No Salt

Today I started my "no salt" cooking. Went food shopping this morning and picked up a couple of McCormick's "no salt" seasonings. And this evening I sauteed some ground chicken with garlic and onion, tomato paste, McCormick's Garlic & Herb seasoning, spinach, and then tossed everything with whole grain penne and freshly grated Peccorino.

I don't use a lot of salt in my cooking but I am trying to cut out all salt I can in anticipation of fluid retaining steroids. I read on the TCH discussion board that lots of people had fluid retention from their medications, and since I have almost two weeks to "desalt" my body, why not?

It is impossible to get every bit of salt out, but I have to try ... it gives me something to do. Some tiny bit of control in a life that has spiraled out of my control.

I also bought fresh ginger root today, peeled that and froze it. I can grate that into my Ginseng green tea and that is supposed to be good for the nausea that is coming. Might as well prepare my body for it. I wonder if doing this now, will help? I'll find out, won't I? I've been reading Herbal Kitchen and this is a recommended use for ginger. I may even bake ginger cookies next week before my chemo. I love ginger so this is not a hardship. I'd better start looking for a good recipe ... shouldn't be a problem with all those cookbooks I have!