Low Sodium Lunch Ideas

bsinno

Hello! trying to watch my sodium and i always seem to blow it at lunch with canned soups and lunch meats!! Besides canned tuna on salad...can anybody suggest their fav low-sodium lunch break meals?! I'm lucky enough to have access to a full kitchen at lunch but I'm still looking for quick & easy ideas...

leftovers from dinner are rarely an option as we usually don't have any!!!

THANKS

divediva2

Can you make up a batch of homemade soup on the weekend and freeze it in lunch size portions? You control the sodium that is added or not to it. Lots of fabulous soup recipes out there and so easy to make in even the smallest of kitchens.

I also routinely cook more for dinner than we need! 3 adults in our house but I often cook more so I have left overs. The reason is simple, DH and I both work shift so it is nice to have some frozen meals in the freezer to take to work with us, and if both of us are at work our DD can pop one in the microwave if she does not have plans to go out with friends that evening.

Hard boiled eggs, I cook up a dozen and have them ready to make egg salad on the fly or add to a salad. Precook some chicken breast or turkey breasts and chop up, then freeze. You can pull one out and quick thaw to add to your salad and make a chicken Caaesar. Make your own Caesar dressing to cut back on sodium.

Become a label reader. I read the nutrition information labels on products and pay close attention to the amount of sodium in a serving. Remember, your body does require sodium to function properly but many of our prepackaged/canned foods have far too much added. Choose the most close to nature foods you can for your meals and you will be eating naturally low sodium. Don't add salt to foods, use other herbs for taste. Pepper etc. Hope this helps!!!

melsinct

I agree with the above. Start making your own food then you don't have to worry about sodium. Forget expensive lunch meats with questionable ingredients. Grill up a bunch of chicken breast (or whatever meat), slice it thin, and you have good sandwich filling or a good topper for salads. Make your own soup, it is ridiculously easy and dirt cheap. Freeze into portion sizes. We are a family of 2. I routinely cook enough to feed 4+ which serves as leftovers for lunches.

ShanaGore

I by the Steamer bags (made by Ziploc I think) I will put different veggies and some seasoning (nothing with salt) on them and steam for lunch. You can also use the bags to steam fish. We usually grill out on the weekends, so I grill extra chicken breasts that are just for my lunch. I use them the first few days of the week the make a sandwich, or put on top a salad or eat with veggies, that way I know there was no salt added to them. I also bought some freezer and microwave safe containers, so sometimes over the weekend I will make a "meal" like whole wheat pasta w/marinara and egg plant and I don't serve this meal to my family I just divide into 4 individual serving containers, freeze and I have my very own "lean cuisine" meal to pop in the microwave at a later date.

I know not being able to pick up the quick items at the grocery store like the canned soup, lunch meat, frozen meals seems inconvenient at first, but all processed food has a high about of sodium, that is how they keep in from spoiling. The only way to cut out the sodium it to cook things yourself so you know exactly what is in it.