When friends stop by for a quick hello during a pandemic but you still want to serve something delicious and healthy, here’s a simple solution! Super low sodium, gluten free oatmeal cookies with walnuts and craisins – its practically breakfast!! The Original The original recipe (available here: How Sweet Eats) was fantastic! Soft, chewy oatmeal …
Month: October 2020
Canned Cannellini
When aiming for low sodium, your best bet is to soak beans overnight and cook them for use in your favorite recipes. This requires planning ahead and well, sometimes with our busy lives, that just does not happen. So whether it is canned cannellini (love the alliteration!), kidney or garbanzo beans, there are some smart …
Three Perfect Days in Ann Arbor
Day 1 We arrived hungry in Ann Arbor around lunchtime and without much thought headed straight to Panera Bread for a quick lunch salad. A half size Fuji Apple Salad with Chicken is very reasonable at 370mg of sodium. We forgot to do this but you can choose to skip the feta cheese. As always, …
Buy This Not That!
Introducing the new article series – Buy This Not That! A quick guide to making better low sodium choices at the grocery store. Cottage Cheese This summer I got addicted to cottage cheese parfaits – layered cottage cheese, nuts, berries, topped with a splash of agave and granola or Cheerios. So good! However, cottage cheese, …
South Indian Meal
Taking inspiration from my Palakkad (or Palghat) roots (a very small region of Kerala, India well known for our foodies!), I am attempting a simple low sodium South Indian meal. It is also Navratri so we must have the requisite Chundal! Menu Chundal (Black Chickpea with lime, coconut and ginger) Sambar (a spicy lentil stew …
Thai Yellow Curry
You’ve got to love a good Thai yellow curry! One of the challenges of a low sodium diet is sourcing the ingredients for Asian dishes. Face it, I am not about to start from scratch and make my own spice paste! Ingredients The Spice Blend In the past, I have found bottled or canned curry …
Chemistry Lesson
By now you have read enough about the benefits of limiting salt in your diet. The CDC recommends no more than 2300mg of sodium per day while most doctors will lean towards 1500mg per day for a healthy diet. You have also probably seen salt and sodium being used interchangeably. Are they the same thing? …
Practical Matters
It has never been about being obsessive about the sodium content in your diet. Rather, it is about knowing your sodium intake and then adjusting around it. Most of the time we are unaware of just how much sodium is hidden in our foods and then its easy to go way over the recommended daily …
Salmon Dinner
This is a last minute dinner that came together in 30 min, based on what was in the fridge/freezer. Sometimes magic does happen under pressure! Salmon sprinkled with the Organic No-salt Seasoning from Costco, lime juice and unsalted butter baked in the oven at 400F for 8min. Honeynut squash, halved and roasted in oven with …
Simple Pleasures
A lovely fall afternoon, a couple of fabulous bands Exit Ramp and NightShift playing well loved rock tunes and a socially distanced picnic, thanks to the Darien Parks and Recreation and the Darien Arts Center. What more could a girl want? Well, how about a low sodium cheese tray with some cool crisp Pinot Grigio? …