Tuna

 

Who knew there was low sodium tuna?

Kombu

 

A homeopathic nutritionist recommended Kombu seaweed to us when we first went on this diet. 

I throw it into any sauce, soup, broth that I am cooking and it adds depth and a bit of saltiness.

On the packet is says to soak in water overnight and use the liquid but I have never been organized enough to do this. I usually just throw it into the soup while it is cooking and remove before we eat.

Homemade Salsa

 

The bottom right is the final version... this particular version used fresh tomatoes, cilantro and jalapeno mixed with roasted onion, corn, tomato and Anaheim peppers. After mixing I added lime juice, cumin and a bit of Mrs. dash.  It is a very forgiving recipe that you can play with.

We have only been able to find one low sodium salsa and it is a Trader Joe's brand Chipolte one. Matthew loved it but since we don't have a Trader Joe's here, it is hard to come by. We have literally looked at EVERY salsa at EVERY store and we haven't found one that is even reasonably low in sodium. The one that Matthew ate constantly before going on this low sodium diet ended up being the worse one on the market. For 2 tablespoons it is 230mg of sodium.

We have started to just make our own, and as you can imagine it is much tastier than the store bought version.

 

Of course we eat it with our unsalted tortilla chips.

David's spices

 

A whole line of salt free rubs! 

(Whole Foods)

Few new items at the shop

We get very excited when we find new low sodium items at the store. Here are a few new finds from Whole Foods.

 

This looked good, we thought we would try it in spaghetti sauce.

 

Using this tomorrow night for Spanish rice. First time I have seen a no salt can of tomatoes with add-ins. 

 

We love the Mr. Spice line but haven't tried this one yet. Review to come.