Ann_T

Quick and simple dinner last night. Bucatini Carbonara.

@JoNorvelleWalker, they are easy to do. You just pick up the pasta with long tongs and twirl the pasta around the both sides of the tongs and then position the tongs over the plate and let the curled pasta slip off in a a neat "nest". You can also turn the plate as you lower the pasta which helps keep the shape.

Didn't make the wings for dinner last night so made them for Moe's breakfast this morning. Served with a little TBQ on the side and a Wedge Salad with tomatoes from our garden.

I really want to cook a whole bone in ham. Slices won't satisfy the craving for a baked ham with all the sides. I might try your soaking tip though with smoked pork chops.

Thanks @rotuts, I have been very tempted to buy a bone in ham and soak it in an effort to reduce the salt. I've had a craving for a bone in ham since our Thanksgiving.

I tried a new recipe last tonight that a friend shared on her FB page. Spicy Lemon Pasta Nests which I served with grilled boneless chicken breasts. Moe really enjoyed this pasta dish.

Made Moe a toasted BLT for breakfast this morning. On homemade bread, with one of the last tomatoes from our garden, and, keeping with a lower sodium diet, I found sodium reduced bacon at Costco that is surprising really good. Regular bacon has 400mg of sodium in 2 strips and the reduced is only 180mg in 2 strips.

Moe's breakfast. Egg salad sandwich on homemade bread.

I had a small roasting chicken that I had intended to roast Tuesday for a roast chicken dinner with all the sides. We ate lunch late and neither of us was hungry for a big dinner. I went ahead and roasted the chicken anyway and Moe ate the two small legs and we saved the breast meat for hot chicken sandwiches which we had for dinner last night. Baked a loaf of homestyle white bread for the sandwiches.

Most of our meals are made by me, and I don't use a lot of commercial products. We did like to go out for Dim Sum and other Asian foods when we went into Victoria, but haven't done that since we started watching the sodium. I think that most people would be very surprised at how much salt they use and how little it takes to reach what is recommended. Daily recommendation for even those without an issue is 2300mg of sodium. Averaging/rounding it out, 5g or 1 teaspoon of salt is equal to about 2000mg sodium. 1 gram is just under 400g. I purchased a small scale from one of the local Cannabis shops that measures in mgs up to 100grams. This is what 1g of salt, approximately 400 mg of sodium looks like. And 5g of salt, approximately 2000mg of sodium , which is basically the daily recommendation. That bowl is tiny. Small lime for comparison. Same as a teaspoon. It hasn't been as difficult as I thought it was going to be to reduce the sodium in our meals without having to give up eating meals that we enjoy. For the most part, salt substitutes have not worked for me. I did find a few salt free seasonings from Hot Mamas that I use to season when I grill or roast. They also make a low sodium line of mustards. I bought two of them and Moe really likes one with dill , which also tastes like horseradish with a little heat, and when mixed into a small amount of mayonnaise made a very nice topping on a roast beef sandwich. But the recommendation to use lemon, and other seasonings and herbs in place of salt doesn't work for me because I don't want everything to taste like the salt substitute if that wasn't the original flavour I was going for in the first place. I think we have been doing really good at greatly reducing the sodium in our diet and Moe doesn't seem to be missing it at all. We were at Costco yesterday and I bought their 50% less sodium bacon. Regular bacon had 400mg in two slices and the reduced sodium bacon was 180mg in 2 slices. So he had butter basted fried eggs and four slices of the bacon for breakfast this morning and the bacon was surprising good. Just pepper on his eggs and I've reduced the salt by half of what I use to put into a batch of bread dough. All the swelling he had in his ankles and feet has disappeared. It actually disappeared within a few days of reducing the sodium.

Thanks Patrick, I emailed them and are waiting for a response.

Moe's breakfast. Chili and toasted baguette.

