I try to cook all our meals without adding any salt and try to use reduced sodium products or natural foods. Whoever wants salt can add it to their food at the table.
Living without salt in the diet is easy, just don't eat it or add it to foods and check all your labels for sodium content. You'll be surprised at how much sodium is in everything you eat without even realizing it.
You can cook with so many different other spices, that you don't even miss the salt. It is definitely a better and more healthy way to eat!
Try Mrs. Dash or other brands of salt free spices.
Another trick is to rinse all your canned veggies in running water, add back a little plain water, spices and heat. Good luck. ... View related article.
1 cup heavy cream 4 oz lite cream cheese 1 pkg sugar free chocolate pudding mix 2 tsp. sugar free peanut butter (optional)
Directions:
With an electric mixer, mix the cream and cream cheese together, and then blend in the pudding mix. It will be very thick, like frosting.
Use a piping bag with either a large round tip (#12) or star tip, pipe the mixture into approximately 200 kisses, onto wax paper on a cookie sheet. You can also use a squeeze bottle with the tip cut a little larger.
Freeze until hard, then remove and store in a covered container in the freezer. ... View related article.
15 oz can Crushed Pineapple (drained) 1 small carton of cream cheese, lite 1 small pkg. Sugar free instant Vanilla Pudding Sugar Free or lite cool whip Graham Cracker pie crust
Mix pineapple and cream of cheese, add pudding and mix well. Place in graham cracker pie crust. Top with cool whip Let it chill for at least 20 minutes. ... View related article.
Yield: 16 servings Source: "1,001 Delicious Desserts for People with Diabetes" Info: http://diabeticgourmet.com/
INGREDIENTS
- 1-1/2 cups unsweetened applesauce - 1/3 cup vegetable oil - 2 eggs - 1 teaspoon maple extract or vanilla - 3/4 cup raisins - 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, optional - 2 cups all-purpose flour - 10-3/4 teaspoons Equal for Recipes or 36 packets Equal sweetener - 1 teaspoon baking soda - 1/4 teaspoon salt - 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon - 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg - 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
DIRECTIONS
Mix applesauce, oil, eggs, maple extract, raisins, and walnuts into large bowl. Add combined flour, Equal for Recipes, baking soda, salt, and spices, mixing just until blended.
Spoon batter into greased 13 x 9 -inch baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F. until lightly browned and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 20 minutes (do not overbake!). Cool on wire rack.
Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/16 of recipe): Calories: 147,Fat: 5.4 g, Saturated Fat: 0.8 g, Cholesterol: 25.5 g, Sodium:125 mg, Protein: 4.8 g, Carbohydrate: 20.2 g Diabetic Exchanges: 1/2 Fruit, 1 Bread/Starch, 1 Fat ... View related article.
Dough 3/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 1/4 cup light butter, room temperature 1 cup SPLENDA Granular 1 tablespoon vanilla extract 1/4 cup egg substitute 1/4 cup water 3/4 teaspoon vinegar (white or cider) 1-1/2 cups all purpose flour 1-1/2 cups cake flour 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder
Garnish 1/3 cup low sugar or no sugar raspberry jam 3 ounces sugar-free chocolate, melted
Directions: Blend together butters, SPLENDA Granular and vanilla in a medium sized mixing bowl. Blend until butter is softened. Add egg substitute, water and vinegar. Mix briefly. Add flours, salt and baking powder. Mix with electric mixer on low speed (or by hand) until dough is formed. Do not over-mix.
Remove dough from bowl and place on a floured work surface. Divide dough in half. Pat each half into a circle. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 1 hour, allowing dough to chill.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly oil a baking pan or cookie sheet. Set aside ... View related article.
16 oz. Cream cheese, softened 2 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled 1/2 C Splenda sugar substitute 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 C chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)
Line an 8-inch square baking pan with foil, waxed paper or parchment paper.
In a small mixing bowl, beat the cream cheese, melted, cooled Chocolate, sweetener and vanilla until smooth.
I found a rubber hose with a "shower" head on one end and a cup type thing on the other end that attaches securely to the water faucet.
I got it in the health and beauty section at walmart. You can also find them in the bath aisle. Also at drugstores. Mine cost around $5. It's perfect for washing the dog. ... View related article.
I use white vinegar to remove germs, bacteria and odor from clothes in the washing machine. About a cup per load. I buy it in a gallon jug at the grocery store.
You can also use borax, it's sold as 20 mule team borax where I live, in the detergent aisle.
If they're caked with dirt or mud and are athletic shoes, hose them off outside and then throw them into your washing machine with a load of clothes. You can dry them in the dryer if you can stand the rumbling sound as they knock against the walls, or you can set them in the air and sunshine outside to dry. Takes longer outside.
If they're dress shoes you can't wash them. Use a clean dry cloth and rub the dirt from the shoes, then use polish on them. ... View related article.
