Posted on 11/22/2024 6:47:06 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
While it may seem like we're comparing apples to oranges here, it's surprising to see how something as seemingly harmless as bottled salad dressing can share a pitfall with a classic salty snack like potato chips—an excess of sodium. This might not be a concern for everyone, but for those managing heart disease or high blood pressure, it's worth paying attention. Research suggests a high sodium diet is associated with both hypertension and cardiovascular disease.
Potato chips top the list of high sodium foods. A single serving bag (1-¼ ounces) has 210 milligrams of sodium, 10% of the recommended daily allowance (RDA). And that doesn't factor in the rest of the meal since most people aren't just eating chips. With an RDA of less than 2,300 milligrams per day, it's clear how sneaky sources like salad dressing can contribute to the total. Bottled salad dressings often contain high levels of sodium to keep them shelf stable and make them more palatable.
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Traditional (bagged) Chex Mix has 250mg of sodium. Of five different *kinds* of sodium.
I have my mom’s thousand island recipe. I have her cookbook: “The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book” by Fannie Merritt Farmer:
Thousand Island Dressing
Ingredients
1/2 cup olive oil
Juice 1/2 orange
Juice 1/2 lemon
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon onion juice (I use 1 tablespoon minced onion)
1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley
8 sliced stuffed olives (I mince them)
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon mustard
Mix ingredients, chill and shake thoroughly.
Who eats an entire bottle of salad dressing at a go?
Wish-bone Zesty Robusto Italian Dressing
Distilled vinegar, water, soybean oil, sugar, salt, garlic*. contains 2% or less of: onion*, red bell peppers*, spice, xanthan gum, yeast extract, rosemary extract, natural flavor, lemon juice concentrate, annatto extract (color).
Doesn’t sound so bad. It’s pretty tasty stuff. Not thrilled that they chose soybean oil.
I always kinda knew that “ranch” dressing was probably not healthy.
Eat healthy?
I have modified the diet that my parents and grandparents ate who lived well into their eighties without ever taking Plavix, beta blockers, or Ase inhibitors.
Last night, I had a lean loin pork chop, sauteed a bit then put in the air fryer on top of a small bowl of stove top cornbread dressing that had been baking for 30 minutes.
Note, I added some cooked celery and onion to make it more home style.
I made some gravy from a pork gravy packet that I got at Aldi’s on sale for 27 cents.
Opened a can of Italian green beans and put in some minced onion and garlic powder before I heated them in the microwave.
Not sure how healthy this all was but it tasted great.
One note, today pork is NOT really the same meat it was when I was growing up.
Most pork back then was fairly greasy.
I buy half a pork loin on sale and cut it into chops for the freezer.
It is probably leaner than most beef and many parts of the chicken.
I think healthy eating is cooking it yourself which doesn’t mean cooking from scratch.
Stove top dressing and gravy packets are great inventions.
I sure if my grandparents had they access to them, they would have loved to have used them.
Thank you, dear!!
I love homemade dressings MUCH more than bottled ... I love homemade a LOT of things, better than bottled/store bought.
Love the title!!
Appreciate the links, as always.
Basically stay away from processed foods.
Sounds yum!! Thanks for posting her recipe.
A little rice vinegar with a sprinkle of pepper or chili-lime seasoning. Perfect.
thanks ill have to try those. they sound great!
Agreed.
Olive oil and lemon juice.
One can of Campbell’s spaghetti has 950 mg of sodium. To that, add a sliced up hotdog.
We can all make our own. It only takes a few minutes.
More salt than an ounce of potato chips? The scandal!
Agreed.
And not the low sodium kind either.
Yup. Not the poison variety, obviously. Ground up as a spice.
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