Summer is a time for a crisp and refreshing drink. One of my favorites is a mojito, or even a spicy cilantro jalapeno margarita. Lately, I have been on a Gin kick. I had some extra kiwi fruit on hand from a recent recipe I entered for a kiwifruit contest. It was for my grilled […]
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Grilled Ahi Tuna Sesame Noodle Bowls with Kiwi Pineapple Salsa It is recipe contest time again! Zespri is bringing a new varietal of Kiwifruit to the market. For a Minnesotan like myself, we are familiar with new varietals of fruit and we get pretty excited about them. The University of Minnesota is famous for creating
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The Best Low Sodium Ketchup Recipe When you embark on a low sodium diet, you start to realize that salt is hidden in almost everything. Condiments are often a an easy pitfall for anyone starting out on a low sodium diet. They succeed in pulling the salt shaker off of the table and think that
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Summer is the season that screams for light dishes, light sauces, and fresh healthy ingredients. My Walnut Avocado Pesto Chicken Pasta meets all of the above criteria and is low sodium as well. As the weather heats up, I don’t know about you, but I need dishes that are lighter in flavors and ingredients so
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I am an avid student of Food Science, especially the chemistry involved in the manufacturing and cooking of food. For one simple reason really, because food science matters for low sodium. Especially for a Heart Transplant recipient like myself. It’s funny really, I was not the best and brightest of students when it came
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Celebrate a Heart Healthy Cinco de Mayo Everyone loves a Fiesta! Cinco de Mayo is a great holiday that is celebrated with food. Sadly, many of the traditional Mexican, Spanish, Latin, and Caribbean dishes are often high in salt. No to mention the salt on the rims of the Margarita glasses. Buzzfeed.com picked up a
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Low Sodium Blackened Fish Tacos Tacos. Perfect in their own simplicity. It’s fillings in various forms and incarnations easily delivered to your mouth via a hand held conveniently edible tortilla delivery system. Rivaled only perhaps by the sandwich. So popular a fast food chain, Taco John’s trademarked having Taco Tuesdays. So what better way to
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I’ve never been a fan of overly sweet drinks. Whether they have alcohol or not. I tend to like savory and sour flavors, as well as some heat. So I think I have hit it out of the park with this cilantro jalapeno margarita! The cilantro for the savory, lime for the sour, and jalapeno
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Low Sodium Hummus My wife introduced me to hummus. Up until that point, my Midwestern sensibilities thought it was thoroughly appropriate to just have some “dip” for your veggies. “Dip” usually translated into a cream heavy, thick dressing of some kind that had an overwhelming dill flavoring to it. Store bought hummus can be high
Kissed By The Sun Salt Free Spices Grilling season is upon us! Let us rejoice brothers and sisters! The only thing I love more than grilling up a whole mess of good eats, is when I can make them taste fantastic with salt free rubs and spices. So I was super stoked when I got
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