Full Description
When it comes to cutting back on salt, many people think, healthy, to be sure, but good-bye, flavor! Enter Knack Low-Salt Cooking, whose step-by-step, visual format makes healthful-and delicious-food accessible to everyone. It shows how we can add luster to our foods again by using such ingredients as herbs, spices, and lemon juice. Featuring 100 main recipes plus 250 variations, and 350 full-color photos, it gives an exotic new twist to familiar foods. All recipes are accompanied by a nutritional analysis-including sodium amounts-by fully licensed and accredited nutritionist Jean Kostak.
Contents
Knack Low-Salt Cooking Introduction Chapter 1: Getting Started Salt and Your Health What is Low Salt? What Do We Consume? Salt's Function in Food Low Sodium Food Potassium Chloride or Sea Salt? Chapter 2: Reading Labels Sodium Free Very Low and Low in Sodium Light in Sodium Reduced Sodium Unsalted Healthy Chapter 3: Adding Flavor Citrus Juices Herbs Spices Condiments Homemade Herb Blends Chiles Chapter 4: Appetizers Roasted Garlic Dip Caramelized Onion Spread Gingerbread Snack Mix Three Tomato Bruschetta Crisp Egg Rolls Mushroom Tartlets Chapter 5: Breakfast Apple Oatmeal Eggs Benedict Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins Fluffy Pancakes Brown Sugar Waffles Spicy Potato Strata Chapter 6: Breads Oatmeal Scones Banana Bread Cranberry Nut Bread French Bread Dinner Rolls Whole Wheat Bread Chapter 7: Chicken Grilled Cranberry Chicken Chicken Breasts Alfredo Slow Cooker Chicken Stew Baked Crisp Drumsticks Pasta Chicken Casserole Roast Lemon Chicken Chapter 8: Beef Grilled Hamburgers Meatballs in Tomato Sauce Swiss Steak Grilled Steak Beef Brisket Pot Roast Chapter 9: Pork Grilled Chops Glazed Tenderloin Stuffed Chops Lemon Pork Medallions BBQ Ribs Herbed Pork Roast Chapter 10: Fish Grilled Salmon Glazed Fish Fillets Stuffed Fillets Grilled Fish Kabobs Shrimp Scampi Salmon with Orange Sauce Chapter 11: Vegetarian Beans and Rice Pesto Fettuccine Tofu Stir-Fry Mac and Cheese Veggie Stuffed Shells Spinach Manicotti Chapter 12: Casseroles Updated Tuna Casserole Ziti and Chicken Casserole Turkey Tetrazzini Vegetable Enchiladas Chiles Rellenos Malaysian Noodles Chapter 13: Ethnic Delights Groundnut Stew Chicken Divan Souvlaki Kung Pao Chicken Shepherd's Pie Shrimp Gumbo Chapter 14: Bean Recipes Classic Baked Beans Black Bean Chili Slow Cooker Beans Lentils and Rice Many Bean Stew BBQ Beans Chapter 15: Salads Spinach Salad Mixed Fruit Salad Broccoli Salad Caprese Salad Potato Salad Orange Gelatin Salad Chapter 16: Potato Recipes Hash Brown Potatoes Oven Fries Scalloped Potatoes Hasselback Potatoes Sweet Potato Casserole Baked Stuffed Potatoes Chapter 17: Soups Chicken Broth Lentil Soup Chicken Noodle Soup Pumpkin Soup Vegetable Barley Soup Caribbean Black Bean Soup Chapter 18: Brown Bag Lunches Chicken Cheese Pitas Tuna Salad Sandwiches Hoagie Sandwich Crisp Salmon Salad Grilled Veggie Sandwich Gyros Sandwiches Chapter 19: Desserts Chocolate Chunk Cookies Meringue Bar Cookies Ice Cream Pie Chocolate Trifle Lemon Meringue Pie Caramel Layer Cake Chapter 20: Resources
