Enroll today for tips that will help to significantly lower your daily sodium intake. This course provides information on where sodium hides, how to create low sodium ingredients needed to prepare your favorite meals, and how to spice up entrees. It provides lectures, recipes, tips, and descriptions to help you along your low sodium journey.
Enroll today for tips that will help to significantly lower your daily sodium intake. This course provides information on where sodium hides, how to create low sodium ingredients needed to prepare your favorite meals, and how to spice up entrees. It provides lectures, recipes, tips, and descriptions to help you along your low sodium journey.
Have you or a loved one been diagnosed with a condition (my husband has Congestive Heart Failure or CHF) that requires lowering sodium levels? Have you struggled to understand how to cook low sodium meals? Have you tried to lower your sodium levels only to see small changes instead of the big drops you had hoped for? Do you feel like there is too much information on the internet about sodium, but not the information you need to create a good meal plan? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are in the right place.
In this course, I'll provide the information you'll need to create delicious low sodium spices, condiments, sauces, and mixes, and some recipes to get you started. This course will provide the information you need to start your journey to becoming a low sodium chef for your family or when entertaining a group of friends. Judy, The Sodium Attacker, is always looking for ways to reduce sodium and keep the flavor. You will become the sodium attacker for your family. Enroll today to receive immediate help in lowering the sodium for your loved ones.
Upon completion of this course, you will learn:
Where sodium hides
Why it is critical to read food labels, and what you can learn
The importance of knowing sodium content of every ingredient in every recipe
How to prepare some low sodium Entrees, Dips, and Appetizers
What low sodium goodies we can dip in the dips
Low sodium cooking DOES NOT have to be bland
Where to buy no sodium or low sodium spices
Items to banish from your kitchen
There are a lot of low sodium items we can cook with
How to keep (and add to) the flavor while substantially reducing sodium in food
Low Sodium Recipes and Lectures:
Recipe for low sodium Pico De Gallo and Cooked Salsa - 11 to 17 mg for 1 1/4 to 1 3/4 cup
Store bought has 300 mg to 960 mg per cup
Recipe for low sodium Au Jus and French Dip Sandwiches - Au Jus has only 33 mg sodium for 4 cups
McCormick Au Jus package has over 3000 mg sodium for 3 cups
Recipe for very low sodium Baked Tortilla Chips - 30 mg sodium for 96 (6 ounces) chips
No Salt Added Ketchup - Ready to use at less than 5 mg sodium per Tablespoon. Regular has 180.
Store bought ranges from 105 to 200 mg
Panko or 4C bread crumbs - You have a choice
Recipe for almost no sodium Beef Broth - 10 mg sodium for 1 1/2 cups
Store bought low sodium beef broth has 440 mg sodium PER CUP
Recipe for low Sodium Chili Powder Blend has less than 5 mg sodium per Tablespoon
McCormick chili powder has 240 mg per Tablespoon
Recipe for low Sodium Guacamole - Dip or Garnish - 15 mg sodium per 1 1/4 cup
Store bought goes up to 840 mg PER CUP
Recipe for low Sodium Onion Soup Mix - Has less than 3 mg sodium per tablespoon
Lipton Onion Soup Mix has 610 mg sodium. 43 mg sodium per cup
Store bought - 72- to 980 mg sodium PER CUP
Recipe for low sodium Sweet and Sour Sauce - Less than 5 mg per tablespoon.
Store bought - lowest at my store has 60 mg sodium
Recipe for low sodium pork Chop Rub - 4 mg for 8 teaspoons - Only need to use a sprinkle on each side of the chop
Includes what to look for on the nutrition label - some chops are packed in salt
Recipe for low Sodium Ranch Dip and Salad Dressing Mix - 3.25 for per tablespoon - Dip is less than 20 mg -Dressing less than 21 per tablespoon
Store bought ranch dip 135 mg and ranch dressing from 120 to 145 mg sodium per tablespoon
Recipe for my newest and I think best Ranch Dip and Salad Dressing. Only 14 mg sodium per Tablespoon.
Recipe for low sodium & very low sodium Potato Chips - Add spice of your choice
Recipe for low Sodium Sour Cream Jalapeno Dip - 42 mg sodium for a little over 1/2 cup
Store bought goes up to 840 mg for 1/2 cup
Recipe for low sodium mayonnaise - We can decrease sodium from 70 mg per tablespoon to less than 49.
For mayonnaise lovers - it can make a substantial difference in daily sodium count.
Recipe for low Sodium Garden Dip and Salad Dressing - You choose from the list of vegies -
Your vegie choice will determine total sodium
Recipe for low sodium Sour Cream Salad Dressing and Dip - Less than 5 mg sodium per tablespoon
Lots of flavor, easy and quick to make, and wonderful to eat
Recipe for low Sodium Steak and Burger Rub - 7.5 mg sodium for 3 Tablespoons- Sprinkle a little on both sides of a burger & cook
Sprinkle on steak, rub it in, and let it sit for several hours - Great on the grill
Recipe for Low Sodium Taco Seasoning Mix - Less than 40 mg sodium for 20 teaspoons -
Mrs. Dash has zero sodium, but not my favorite.
Old El Paso has 1920 & McCormick 30% less sodium has 1500 mg sodium
Recipe for Low Sodium Pizza Sauce - less than 25 mg per 1/4 cup
Store bought from 200 to 320 for 1/4 cup
Recipe for Low Sodium Medium Spicy Pork Sausage - 67 mg sodium per 4 ounces
Store bought 620 per 4 ounces
Recipe for Low Sodium Zuchinni Appetizer or Side Dish
Low sodium goodies to dip in our low sodium dips
List of items to choose from
Recipe for Roasted Green Chilis - Check out the lecture.
Lecture on how to add crunch to your food, and reduce the sodium substantially
Recipe for Mexican Seasoning. Pure flavor with no thickeners. 6 Tablespoons has 19 mg sodium.
Recipe for low sodium French Dressing. Less than 21 mg sodium in the whole batch.
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