Breakfast items
This is another tough topic. Breakfasts are hard, but I'll post different tips as I find them! The other night we had breakfast for dinner. We LOVE this dinner option!
Now, I want to point out that natural items (things that come straight from something - meat, eggs, fruits, veggies) are hard to pin down. You can google it, sometimes packaging says something, but I don't know that anyone can pin it down. I've seen a range of values for these items.
For starters, we had eggs. Google says 62mg, Egg Nutrition Center says 70mg, and LiveStrong actually differentiates between the sizes. Let's just say, it is low, but make sure you do NOT add salt to your eggs! Prepare them using pepper and/or Mrs. Dash. The Squirrel likes her's scrambled, but you could also fry them and sprinkle the Mrs. Dash on them as they cook.
We also make hash brown potatoes. These are usually diced up potatoes (13mg for a whol potato), tossed with a little olive oil and Mrs. Dash (I told you we use their seasonings a lot!) Then we either fry them in the cast iron pan or we spread them on a cookie sheet and put them in the oven until done.
And what's breakfast without some bacon?!? We didn't think bacon would be possible, but we happened on the "Great Value Lower Sodium Bacon" It's 160mg for 2 pieces! That's enough to make a nice sandwich or just get a good taste for it.
We will also occasionally make toast for breakfast sandwiches. Our go to bread is "Nature's Own Butterbread". It's 95mg per slice.
For an overall meal total, she would be around 510mg, if she has 2 slices of bread. That's pretty good when you see how she eats the rest of the day!
Now, I want to point out that natural items (things that come straight from something - meat, eggs, fruits, veggies) are hard to pin down. You can google it, sometimes packaging says something, but I don't know that anyone can pin it down. I've seen a range of values for these items.
For starters, we had eggs. Google says 62mg, Egg Nutrition Center says 70mg, and LiveStrong actually differentiates between the sizes. Let's just say, it is low, but make sure you do NOT add salt to your eggs! Prepare them using pepper and/or Mrs. Dash. The Squirrel likes her's scrambled, but you could also fry them and sprinkle the Mrs. Dash on them as they cook.
We also make hash brown potatoes. These are usually diced up potatoes (13mg for a whol potato), tossed with a little olive oil and Mrs. Dash (I told you we use their seasonings a lot!) Then we either fry them in the cast iron pan or we spread them on a cookie sheet and put them in the oven until done.
And what's breakfast without some bacon?!? We didn't think bacon would be possible, but we happened on the "Great Value Lower Sodium Bacon" It's 160mg for 2 pieces! That's enough to make a nice sandwich or just get a good taste for it.
For an overall meal total, she would be around 510mg, if she has 2 slices of bread. That's pretty good when you see how she eats the rest of the day!
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