Enchiladas

Amy's Light in Sodium Black Bean-Vegetable Enchilada (190 mg. salt per enchilada, 380 mg. per package of 2) is one of my favorites.

I buy mine locally at Byerly's.

If you add hot sauce or salsa, be sure to read the labels. Will post on salsas soon.

Eggs

Eggs are a good source of proteins needed for organ renewal.

When I was on dialysis (level 5, end-stage renal disease) the dietician was bugging me to eat more protein. After being hopitalized for over month, much of that time with limited fluid intake, I had little appetite, and most meats just stuck in my mouth. Eggs were my answer. Meanwhile the medical staff was trying to prepare me to consider a transplant and/or home dialysis.

The 4 jumbo eggs daily must have worked. A month later I was off dialysis (level 4 ESRD), and by another month had improved to level 3 ESRD; now aiming for level 2.

I'm still eating those 4 jumbo eggs (80 mg. salt each, 320 mg. total) daily whenever I can.

Watch out for salt in other foods that you might eat with the eggs: Most breads contain about 200 mg. of salt per slice, most bacon is loaded with salt, and most butters & margarines contain quite a bit -- more on bacon & bread in later posts.

Found at any grocery outlet.

Tuna

Seafood is naturally salty, and a lot of salt is added unnecessarily in processing. Fortunately there are a couple exceptions.

StarKist Chunk White Albacore Tuna in water is one of these exceptions. It contains only 35 mg. of salt per 2 oz. serving (79 mg. per 4.5 oz can).

I buy it locally at Target SuperStores.

Swiss Cheese

Crystal Farms chunk-style Swiss cheese contains only 60 mg. of salt per ounce. Most cheeses contains 180 mg. or more of salt per ounce.

I buy mine locally at Target SuperStores and CUB grocery stores.

Stay away from the processed Swiss cheese singles: Although they are also made by Crystal Farms they contain 290-340 mg. of salt per slice.

Fish Nuggets

Preheat oven to 425°, cooks in < 20 minutes.

Not only are these good, but the entire 12 oz. package contains only 390 mg. salt.

The brand name is Henry & Lisa's Natural Seafood, distributor is EcoFish, my local sources are Target SuperStores.