10 Easy Ways to Reduce Sodium
Who needs the salt shaker? Not you when you make these easy changes in the kitchen.
By Anne Cain, R.D., MyRecipes, Dijon-Lemon Vinaigrette
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Replace bottled salad dressings with homemade.
Bottled salad dressings, while certainly convenient, usually have more than twice the sodium of a homemade dressing because of the sodium-containing preservatives. Make up a batch of this tangy, versatile vinaigrette and use it as is or as the base for additional flavored vinaigrettes.
Recipe: Dijon-Lemon Vinaigrette
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Shaking the Salt Habit -
Use fresh or frozen vegetables instead of canned. -
Replace bottled salad dressings with homemade. -
Simmer a pot of homemade soup instead of eating canned. -
Roast your own chicken instead of relying on deli rotisserie chicken. -
Cook dried beans instead of using canned. -
Punch up flavor with herbs and spices instead of salt.
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