December 2012 Moms
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Salt free anyone?
SingleMom31
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I'm frustrated at my mom. She's a pain in the butt guest. Most people with dietary issues that we entertain are awesome about figuring out something that they can eat (like my gluten free friend that will eat the meat and veggies, being her own dinner roll, and is gracious that I keep ice cream in the freezer for dessert while she's here) or will bring their own (had vegan friends on college that would just bring along something to share that they knew was for sure okay). I don't have those kinds of dietary issues, but do have preferences against seafood. When I was at a party on Saturday, all the apps had seafood on them. I had some crackers and called it good... No problem, certainly didn't call the hostess to demand a non-fish dinner.
So, back to my mom. She's decided that she should be on a no-salt diet (technicality that she'll still eat half an order of McDs fries if you come over, but whatever). Now she's demanding that I overhaul the entire menu for her, and if it's too much of a bother, she just won't come, etc. I need ideas for sides that'll go with prime rib and for apps that are salt free. I had planned on green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, and bread, but apparently none of those are okay. All I can come up with for apps is a veggie tray, but I've never seen her eat a raw veggie like that in my life. Help!
So, back to my mom. She's decided that she should be on a no-salt diet (technicality that she'll still eat half an order of McDs fries if you come over, but whatever). Now she's demanding that I overhaul the entire menu for her, and if it's too much of a bother, she just won't come, etc. I need ideas for sides that'll go with prime rib and for apps that are salt free. I had planned on green bean casserole, mashed potatoes, and bread, but apparently none of those are okay. All I can come up with for apps is a veggie tray, but I've never seen her eat a raw veggie like that in my life. Help!
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Re: Salt free anyone?
BFP #1 12/02/11, M/C 12/08/11
BFP #2 04/06/12, DD born 12/20/12
BFP #3 06/09/14, M/C 06/15/14
Los Padrinos brand makes a good salt free tortilla chip. Mash up alvacados on their own, or add in dice tomato, onion, garlic (plus chile pepper if some spice is desired) & that is great! I have seen the Padrinos no salt added chips at Safeway (sometimes); sometimes Trader Joes has salt free chips, same with Whole Foods (but Padrinos brand is much better than the Whole Foods store brand). Some hummis (Trader Joes carries a garlic one that is great)
Most desserts tend to be ok (unless there are gobs of salted butter in it). Also sliced fruit would work.