PRODUCT REVIEWS

Baking & Cooking Needs

Leavening Agents:

• Featherweight Baking Powder, SF — works well as a replacement for baking powder in recipes. Usually must double amount called for in recipe to get good results.
  
  Southern Homestyle Tortilla Crumbs — great tasting... sprinkle on top of casseroles in place of breadcrumbs or as a coating for chicken.
  

Salt, Seasonings & Herbs:

• AlsoSalt — Try this and you'll never miss the salt! This salt substitute tastes so much like salt and no tinny taste. Also comes in garlic flavored and butter flavored, the latter is great on popcorn.
  
  Blazing Blends Chile Blends — 4 different varieties from mild to hot, spicy and smokey. Outstanding flavor, perfect for the BBQ, in chilis, on potato chips, in Middle Eastern dishes and more. If you like it hot, try the Habanero - it comes with a warning, "Do not rub your eyes, lick your lips, or touch any part of your skin until you wash your hands thoroughly."
  
  Nutrifit — 5 unique spice blends that add lots of flavor without the salt. The uses for these spices are endless... add to poultry, meat, fish, soups, salads, casseroles, dips, sauces, desserts and more. If you like an added zip, try the Calypso for a zesty southwestern taste or Rockin' Moroccan for a more exotic Middle Eastern flavor.
  

Breakfast

Pastries & Coffeecakes:

• Poppies Belgium Mini Eclairs & Mini Cream Puffs — From Gayle Mitchler, www.SaltWatcher.com, "These are wonderful and when served, look and taste like they come from a bakery."

Condiments & Sauces

BBQ/Grilling Sauces & Marinades:

• Tom Douglas Redhook Blackhook Porter w/Poblano Chiles & Molasses — Tom owns several highly acclaimed restaurants in Seattle and has joined up with the Redhook Brewery to create this delicious sauce.
  
  Wax Orchards Smokey Barbecue — Those who are also watching their sugar intake will love this delicious fruit sweetened barbecue sauce.

Nut Butters:

• Adams Peanut Butter, Natural, Unsalted — Nothing but nuts, creamy and flavorful, but will take getting used to if you're a regular peanut butter user. Add jam and other favorites until you get used to the lack of salt.
  

Pasta Sauces:

• Walden Farms Alfredo Sauce — Hard to believe this has no calories, fat, cholesterol, carbohydrates, or sugar and only 20mg sodium. Very creamy with a peppery cheese flavor. This will become a staple in your pantry.
  

Salad Dressings:

• Emeril's House Herb Vinaigrette — It's from Emeril, no doubt it has great flavor.

Dairy & Non-Dairy Alternatives

Cottage Cheese:

No salt added cottage cheese is very bland, try mixing half regular with half NSA.

Desserts & Sweets

Cookies:

• Barry's Bakery
      Merangos — Delicious, but high in sugar if watching your sweets.
      French Twists — So good they're habit forming, low in fat, carbohydrates and sugar . . . can't beat this with a cup of coffee.
  
  Joseph's Sugar Free Cookies — You won't miss the salt or the sugar in these yummy cookies.
  
  Lu Le Chocolatier & Le Truffe, Praline/Chocolate — These French delicacies will melt in your mouth.
  
  Trader Joe's Meringues — Light and scrumptous.
  
  

Desserts Sauces & Toppings:

• Wax Orchards Fudge Sauces — You won't believe these fat free, fruit sweetened fudge sauces are not the real thing. Great tasting in all flavors, including three chocolates, peppermint, amaretto and orange passion. Gourmet Magazine raved: "heavenly, wholesome hot fudge - a rich yet non-fat chocolate".
  

Ethnic Foods

Asian Sauces:

• Wax Orchards Plum Sauce — Delicious, sweet and without sugar.
  
  

Hispanic - Sauces:

• Quinn's Apple Cranberry Salsa — Nice sweet flavor, great on omelets and scrambled eggs.
  
  Santa Barbara Roasted Garlic Salsa — Very good sauce with lots of garlic pieces.
  

Fish & Seafood

Fish & Seafood — Canned:

• StarKist LS Chunk White Tuna and LS Albacore — Don't confuse the LS Chunk White with the LS Chunk Light (nearly 3 times the sodium). The fish is firm and appears to be a better grade than regular.

Fruits & Vegetables

Beans & Legumes — Canned:

• Eden Organic, all bean varieties — Just good beans.
  
  Westbrae Natural Organic, all bean varieties — Like Eden, good bean taste.
   
  

Vegetables — Canned:

No Salt Added Corn, all brands — Nice fresh corn flavor.

Contadina Tomato Paste — A long-time personal favorite, adds a rich tomato flavor to all dishes. And a lot less sodium than the "other" brand.

Snack Foods

Chips & Nibblers:

• Guiltless Gourmet Unsalted Yellow Corn — Great taste in these baked, low fat chips.
  Naturally Preferred Yellow Corn Chips — Thick, crisp and tasty.
  
  Que Pasa Corn Chips — Light, crisp and taste salty but without the salt. For a fun twist, try the red (dyed with beet juice), same great taste as the regular.
  
  Terra Sweet Potato Chips, NSA — Yummy and addictive, you'll love the sweet, unique taste.
  
  Terra Yukon Gold Onion & Garlic — Lots of onion and garlic flavor in these tasty chips.
  
  

Crackers & Crispbreads:

• Gold'NKrackle Garlic —Delicious platter-size crispbread. Break of pieces to eat with dips and spreads.
  
  Nabisco
      LS Ritz Crackers — Not a favorite with those who like their crackers salty.
      LS Triscuits — Same great taste, but not so salty.
      LS Wheat Thins — With the sweet, nutty flavor of these nibblies, you don't miss the salt.
  
  Partners Crackers — Lots of herb flavors to hide the lack of salt.
  
  

Dips:

• Bear Creek Dip & Dressing Mixes — Mix with a little cream cheese for a delicious stuffing for celery or on crackers. Vegetable is less flavorful than the Sesame Garlic or Cajun.
  
  

Popcorn:

• Newman's Own Light Butter Flavor — Yum, a favorite snack at night.
  

Soups & Chili

Bouillon, Broths & Bases:

• Herb-Ox Beef or Chicken Bouillon, LS — Nice blend of spices and good flavor, can also use as a seasoning to pick up bland dishes.
  
  Vogue Cuisine Onion Base or VegeBase — Lots of flavor - a great alternative to salty bouillon.
   
  

Chili:

• Health Valley Spicy Vegetarian, NSA — Nice tomato flavor, not as hardy as a beef-based chili, but tasty.
   
  

Soups:

• Campbell's LS Soups — A little bland, add your own herbs and spices to perk up the taste.