Sodium intake

[Sheryl]

MJ asked about the sodium content of the casserole I made. egads, it has nearly 1000 mg - what is that 40% of the daily allowance? Here is the link
bayrab.proboards37.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=recipes&thread=1168964016

I like to think I am watching sodium because I try to avoid alot of prepackaged snacks and don't add table salt. Even in recipes, I use less then called for. Apparently I am still getting a lot of salt! I think I heard on the "You" TV show that most Americans get TWICE their recommended amounts of sodium.

Does anybody besides MJ watch this? Salt seems very pervasuive in our foods.

[MJ]

Sheryl, thanks for the recipe. I'm with you, I always thought I was watching our sodium because I used less and never had it on the table, but I definitely found out I was wrong. One thing I found out as we watch our sodium intake is:

I always bought the frozen bags of chicken breast. They say "enhanced with up to 15% chicken broth" and are 150mg of sodium for a 4oz piece. I wasn't counting chicken as sodium. Sodium is hidden everywhere, we can't use the supposed healthy TV dinners because the sodium is so high.

MJ

[Trailpal]

One thing I discovered shopping at walmart - most of their pre-packaged meats are "enhanced". That means they want me to pay $2.75/pound of water! I go to a local market that sells local (or fairly local) meat/chicken and it's all meat, no saltwater added.

[snaffle]

I have finally started using SEA salt... much better because it has the minerals in it.

[Sheryl]

I use sea salt too, and I think you use less because it is more flavorful. It still has sodium though.