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[Marie2020]

The University of Illinois says "Your body also needs sodium for your muscles to move and nerves to work and function properly. However, you only need a small amount each day – only about 500 mg, which is the amount found in less than ¼ teaspoon of table salt." LINK

The recommended daily intake from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans is 2,300 mg! Whoa. And, we consume more than that ... Many of us have high blood pressure, even kids! Want to cut down and still enjoy your meals?

DW has an important need to and so our combined, home diet reflects that. I just had toast for breakfast and the lingering impression I have is the salt in the bread.

Here are some ways that I limit salt in stir-fry vegetables and DW goes further by often not using some so they are often at-the-table for me.

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First of all the Mrs Dash, with zero added salt. Important to me is Maggi sauce. I think that most Americans are not familiar with this one. Do you like soy sauce on some occasions? You might like Maggi more often. Look at your soy sauce and the ingredients may well note wheat. Well, Maggi is wheat with no soy. It tastes much the same as the Kikkoman (sodium 920 mg/Tablespoon). Maggi has 440 mg per 1 teaspoon. Both add flavor and are significant lower sodium than salt. Made by Nestles and sold worldwide, Maggi.

Add some pronounced flavor with the salt / consume less salt.

Steve

I like that it doesn't add soya. Now I will give this a try

 

[Marie2020]

Months ago, I froze a turkey drumstick. Last night I took it out of the freezer to defrost.

Today I roasted it in my oven let it cool before taking the meat off the bone. But I couldn't get all if the flesh off. So I decided to boil the bone for a soup.

A nice amount of meat finally came of this bone after boiling.

My soup.
The jelly from the roasting dish added to my bone broth
Onions garilic, Carrots leaks, lentils parsley thyme and coriander. Spiced up with cayenne pepper and turmeric. Really

Nancy and Oliver got some of this turkey drum, with sweet potato and carrot. Nancy also had minced beef with 20% fat.

 

[Marie2020]

 

[Rillowen]

i've yet to meet a fruitcake i didn't like... even those ones that people get for the holidays that almost nobody likes - for some reason i do... i've heard them called doorstops. sugar, sugar and more sugar and chewy textures and various fruits and nuts. however the much better ones our friend makes are fantastic and i need to remind myself to get the recipe from him sometime because it isn't hard at all but i really enjoy the results.

I like real fruitcake, but the ones with the jewel colored candied fruits just yucks me out. Have you ever tried one of the traditional old fashioned long fermented ones? It's a very unique flavor, I like it.

 

[Rillowen]

The University of Illinois says "Your body also needs sodium for your muscles to move and nerves to work and function properly. However, you only need a small amount each day – only about 500 mg, which is the amount found in less than ¼ teaspoon of table salt." LINK

The recommended daily intake from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans is 2,300 mg! Whoa. And, we consume more than that ... Many of us have high blood pressure, even kids! Want to cut down and still enjoy your meals?

DW has an important need to and so our combined, home diet reflects that. I just had toast for breakfast and the lingering impression I have is the salt in the bread.

Here are some ways that I limit salt in stir-fry vegetables and DW goes further by often not using some so they are often at-the-table for me.

View attachment 80897

First of all the Mrs Dash, with zero added salt. Important to me is Maggi sauce. I think that most Americans are not familiar with this one. Do you like soy sauce on some occasions? You might like Maggi more often. Look at your soy sauce and the ingredients may well note wheat. Well, Maggi is wheat with no soy. It tastes much the same as the Kikkoman (sodium 920 mg/Tablespoon). Maggi has 440 mg per 1 teaspoon. Both add flavor and are significant lower sodium than salt. Made by Nestles and sold worldwide, Maggi.

Add some pronounced flavor with the salt / consume less salt.

Steve

When it comes to sodium alot of people miss that "sodium" doesn't actually equal salt, which is sodium chloride. Several foods contain a reasonable, or even High amount of sodium to supply your daily needs. Celery being the best example, only 3 sticks will overdose your sodium for the day! It's part of why you will start to feel sick after eating 2. This natural sodium absorbs better and casues less problems in your body. That being said, while you might not need more than a certain amount internally you do often need it to absorb the nutrients in your food. Some of our dietary demons, like fats and salt, are actually needed to absorb nutrients and vitamins in your food, and if you dont eat them with your food you won't get the good stuff, and over time will get deficient. Salad for instance, most of the vitamins in greens cannot be absorbed without a little fats and salt, there's a reason we want dressing with it! We don't need nearly as much as we often put on though, or all the additives. Just 1/4 tsp of olive oil and a pinch of salt will cover your needs, and you will find its actually not that bad, especially if you have other flavors in your salad like onion, raisen, or tomatoes.

 

[flowerbug]

I like real fruitcake, but the ones with the jewel colored candied fruits just yucks me out. Have you ever tried one of the traditional old fashioned long fermented ones? It's a very unique flavor, I like it.

i have tried many different kinds of fruitcakes... there's a place up north that i used to hang out and help them and such and they made all sorts of things. (see my stubbed toes thread in the beginning...)

 

[Rillowen]

i have tried many different kinds of fruitcakes... there's a place up north that i used to hang out and help them and such and they made all sorts of things. (see my stubbed toes thread in the beginning...)

Im a big believer in the benefits to body and taste in the various forms of fermenting (from corned beef and dry aging to yogurt, kombucha, kimchi and sourdough), so a fermented cake it right up my alley!