Low Sodium, Big Flavor: 115 Recipes for Pantry Staples and Daily Meals

by Lara Ferroni

If you are on a low-sodium diet and tired of eating bland food, these 125 recipes for pantry staples and daily meals are just what you need. It's time to enjoy food again!

A lack of salt often means that food tastes ho-hum, which can ruin your appetite and adversely affect your quality of life. Yet the reality is that sodium levels in packaged and processed foods--such as ketchup, canned broths, and soups, to name just a few--are shockingly high. To stick with a low-sodium diet long-term you want to savor the food you're eating (so important!), which means finding new ways to replace the flavors that salt naturally highlights.

Author Lara Ferroni, who adheres to a low-sodium diet herself, has spent years creating naturally flavorful recipes everyone will love. In this book, you will find 125 recipes for homemade condiments, spice blends, dressings, cheeses, breads, prepared meats, and other foods. In addition, she offers daily meal plans--breakfast, lunch, dinner, and even dessert!--which contain less than a total of 2,000 mg of sodium, typically the daily amount allowed on a low-sodium diet. Ferroni, who is also a food photographer, has filled the book with enticing photos and shares her experiences of maintaining (and making peace with) a low-sodium diet. There is no need to feel deprived on a low-sodium diet. These recipes will help you love the food you eat while at the same time feel good about taking care of your health.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Health

273 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 2, 2021

Reviews

[Adrienne Organa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very excited to start trying out recipes from this book!

[Leslie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thanks to Netgalley and Sasquatch Books for the digital galley of this one.

Look. I read cookbooks like novels, often at bedtime. I find them soothing and informative and there’s no tense plot to keep me awake past bedtime. It’s an all around pleasant bedtime ritual.

I really enjoyed this one and bookmarked several recipes to try ASAP. I’m not strictly on a low-sodium diet, but I do suffer from migraines that have a side effect of elevated blood pressure and a history of stroke and heart problems in my family, so I’ve been consciously cutting back on my salt intake overall. In fact, I don’t add anything while cooking anymore, and sometimes with the right spice blend, that’s totally okay, and other times, it’s super boring and bland. So, when I came across this title, I was delighted to flip through its pages to find delicious looking meals with very low sodium.

There’s plenty in these pages for the baker and bread maker to entrees and side dishes. Often, I’ve got my main squared away but need some more veggies in that side, and seasoning is everything with those. I can’t wait to try these recipes out and post them all over Instagram, because that’s what we do.

This one is out in February, so if you’re looking to cut down on the sodium without sacrificing flavor, keep an eye out for it.

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of familiar and different recipes to try to bring down your daily sodium intake. Want to try the Tkemali Sauce, Mushroom and Barley Soup, and the Vegetarian Bolognese recipe.

[Laurie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Useful info and good ideas!