Picked Halibut and lobster tails up on my way to work yesterday and for dinner last night made pan seared Halibut, finished in the oven served with a butter poached lobster tail with spinach and rice

Made a 1000g batch last night at 64% hydration and reduced salt by half, from 30g to 15g. Left out on the counter over night until 4:00 AM and baked four larger baguettes instead of 8 small. Sliced for breakfast.

Last night's dinner. Pork tenderloin medallions in a mushroom cream sauce. Prepared it before leaving for work yesterday so all I had to do was cook the noodles and warm up the pork.

Look at that beautiful crumb!!!!

@OlyveOyl, beautiful colour on your loaf. @PatrickT, that looks like the perfect sandwich loaf. Last night's bake. Started the dough Tuesday night and left it out on the counter to bake early yesterday morning. Unfortunately we had strong winds, rain and snow and the power was out in a number of areas on the Island including ours. Power went off around midnight and didn't come back on until yesterday afternoon. And we had about 2 inches of snow. Can't remember snow in October here. Dough went into the fridge, but came out again after the power resumed. Baked eight baguettes.

I'm sure you could find something similar locally. Do you have any German or European style delis?

They are longer and thiner than regular hot dog wieners and these are made from pork. Years ago, like over 40, I use to get them from a vendor at the St. Lawrence Market in Toronto that were made from veal. Those were the best. These are made in BC......European Wieners - Freybe

Although last night's dinner would not be called a low sodium meal by any stretch of the imagination, it was substantially lower in sodium than what it would have been in the past. Moe had been wanting a hot dog so I decided to make him one. I grilled a European wiener which is what we would normally have when we have hot dogs. I'm not big on hot dogs so when we have them it has to be European wieners. The only ones that I will eat. And they are 300mg lower in sodium than regular wieners. I bought smaller panni buns and rather than buy sodium reduced potato chips I made homemade potato chips in order to control the amount of salt. He used a reduced salt mustard from Hot Mama's which is the company I ordered the salt free spice/herb rubs from. And he had sliced onions and tomatoes on top. I have a very happy husband who loved his dinner.

Been craving a Green peppercorn steak, so that is what I made for dinner tonight. Got the potato wedges in the oven shortly after getting home from work. The potatoes were seasoned with no salt Steak rub from Hot Mamas. Next I reconstituted the dried green peppercorns in salt free beef broth. Seasoned the steak with black pepper and just a tiny bit of Himalayan sea salt. When the potatoes were almost done, I seared the steaks in a little olive oil and butter. Removed from the pan and set a side to make the sauce. Added a minced shallot to the pan and sautéed for a minute or two and then added a minced garlic clove. Added the beef broth with the green peppercorns and simmered to reduce. While the sauce was reducing cooked the broccoli. Added a pinch of salt to the sauce along with heavy cream and simmered until the sauce thickened. Finished the sauce with a little Armagnac. This dinner took less than an hour to make.

Since we ate early yesterday, we had dessert for dinner last night. Bread and Butter Pudding with caramel sauce. I also had it for breakfast.

Very early dinner or a late lunch, depending on how you look at it. Pizza with homemade Italian sausage with mushrooms. Dough was made Thursday morning and was in the fridge until 6 AM this morning. I made the sausage this morning. Baked in the Ooni.

I don't think you misspoke, someone on a facebook group share this link to another version of a Marengo recipe. This one has an egg and shrimp. And it is tomato based. Not at all similar to the one from https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=ez0-483h0rra1uTe&fbclid=IwAR2ALS_JVdQgAUrDL-WVb1k1kwa5lCkEkBokQKFeP9Bv3vRVAiiWRXe4Hlo&v=yf6VL1YEEUE&feature=youtu.be&themeRefresh=1

Steak dinner for two. My intentions had been to make a wine sauce to go with Steak and Frites for dinner. But by the time I got home from work I had changed my mind. I wasn't overly hungry so I just grilled the17oz Sterling Silver NY Strip steak and baked four mini russet potatoes to go with.