Rosie's Favorite Lower Sodium Food List

Happy & Healthy 2023! 

My New Year's resolution is to start a personal list of my favorite low sodium, prepared foods, on my preciouscooking.blogspot.com blog, as sometimes I am too tired to cook food from scratch. Note the serving size when checking the sodium on the label. I like to check the number of servings in the product.

I don't like to bake bread in the hot summer and have had problems finding a low sodium bread that I liked. The brands that I like include some loaves of ,"Daves" and "Ezekial" In Dave's the thin-sliced, organic, sweetner is organic fruit juices, Powerseed at 1 lb 4.5 oz has 90 mg of sodium per slice compared to other brands that very from 150-250 mg sodium per slice. The Ezekial bread that I lean to at the moment is their sprouted grain bread at 75 mg sodium per thin slice.

Dave's Bread

Sodium 90 mg/slice

fat 1.5 gram

protein 3 grams per slice

Ezekiel 4:9 Fourless Sprouted Grain Bread

Sodium 75 mg/slice

fat 0.5 gram

protein 5 grams per slice

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I found the pasta sauce by browsing the pasta section at my local Marc's. 

*** Francesco Rinaldi Original Recipe No Salt Added Homemade pasta sauce recipe. (green label) by LiDestri foods, Fairport, NY ***

 Per 1/2 cup: 

Sodium - 40mg 

Calories  - 60 per serving

Fat - 1g

Potassium - 490mg

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Kuner's No Salt Added Chili Beans: Original in Chili Sauce

KunersFoods.com

Sodium 10 mg per 1/2 cup serving,  15 ounce can 3 1/2 servings, total sodium in can 35 mg

Potassium 390 mg per serving

Protein 7 g per serving 

Fat 1 mg per serving

Other Kuner's No Salt Added beans about 5 mg per 1/2 cup serving

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V8, Low Sodium Original

Sodium 98mg per serving which is a small 5 fluid ounces can

Fat 0 g

Protein 1 g

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Ocean Spray Jellied Cranberry Sauce

Sodium 10 mg per 1/4 cup, 6 servings per 14 ounce can = 60 mg per can

Fat 0g

Protein 0g

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Bumble Bee SNACK ON THE RUN Tuna Salad Kit with crackers. 3.5 ounces

Sodium Tuna portion 220 mg, Crackers 130 mg -- total snack 350 mg

Calories total 300

Fat total 22g

Protein 7g

SNACK ON THE RUN also includes snacks with lower fat tuna and chicken salad options

I love the little spoon that comes with the can and the tightly wrapped crackers in the box! I tried all the tuna and chicken flavors and love them all for a snack to take to the park, eat at home, or for a quick lunch!

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The lower salt cheeses that I have found are Swiss, fresh mozarella, some goat cheeses. If eating the cheese with bread, two slices of bread can be 500 mg of sodium. I search for low sodium breads but to date the only one I like is Dave's. In the winter I bake my own!

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TV DINNERS

The lowest sodium TV dinner that I have found is Healthy Choice Margherita Balsamic Chicken at 360 mg sodium.

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Mock Cincinnati Chili

Having been privileged to live in Cincinnati, Ohio, for several years, I learned to love Cincinnati foods from Cincinnati chili, to Graeter's bakery products, and Graeter's incredible ice cream! I remember our very first visit to a local restaurant, not a chili parlor, when the waitress reviewed the specials and said "chili spaghetti". I replied "chili or spaghetti?" and she responded, "No, chili-spaghetti, it is all-in-one, mixed together." I was hooked forever and sometimes make chili alone, but oftentimes, boil a pot of spaghetti along with my chili!

I love any kind of chili from the Texas brew to Cleveland chili contests, but my favorite is Cincinnati chili, which has a rich dark color! Since many of our meals today lean to vegetarian, I have adopted the original Cinti chili to what we prefer, a meatless chile. Since beans are considered as "meat" in the new food tables, and I much prefer vegetables to meat, I include a few of the Cinti secret ingredients in my veggie chili.

When I do not have time to make the vegetarian version of what I call "real" Cincinnati chili per the many recipes I have from the natives, I make "mock" Cinti chili by adding heaping teaspoons of cinnamon and one heaping tablespoon of chocolate cocoa powder to my small pot of chili.

Pictured below are some of my "secret" ingredients and my bowl of chili plus cheese! The traditional cheese used in Cincinnati chili is a yellow shredded cheese, but I love mozzarella cheese and use it on anything!