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Default What foods taste good without salt?

On Feb 16, 2:38 pm, tintalle > wrote:
> On Feb 16, 3:36 pm, James > wrote:
>
> > I need to reduce my sodium intake and like to learn to make easy low
> > sodium food or at least edible food without salt. I've tried low salt
> > canned vegetables and they are bad.

>
> I went on a low sodium diet for health reasons as well, a few years
> back. My doctor and dietician recommended the same thing.. fresh
> fresh fresh. Stay out of the inner aisles of the grocery store, its
> packed with salt! I remember shopping for groceries soon after,
> reading all the labels as i shopped.. and walking out of the store in
> tears convinced there was nothing i could eat ever again! Yeah...
> silly me.
>
> I stopped eating out completely for a while, as i was paranoid about
> salt. Cooking meals from fresh ingredients, or using frozen items
> that had minimal processing and no salt. One of the biggest culprits
> for salt is condiments.. ketchup is horrendous! Start buying your
> tomato products (canned tomatoes, paste, sauce) etc in the no salt
> added varieties. Spice them up with all sorts of other good things,
> skip the salt. Little tricks like that make a big difference over
> time.
>
> It's been four years, no more high bloodpressure and blinding
> headaches. I lost 21 lbs when i went on the diet at first. I remember
> one night i made veggie lasagne that was pretty much salt free except
> for the cheese. My husband looked at me and said "wow.. so this is
> what tomatoes taste like!". We never looked back.


A two-week abstinance may be optimistic. I've been trying to be as
salt-free as possible for about two and half years (with many
relapses). On one hand, nothing I make tastes right, on the other, if
I add salt, all I taste is the salt.

It is like kicking an addiction.

Try the methadones - lemon juice, pepper, ginger, vinegars, wine,
other things from the vast world of spices. Charred and carmelized
and marinated food. Y'know what? They'd all taste better with just a
little salt.

It is tough. Moderation in all things, especially in abstinance.

Bulka