[Sca-cooks] OT: Easy low-sodium recipes needed

[marilyn traber 011221]

> As a result of a recent bout of congestive heart failure, my mother 
> has had  to go on a low sodium diet.  She is already complaining,
>  after 6 weeks,  that she's tired of it.  There are two reasons why -
>  1), my mother learned  to cook and has cooked all her adult life 
> using little more than salt, pepper,  onion, lemon pepper, and 
> Worcestershire sauce as spices.  I gave her some  dried chives from 
> my garden for Christmas and she had no idea what to use them  in.  
> And 2), she is primary caretaker for my father, who has dementia and 
>  must be constantly supervised (she does have home health aides much 
> of the day),  so she has neither time nor energy to go looking for 
> new recipes.
> 
> Can any of you good folks from this list send me (privately if you 
>  like) some simple, quickly prepared low sodium recipes that I could 
> pass on to  her?  She does not own a crockpot, but has no problem 
> letting something sit  on the back of the stove as long as she can 
> make sure my Dad doesn't reach for  it.
> 
> Brangwayna

As a suggestion, buy her some Mrs Dash (yellow cap), and tell her to reach 
for it where she'd reach for the salt and pepper. She can also use the table 
version of Mrs Dash (it's ground finer than the yellow cap) can go on the 
table, again when she'd normally reach for the salt shaker. A bottle of wine 
reserved for cooking can be subbed for her usual Worchestershire sauce. And, 
introduce her to the no salt bouillion cubes. Beyween those three 
ingredients, she can cook her normal recipes, without all the salt. Takes a 
little getting used to, but I had a saltaholic I cooked for discover that 
after a couple weeks, he actually liked the foods better.

Phlip