of Nebraska Fact Sheet
Fresh Herbs
print and laminate

use for your own reference or with interested individuals

Do Not Distribute

Univ Nebraska Spices

for your reference
University of Nebraska Fact Sheet
Add a Little Spice (& Herbs) to Your Life 
print and laminate

use for your own reference or with interested individuals

Do Not Distribute