How to Add Flavor to Your Food without Adding Calories

Are you are trying to eat healthy, but finding that your meals are tasting a little bland? Are you trying to figure out ways to add flavor to your food without adding calories? If you want to make your foods taste more delicious without adding calories or fat there is a very simple, healthy way to do it. Think herbs. Adding herbs to your meals will not only add the flavor to your foods that you've been missing, but will also keep your calories in check.

How To Add Flavor to Your Food without Adding Calories:

Cilantro:

Taste: Cilantro has a strong flavor with a hint of citrus and anise.
Best for: Use cilantro in fish and chicken dishes, salads, stir-fries, and soups.
Tip: Since cilantro does not keep well, you should cover it with a damp cloth and store it in the refridgerator within a perforated plastic bag to make it stay fresh longer.

Thyme:

Taste: Thyme has a spicy, savory flavor that is slightly pungent.
Best for: Use thyme in meat and vegetable dishes.
Tip: Since thyme stands up well to heat, you can add it to your dish at any point during the cooking process.

Basil:

Taste: Basil tastes similar to thyme, but with a clove-like flavor.
Best for: Use basil in tomato, pesto, vegetable, and egg dishes.
Tip: To achieve the strongest flavor, rather than cutting up the leaves, tear them apart.

If you can, be sure to use fresh herbs rather than dried. Not only do fresh herbs provide stronger and better flavors, but you also get a whole host of antioxidants and other nutrients as well. It is the presence of these antioxidants and other nutrients that helps to defend your body against the onslaught of many diseases and the effects of aging. So don't be affraid to sprinkle herbs over whatever it is you happen to be eating. (For more information on antioxidants and antioxidant rich foods see our article A Review of the Best Antioxidant Rich Foods)

So now that you know how to add flavor to your food without adding calories, give the above herbs a try. These are just a few of the more common herbs out there that you can use. Once you have tested them out, be bold and give a number of other herbs out there a chance. Your tastebuds, and waisteline, will thank you.

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