Savor the Flavor!

Happy National Nutrition Month!

This year the theme for National Nutrition Month is Savor the Flavor. Spices are an excellent way to enhance the flavor of the food you eat without adding salt or sugar. Here is a flavor pairing chart to give you ideas of which spices to add to which meals!

Beef	Chicken		Fish		Lamb		Eggs
Basil Bay leaf Caraway Curry Dill Dry mustard Garlic Green pepper Marjoram Mushrooms Nutmeg Onion Parsley Pepper Rosemary Sage	Basil Cloves Cranberries Mushrooms Nutmeg Oregano Paprika Parsley Pineapple Saffron Sage Savory Tarragon Thyme Tomato Turmeric		Basil Bay leaf Chervil Curry Dill Dry mustard Green pepper Lemon juice Marjoram Mushrooms Paprika Pepper Tarragon Tomato Turmeric		Cloves Curry Dill Garlic Mace Mint Onion Oregano Parsley Pineapple Rosemary Tarragon Thyme		Chervil Curry Dill Dry mustard Garlic Green pepper Mushrooms Nutmeg Onion Parsley Rosemary Tarragon Tomato
Pork		Veal		Vegetables		Desserts
Applesauce Basil Caraway Chives Cloves Garlic Onion Rosemary Thyme		Apricots Basil Bay leaf Currant jelly Curry Ginger Marjoram Oregano Paprika		Basil Dill Garlic Ginger Lemon juice Mace Marjoram Nutmeg Onion Tarragon Vinegar		Allspice Anise Cinnamon Cloves Ginger Mace Nutmeg Vanilla

~Erika Grover, BSN May 2015  Nutrition Intern VMG