* Vegetable broth note: I suggest low -
sodium broth so that you can better control the amount of salt.
I used low -
sodium broth so the overall salt ratio was fine.
Not exact matches
Pancakes, low
sodium turkey bacon, eggs and fruit Thursday: Tuna Steaks with sesame ginger marinade, brown rice and broccoli Friday: Pizza Saturday: I don't cook on Saturday
so leftovers or we will order from somewhere Sunday: Cranberry Pork Ribs (made a few edits to this recipe: no chili sauce and no red wine vinegar, add 1/2 cup low
sodium chicken
broth and dash of red pepper flakes) with smashed potatoes and a veggie
For my soups I use home made
broth / stock
so if you are using the store bought brands I am not sure about the
sodium content, but even for those I recommend purchasing the reduced
sodium ones, because they could be very salty on their own and make the soup too salty.
This was hearty enough to satisfy my dad and healthy enough to get the ok from my mom (I did choose low
sodium broth to swing it a bit more her way but I don't think that really affected the taste at all)
So two thumbs up!
Since the soy sauce lends
so much to the flavor, I wouldn't cut it too much — but you certainly could use low
sodium tamari or soy sauce — orrrrr, it may change the flavor a bit, but maybe water down 1/3 to 1/2 of the amount of soysauce with some concentrated unsalted veggie
broth.
I did not have no
sodium chicken
broth so I used half regular chicken
broth and half water.
Taste a bean and make sure it is seasoned to your liking (chicken
broth cooks down to be quite flavorful and can be salty, even the reduced
sodium ones,
so don't add salt and pepper until your beans are fully cooked and you can taste them.
Minor adjustments - instead of 2 1/2 cups of water I used 1 cup of water and 1 cup of low
sodium chicken
broth, 2 % milk worked fine and
so did a Yukon gold potato.
When choosing store - bought
broth make sure you choose a quality one made with real chicken as opposed to stock cubes, no added sugar, and low in
sodium so that you can control the amount of salt added.
Keep low -
sodium vegetable, beef, and chicken stock or
broth on hand
so you can easily put together soups, sauces, and stews.
(No - salt - added veggie
broth does have natural
sodium from the veggie ingredients it contains but is a much healthier flavoring option than regular stocks and
broths that are loaded with added
sodium which is not
so good for our hearts.)
In America Pho can be very high in
sodium so I would suggest making your own chicken or beef
broth or amplifying
sodium free store bought brother with spices like garlic, ginger and red pepper.
I formulated a similar recipe for homemade mineral water, but later decided that it was better to get most minerals from foods (eg bone
broth for calcium, salt for
sodium, tomatoes etc for potassium)
so only magnesium and maybe sulfate are problems.
So you have to «consciously make an effort to get the pottassium back up from the green veggies and let me get the
sodium amount from the
broth and seasalt that's number 1.
Pancakes, low
sodium turkey bacon, eggs and fruit Thursday: Tuna Steaks with sesame ginger marinade, brown rice and broccoli Friday: Pizza Saturday: I don't cook on Saturday
so leftovers or we will order from somewhere Sunday: Cranberry Pork Ribs (made a few edits to this recipe: no chili sauce and no red wine vinegar, add 1/2 cup low
sodium chicken
broth and dash of red pepper flakes) with smashed potatoes and a veggie
Many picky eaters prefer wet food to dry food,
so try mixing some canned food into their daily diet or wet down the dry food with some low -
sodium chicken
broth.