Proper measuring of ingredients is important to successful cooking and baking. Some foods can be greatly affect by too much or too little of certain ingredients, such as salt, baking soda, baking powder and hot or spicy ingredients, such as cayenne pepper.For example, A teaspoon of salt has about 2,300 milligrams of sodium. 1/8th teaspoon of salt per portion works to make most dishes just salty enough: this is about 300 mg of added sodium. When designing recipes use this as starting point, and reduce or add salt depending on whether there's an ingredient that contains more sodium, such as parmesan cheese or soy sauce.
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Proper measuring of ingredients is important to successful cooking and baking. Some foods can be greatly affect by too much or too little of certain ingredients, such as salt, baking soda, baking powder and hot or spicy ingredients, such as cayenne pepper.For example, A teaspoon of salt has about 2,300 milligrams of sodium. 1/8th teaspoon of salt per portion works to make most dishes just salty enough: this is about 300 mg of added sodium. When designing recipes use this as starting point, and reduce or add salt depending on whether there's an ingredient that contains more sodium, such as parmesan cheese or soy sauce.