Recipes and Posts Tagged Low & Reduced Sodium

Oven Roasted Peppers


Roasted peppers, sweet and hot, have been used in recipes for hundreds of years. Oven roasting is one simple method for roasting bell peppers and other peppers like, Anaheim, Hatch and jalapeño. Roasted peppers make a simple low calorie sandwich and taste great on fresh baked bread like focaccia. You ...

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Homemade Zucchini Nut Bread

Zucchini Bread or Muffins

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Zucchini is a healthy low calorie summer squash that is available year round in the United States For many Americans zucchini means deep fried zucchini served as an appetizer or fast food side. Zucchini is high in water and very low in calories. Zucchini Bread and Muffins, like carrot cake, ...

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Microwave Oven Quick Cooking Oatmeal

Microwave Oven Quick Cooking Oatmeal


Microwave Oven Quick Cooking Oatmeal is an inexpensive healthier alternative to instant oatmeal. Oats are a high fiber, gluten-free, whole grain that can keep you feeling full longer, lower blood cholesterol and maintain normal bowel function. If you have celiac disease, buy oats that are verified gluten free to reduce the ...

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Blueberry Muffins

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Recipe revised 11-10-2019 to reduce preparation time and make 12 small or 6 large muffins. Original recipe made 18 small and 8 large muffins. Also replaced butter with vegetable oil. Having a large homemade blueberry muffin, piece of fruit, and cup of coffee or tea for breakfast provides less than ...

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Ricotta Cheese with Fruit

Ricotta with Fresh Fruit


Enjoy Ricotta with Fresh Fruit for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, or  dessert. It is a low calorie alternative to cheesecake. An equivalent  weight slice of cheesecake can have over 3 times as many calories (about 700 calories). You do not need 700 calories from a dessert if your goal is ...

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Serving of Panko Fried Shrimp

Panko Fried Shrimp Recipe


Low sodium Japanese style panko breadcrumbs are used to make crisp, succulent, restaurant quality Panko Fried Shrimp at a fraction of the cost of a restaurant shrimp dinner. Importing farm raised shrimp has caused prices to fall in the United States. What was once a luxury is now available for ...

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Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookie


Chocolate chip cookies are one of the most popular cookies in the United States and the most popular homemade cookie. It is so popular, prepared chocolate chip cookie dough is available at most grocers. But the prepared dough available today is not your mother or grandmothers cookie dough. Like most ...

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