618 no salt recipes

Homemade orecchiette pasta from semolina and all-purpose flour with just water and salt. An eggless Italian pasta shaped by hand into little ear shapes, no machine needed.

Blue cheese potato salad with red-skinned potatoes, sour cream, scallions, and celery salt. A tangy, creamy potato salad with no mayo, skins on, and bold peppery flavor.

Cucumber and mint salsa with walnut oil, lemon juice, and fresh mint. Salted and drained cucumber keeps this salsa crisp and concentrated. A refreshing no-cook condiment for grilled fish, lamb, or flatbreads.

Easy homemade pie crust made with just flour, salt, shortening, and ice water. This no-fuss recipe comes together in minutes and bakes up flaky and tender, enough dough for a double-crust pie.

No-yeast beer bread with just 5 ingredients: flour, beer, baking powder, honey, and salt. Mix, pour, bake for a crusty loaf in one hour with zero rising time.

No-bake peanut butter fudge with raisins and chopped salted peanuts. Just five ingredients melted and chilled for an easy homemade candy that sets up firm in the fridge.

Roast leg of venison, no marinade required, larded with salt pork and garlic, rubbed with thyme butter, and roasted to rare with a quick pan gravy from the drippings.

Old-fashioned baked beans made from scratch with dried navy beans, molasses, brown sugar and salt pork, slow-baked all day until thick and deeply savory-sweet. The real Boston-style deal, no can required.

Old-school salt brine fermented dill pickles with fresh cucumbers, dill stems, garlic, and bay. The crunchy deli-style pickle that ferments in a week on your counter, no vinegar needed.

Three-ingredient no-bake butterscotch drops made with melted butterscotch chips, salted peanuts, and crunchy chow mein noodles. Salty, sweet, and crunchy little clusters that take 5 minutes to make.

Manhattan clam chowder made from scratch with fresh clams, salt pork, potatoes, tomato juice, and thyme. The classic New York red chowder with no cream and real briny clam flavor.

Savory pumpkin spread mixes canned pumpkin puree with nutritional yeast, marjoram, dry mustard, and garlic salt. Vegan, no-cook, and ready in minutes. Thin with water for a dipping sauce.

Italian-style spinach steamed with no added water, then tossed with olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper. A 5-minute side dish that keeps the spinach bright green and tender.

New England creamy clam chowder steams fresh littlenecks for their broth, then simmers with salt pork, potatoes, onions, and half-and-half. The classic from-scratch version, no canned shortcuts.

Chocolate spiders: a no-bake 3-ingredient Halloween candy made with melted chocolate chips, salted peanuts, and crispy chow mein noodles. Drop, chill, eat. Spooky shaped clusters in 15 minutes.

This is a Texas style red chili. Texas chili has no tomatoes but more importantly NO BEANS! Some of the ingredients I used, like the chocolate and the granulated chicken broth in lieu of salt, are non-traditional but I like the flavor it adds.