Cooking technique  ·  Throughout cooking

How to season & taste as you go

Seasoning is how a dish goes from flat to bright. The skill is adding a little, tasting, and adjusting — building flavor with herbs and spices instead of leaning on salt.

Why it matters

Herbs, citrus, and spice blends add big flavor with no sugar and little sodium — the key to food that's both healthy and worth looking forward to.

Step by step

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Season lightly in layers as you cook, not all at the end.
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Reach for herbs, spice blends, citrus, and pepper before adding more salt.
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Taste a small spoonful, then adjust one thing at a time.
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Finish with a squeeze of lemon or fresh herbs for brightness.

You'll know it's ready when

→The dish tastes balanced and lively — not flat, not harsh.

Common mistakes to avoid

→Adding everything at the end, so flavors sit on top instead of melding.
→Reaching for salt first — try acid and herbs to wake a dish up.

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