I need sodium help (recipies, tips etc)

I really love the Mrs. Dash seasonings. The lemon pepper is fabulous! Actually, they're all good! There is no sodium whatsoever in those seasonings.

My salt is always WAY under because I make everything from scratch and don't consume anything processed at all except for the weight watchers multigran bread.

My breakfast is either an egg and the weight watchers bread toasted, or oatmeal with fresh or frozen berries

Lunches are typically a 2 cup homemade salad with sliced chicken breasts or hard boiled eggs (I tend to make my own oil based dressings to avoid sodium in commerically prepared ones, my current favorite is some good olive oil with lemon juice and some fresh dill)

Dinner is typically a lean protein with steamed veggies and every 2nd day I will add 1/4 c of either brown rice or whole wheat couscous.

I have a cupoard FULL of spices to season my protein instead of salt. Tastes much better too!

#1 - paprika, cumin, chili pwdr, garlic pwdr for a "mexican type seasoning"
#2 - Mrs. Dash Greek Seasoning (really good on pork)
#3 - fresh ground pepper, celery seasoning, poultry seasoning, oregano (good on poultry)
#4 - 5 spice Chinese pwdr, garlic pwdr, fresh ground pepper

I could actually keep going for ages . . . I now cook with LOTS of fresh herbs and spices instead of fat and salt and absolutely LOVE it . . . everyone who has sampled anything raves about the flavor. I have revamped all of my recipes to be much healthier.

Snacks for me are either fruit, crunchy veggies dipped in hummus, almonds, or a nice cup of herbal tea.

I confess to be a salt-a-holic. I really didn't find a no salt or half salt alternative that I like, although I have read in a few different places that natural sea salt is supposed to be somewhat better for your body.
The best advice that I have found so far is to use more herbs and spices while cooking, especially fresh, like basil, rosemary, garlic etc.

i rarely salt anything i make at home. my husband likes salt a lot, so it goes on the table for him, but not for me.

if i do use any for seasoning meat or whole wheat pasta, i use a bit of sea salt.

when i cook i use a lot of ground pepper, fresh garlic and onion for flavoring. i also use things in sauces such as fresh lemon juice, wine etc. for soups and stuff i use mrs. dash. that really brings out a lot of flavor in homemade chicken noodle soup! YUM! when i cook meat for instance..........i saute onion and garlic together then put my meat it.. really gives it a kick!

and i'm always experimenting with other spices like rosemary, thyme, marjoram, etc..... i think that if you can bring more flavor out of your food, you don't even notice the whole salt thing. but i'm also not a big salt person.

i'm working on taking some out of my husband's diet by making everything very flavorful with spices. i've noticed he has stopped using so much in the last 6 months :bigsmile:

We use a lot of the Mrs. Dash - you get pretty good flavor. I tried using the salt substitute and you get the flavor of no salt, but honestly I still got the bloating effects. Looks for the low sodium versions of foods you buy - things like no salt added canned tomatoes and sauces can really help with things like spaghetti sauces and chilis. We use a lot of garlic - it really makes up for less salt in our food.
The first big step is to not add salt to anything you're cooking, using other seasoning to give the flavor boost.

Lunches for me are usually leftovers from dinner too.