500 Low Sodium Recipes: Lose the salt, not the flavor in meals the whole family will love

I purchased this for my mother. She was wanting a cookbook which has Low Sodium recipes in it to help control her blood pressure.

She likes this cookbook very much. I also looked through it, and like how neatly the recipes are laid out in the book. There are no pictures, but the recipes are very easy to read, and they aren't all crammed onto each page like some cookbooks are. My mother also likes how the author comments about some of the recipes.

I also purchased this cookbook because it looked the best in terms of the recipes we most likely would eat. Some of the other cookbooks have weird ingredients that we would be very unlikely to find or use. We did order some Sodium Free Baking Powder from a health store.

This cookbook has 500 recipes, which is a lot! I thought that since this was a paperback cookbook, it wouldn't be as nice as a spiral bound cookbook, but its weight causes it to lay flat when its opened, or at least most of the middle part of the book.

The author does have his own website with a mailing list which he emails out a newsletter with recipes every now and then. (http://www.lowsodiumcooking.com)

This review probably isn't a lot of help, but we do like this cookbook very much which has some nice recipes that actually taste quite good with low sodium.

Best cookbook I've found -- by far -- for low sodium recipes. If you've been relegated to a low sodium diet, this book will give you part of your life back! So far I've only tried a few of these recipes, but each one has left me very pleasantly surprised. This book has so many recipes for food I thought was off-limits, and the ones I have tried have been positively superb. Just to name a few excellent choices -- Sesame Chicken, French Bread Pizza, chicken nuggets, and focaccia. Who knew I could eat this stuff, with very sodium, and that it would taste great?!

I own a few low-sodium cookbooks, and this is the one I use most often. It is full of recipes that are easy to make, and that are actually useful. One of my favorites is Sesame Chicken. I make that about once a week. It also has a small collection of low-sodium bread machine recipes that I use often. My only criticism is that there seem to be a lot of mistakes in the recipes. For example, one bread machine recipe calls for two tablespoons of yeast, which is far too much. I'm sure it is supposed to say two teaspoons. Also, in some instances, the author's website (www.lowsodiumcooking.com) will include a recipe that is in the book, but the amounts of the ingredients differ, often confusing teaspoons and tablespoons. There have been two instances when I've emailed the author to verify the ingredients in a recipe. On one occasion, he replied to tell me there was an error. The other time he did not reply. All in all, I'd say this is a must-have cookbook in the low salt category. Just watch for any ingredients that seem suspicious.

I have been on a low sodium diet for 5 years now and this is the first book I have come across that has reciepes my husband actually enjoys! I even had friends ask me for copies of reciepes from this book because they were so tasty. Years ago there were only two books that I could find that were strictly low sodium and I was getting major low sodium burn-out rut! This really helped me get my eating back on track and actually look forward to cooking again. The only thing is a lot of these recipes are high in the sugar. That's why I gave it 4 stars instead of 5. I adjust a lot of these when I see too much in them. Other wise I would get this for anyone who needs to lower their sodium.

Although there are lots of low sodium recipes, I don't think they are all healthy. There are many recipes that seem to be high in fat. Also the recipes are not as easy to make as the American Heart Association book.