500 Low Sodium Recipes. Lose the salt, not the flavor in meals the whole family will love

Editorial Review

Every recipe you need if you want to cut out salt!

Sixty-five million Americans have high blood pressure and 5 million suffer from congestive heart failure. When their doctors advise them to watch their weight and lower their sodium intake, they imagine a lifetime of repeatedly bland and unappetizing meals. Their anxieties about their health are compounded by the notion that eating will no longer be fun and enjoyable. This book will assure them otherwise. Packed with 500 recipes (both classic and daring), 500 No-Salt, Low-Sodium Recipes beats back the boredom and allows people with high blood pressure, heart, kidney, or liver disease to maintain a diverse and exciting low-sodium diet.

500 No-Salt, Low-Sodium Recipes features simple recipes with nutritional breakdowns and useful tips for a low-sodium lifestyle, including what food items to avoid for their hidden sodium content, plus information about convenient and tasty low-sodium substitutes and where to find them.

Recipes include:

Spicy Potato Skins
Lemon Glazed Doughnuts
Three-Bean Salad
Stuffing
Apple Pie
Velvet Crumb Cake
Barbecue Sauce

Cached date: AWS Called=true

Customer Reviews

Get Part of Your Life Back

2008-09-24
Best cookbook I've found -- by far -- for low sodium recipes. If you've been relegated to a low sodium diet, this book will give you part of your life back! So far I've only tried a few of these recipes, but each one has left me very pleasantly surprised. This book has so many recipes for food I thought was off-limits, and the ones I have tried have been positively superb. Just to name a few excellent choices -- Sesame Chicken, French Bread Pizza, chicken nuggets, and focaccia. Who knew I could eat this stuff, with very sodium, and that it would taste great?!

Great collection, but many errors

2008-07-07
I own a few low-sodium cookbooks, and this is the one I use most often. It is full of recipes that are easy to make, and that are actually useful. One of my favorites is Sesame Chicken. I make that about once a week. It also has a small collection of low-sodium bread machine recipes that I use often. My only criticism is that there seem to be a lot of mistakes in the recipes. For example, one bread machine recipe calls for two tablespoons of yeast, which is far too much. I'm sure it is supposed to say two teaspoons. Also, in some instances, the author's website (www.lowsodiumcooking.com) will include a recipe that is in the book, but the amounts of the ingredients differ, often confusing teaspoons and tablespoons. There have been two instances when I've emailed the author to verify the ingredients in a recipe. On one occasion, he replied to tell me there was an error. The other time he did not reply. All in all, I'd say this is a must-have cookbook in the low salt category. Just watch for any ingredients that seem suspicious.

Tasty Low Sodium

2008-06-09
I have been on a low sodium diet for 5 years now and this is the first book I have come across that has reciepes my husband actually enjoys! I even had friends ask me for copies of reciepes from this book because they were so tasty. Years ago there were only two books that I could find that were strictly low sodium and I was getting major low sodium burn-out rut! This really helped me get my eating back on track and actually look forward to cooking again. The only thing is a lot of these recipes are high in the sugar. That's why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. I adjust a lot of these when I see too much in them. Other wise I would get this for anyone who needs to lower their sodium.

Not all recipes are healthy

2008-05-15
Although there are lots of low sodium recipes, I don't think they are all healthy. There are many recipes that seem to be high in fat. Also the recipes are not as easy to make as the American Heart Association book.

Lots of Great Recipes

2008-04-17
Great recipes but no colored pages and no pictures. I need the color pictures so I know if I made it right.

A Life Saver

2008-04-07

Every recipe you need if you want to cut out salt!

Recipes include:

Spicy Potato Skins
Lemon Glazed Doughnuts
Three-Bean Salad
Stuffing
Apple Pie
Velvet Crumb Cake
Barbecue Sauce

Just what the "doctor" ordered

2008-02-18
This cookbook was everything I'd expected. I've prepared a couple of recipes from it already and they were easy to follow and delicious. The recipes are SOOOO low in sodium that I can relax and allow a little more in the recipe. My sodium intake is not quite as restricted as these recipes. Quite a few of the recipes are for the slow cooker, which I use extensively. I made the "Lamb with Orzo" and thought it was fantastic! I really enjoy the casual conversational introduction the author makes to each recipe and it's origin. Informative little tidbits like "ricotta having a lower sodium content than other cheeses" is very helpful. I'll be keeping this cookbook for life.

Saves lives, tastes good.

2007-12-10
We love the book because it has lots of recipes, most of them very tasty. My husband and his cardiologist are very pleased because lower salt means fewer drugs and lower doses.

Low salt does not mean low taste

2007-11-08
This is a great cookbook. I am an avid cook. My husband's low salt diet seemed like it would be a low taste one - but amazingly using Dick L's recipes has meant we have good food. I haven't even gotten the salt shaker out to flavor up my portions. There are plenty of comfort foods that taste great. The low salt bread machine recipes came out really well - which was a surprise to me since I had always thought salt was a necessity for proper bread. Every recipe I've prepared so far has been excellent. He has included little tricks and ingredients that make you not miss the salt.

If you are newly diagnosed with any kind of illness that necessitates a low salt diet - you need this cookbook. He includes complete nutrition information for every recipe (including sodium and potassium).