Cooking Without a Grain of Salt (Mass Market Paperback)

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Product Description

Putting down the saltshaker is just the first step....

Experts agree that a low-sodium diet can decrease the risk of heart disease, migraines, diabetes, and osteoporosis.

But to significantly reduce the salt in your diet, you must learn how to spot the hidden sodium in frozen foods, canned goods, and popular recipes.

Fully revised and updated using the latest medical research, Cooking Without a Grain of Salt is a nutrition guide and cookbook all in one. It's filled with useful tips on how to limit sodium without sacrificing flavor--as well as savory recipes that will help you put your healthy, low-salt lifestyle into action.

From Stuffed Mushrooms and Double Corn Biscuits to Pork Medallions in Pesto, Grilled Tuna with Salsa, and Pasta Primavera, Cooking Without a Grain of Salt lets you enjoy all the dishes you love while forming healthy eating habits for years to come..

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Putting down the saltshaker is just the first step....

Experts agree that a low-sodium diet can decrease the risk of heart disease, migraines, diabetes, and osteoporosis.  

But to significantly reduce the salt in your diet, you must learn how to spot the hidden sodium in frozen foods, canned goods, and popular recipes.

Fully revised and updated using the latest medical research, Cooking Without a Grain of Salt is a nutrition guide and cookbook all in one.  It's filled with useful tips on how to limit sodium without sacrificing flavor--as well as savory recipes that will help you put your healthy, low-salt lifestyle into action.

From Stuffed Mushrooms and Double Corn Biscuits to Pork Medallions in Pesto, Grilled Tuna with Salsa, and Pasta Primavera, Cooking Without a Grain of Salt lets you enjoy all the dishes you love while forming healthy eating habits for years to come..

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Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Bantam; Rev Upd edition (December 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553579517
• ISBN-13: 978-0553579512
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #25,906 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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106 of 106 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a must have for the new low salt dieter, May 19, 1999

By A Customer

This book is great because it has a wonderful variety of low sodium dishes that are easy to prepare and taste great. After I was recently diagnosed with Meneire's disease I had no where to turn to for low sodium dishes. This book has given me the courage to explore this new lifestyle - and enjoy it!

48 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars excellent, April 14, 2003

By	T. Reinhardt "olivia lee" (east coast) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

great cookbook with an informatve introduction on sodium in general...as well as tips on starting to use less. The recipes have alot of flavor. A favorite is *chicken with 40 garlic cloves*... Sounds like much too much until you taste it. The garlic mellows and sweetens. Its very good.

Using spices besides salt, adds alot of flavor. The recipes tend to have alot of ingredients to make up the flavor lost by the salt. When switching over to this kind of cooking there might be an initial outlay of money spent on spices but its worth it. At first, there is an adjustment for most people as we arent very salt sensitive... due to the amount we consume in processed and fast foods. As you get used to using less... you start to taste the *real* flavors in food.

Lowering sodium in your diet is helpful for your general health, blood pressure problems and it helps dieting as well. Excess salt causes you to retain water. Even if you find the recipes *too* low salt...you could add some. It would stillbe less than the sodium in convential foods

I find the size of the book (small pocket book size) difficult to workwith in the kitchen... the print is typically small...and the pages will not stay open without breaking the spine of the book... It would be easier if it would lay flat when cooking...

46 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Book!, October 29, 2002

By A Customer

I was put on a very low salt/sodium diet a year ago because of Meniere's Syndrome. Since that time, I've tried several cookbooks and I usually found only two or three pretty good recipes in each one. This book is different. So far I've tried twenty-six recipes and they have all ranged from good to excellent.

The best thing about this cookbook is that, once you buy the different spices, almost every other ingredient can be found in your kitchen cupboard. The ingredients you need to buy can be found at any grocery store. The recipes are also easy to follow and several are quick to fix.

It's a must-have for those on low-sodium diets. I highly recommend it!