500 Low Sodium Recipes: Lose the salt, not the flavor in meals the whole family will love [Paperback]

Dick Logue (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2007

Every recipe you need if you want to cut out salt!

Sixty-five million Americans have high blood pressure and 5 million suffer from congestive heart failure. When their doctors advise them to watch their weight and lower their sodium intake, they imagine a lifetime of repeatedly bland and unappetizing meals. Their anxieties about their health are compounded by the notion that eating will no longer be fun and enjoyable. This book will assure them otherwise. Packed with 500 recipes (both classic and daring), 500 No-Salt, Low-Sodium Recipes beats back the boredom and allows people with high blood pressure, heart, kidney, or liver disease to maintain a diverse and exciting low-sodium diet.

500 No-Salt, Low-Sodium Recipes features simple recipes with nutritional breakdowns and useful tips for a low-sodium lifestyle, including what food items to avoid for their hidden sodium content, plus information about convenient and tasty low-sodium substitutes and where to find them.

Recipes include:

• Spicy Potato Skins
• Lemon Glazed Doughnuts
• Three-Bean Salad
• Stuffing
• Apple Pie
• Velvet Crumb Cake
• Barbecue Sauce

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Dick Logue is the author of several cookbooks and founder of the website http://www.lowsodiumcooking.com. After being diagnosed with congestive heart failure more than 10 years ago, Dick threw himself into the process of creating healthy versions of his favorite recipes. A cook since the age of 12, he grows his own vegetables, bakes his own bread, and cans a variety of foods. He is the author of 500 Low Sodium Recipes, 500 Low-Cholesterol Recipes, 500 High Fiber Recipes, 500 Low Glycemic Index Recipes, 500 Heart-Healthy Slow Cooker Recipes, 500 400-Calorie Recipes, and 500 15-Minute Low Sodium Recipes. He lives in La Plata, MD.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Fair Winds Press (November 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1592332773
• ISBN-13: 978-1592332779
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #4 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet > Low Salt
  • #9 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet > Whole Foods

More About the Author

After being diagnosed with congestive heart failure, Dick Logue threw himself into the process of creating low-sodium versions of his favorite recipes. A cook since the age of 12, Logue grows his own vegetables, bakes his own bread, and cans a variety of foods. He currently has a website, www.lowsodiumcooking.com, and his weekly online newsletter, complete with the latest recipes and tips, is read by more than 11,000 people. He lives in Maryland.

Customer Reviews

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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Low salt does not mean low taste, November 8, 2007

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K. Broderick "bug buster" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 500 Low Sodium Recipes: Lose the salt, not the flavor in meals the whole family will love (Paperback)

This is a great cookbook. I am an avid cook. My husband's low salt diet seemed like it would be a low taste one - but amazingly using Dick L's recipes has meant we have good food. I haven't even gotten the salt shaker out to flavor up my portions. There are plenty of comfort foods that taste great. The low salt bread machine recipes came out really well - which was a surprise to me since I had always thought salt was a necessity for proper bread. Every recipe I've prepared so far has been excellent. He has included little tricks and ingredients that make you not miss the salt.

If you are newly diagnosed with any kind of illness that necessitates a low salt diet - you need this cookbook. He includes complete nutrition information for every recipe (including sodium and potassium).

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great collection, but many errors, July 7, 2008

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Scott Alter (Fort Wayne, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 500 Low Sodium Recipes: Lose the salt, not the flavor in meals the whole family will love (Paperback)

I own a few low-sodium cookbooks, and this is the one I use most often. It is full of recipes that are easy to make, and that are actually useful. One of my favorites is Sesame Chicken. I make that about once a week. It also has a small collection of low-sodium bread machine recipes that I use often. My only criticism is that there seem to be a lot of mistakes in the recipes. For example, one bread machine recipe calls for two tablespoons of yeast, which is far too much. I'm sure it is supposed to say two teaspoons. Also, in some instances, the author's website (www.lowsodiumcooking.com) will include a recipe that is in the book, but the amounts of the ingredients differ, often confusing teaspoons and tablespoons. There have been two instances when I've emailed the author to verify the ingredients in a recipe. On one occasion, he replied to tell me there was an error. The other time he did not reply. All in all, I'd say this is a must-have cookbook in the low salt category. Just watch for any ingredients that seem suspicious.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Tasty Low Sodium, June 8, 2008

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B. Ada (Pacific Northwest) - See all my reviews
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I have been on a low sodium diet for 5 years now and this is the first book I have come across that has reciepes my husband actually enjoys! I even had friends ask me for copies of reciepes from this book because they were so tasty. Years ago there were only two books that I could find that were strictly low sodium and I was getting major low sodium burn-out rut! This really helped me get my eating back on track and actually look forward to cooking again. The only thing is a lot of these recipes are high in the sugar. That's why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. I adjust a lot of these when I see too much in them. Other wise I would get this for anyone who needs to lower their sodium.