Low Sodium Main Dishes
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If you cannot make all your own foods try things from out of the country. I buy sauce made in Italy (only 3%sodium) you can find beets that are under 9%. Everything I use for my DH has to be under 9% which is really low.Even condiments are loaded with salt. I make everything from scratch most of the time but if I need something in a jar what comes from out of the US is WAY lower in salt
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If you cannot make all your own foods try things from out of the country. I buy sauce made in Italy (only 3%sodium) you can find beets that are under 9%. Everything I use for my DH has to be under 9% which is really low.Even condiments are loaded with salt. I make everything from scratch most of the time but if I need something in a jar what comes from out of the US is WAY lower in salt
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Sodium is a flavour enhancer well as being a preservative. Thus, for many of the pre-made foods, you will often see high sodium levels in order to allow the foods to have such long Best Before Dates ... or to sit in our homes for so long before being used!
If you cannot make all your own foods try things from out of the country. I buy sauce made in Italy (only 3%sodium) you can find beets that are under 9%. Everything I use for my DH has to be under 9% which is really low.Even condiments are loaded with salt. I make everything from scratch most of the time but if I need something in a jar what comes from out of the US is WAY lower in salt
Rather that it is 3% RDA ... meaning that one serving is 3% of the Recommended Daily Allowance of sodium in your diet.
Last edited by QuiltE; 11-18-2013 at 05:30 AM.
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I found a low sodium cookbook that I really Like. It's called "500-15 Minute Low Sodium Recipes"by Dick Logue. I found the e-book at the library and downloaded it to my kindle. I like it so much I'm going to ask for a copy for Christmas. It has a low sodium seafood seasoning that you can mix together and keep on hand for 6 months. Also tells you how to make a cream of mushroom soup to use in recipes. It gives the sodium content for each recipe and even lists the potassium content which my husband has to watch also.
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