Monday, April 21, 2008

Products we love

One "must have" item in my pantry is Herb Ox sodium free broth - beef and chicken flavors. Since even the lower sodium canned broth is still too high in sodium for my mom's diet these little packets of flavor are invaluable. I use them to make gravy, soups and a mighty tasty beef stroganoff among other things. They come in boxes with individual packets and you can find them next to the canned variety. For a really good gravy I mix two or three packets of broth with a couple of tablespoons of cornstarch or flour and a cup of water. Shake it up in a jar and then heat it slowly in a pan on the stove until it thickens. I also add other spices, pepper, garlic, poultry seasoning, etc. as appropriate for the particular dish. Simple, delicious and sodium free. What's not to like about that?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the reminder. My mother-in-law also has bouts of CF. Right now her hypertension is NOT under control. We are back to a VERY low sodium diet.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the great tip! Both my father and I have CHF and are always on the look out for new low sodium ideas. I use Salt Sense for cooking, low sodium sea salt; taset great and has 33% less sodium per tsp.

Betsy said...

You're welcome! I have a lot of tricks & recipes up my sleeve that will all find their way to the blog eventually so check in often!