Friday 27 June 2008

Desalinating the Fridge

I should probably have tidied
and cleaned it before taking
this picture - oh well. Over
the last few weeks, I have
"desalinated" our fridge -
replacing the products we used
to buy with low sodium
alternatives. Here's what I've
done, together with the sodium
"savings" in g per 100g.

Sauces
Mustard - this has gone, as we make our own from mustard powder now *saving over 3g
Ketchup - switched from to Heinz's lower salt version (and we use less of this now too!) *saving 0.4g
Mayo - switched brand to Tesco Organic *saving 0.5g
Tartare sauce - switched brand to Tesco Finest *saving 1.1g
Pickle - switched to chutney instead *saving 1.6g

Cheese
There's still cheddar in here for the kids, and mozzarella for pizzas, but mostly we just have Emmental *saving 0.5g

Butter - switched from salted to unsalted, which is widely available
*saving 0.5g

Bacon, smoked and processed foods - all gone - and replaced with fresh meat and veg *saving LOTS

Other changes...

Yeast - always a fixture in the fridge now that I make bread on alternate days.

Beer has been replaced with alcohol-free Becks (which, together with alcohol-free Cobra, is the least offensive alcohol-free beer, as I discovered after extensive research during my last pregnancy). We have also discovered a very low alcohol cider from Waitrose, which is blended with apple juice. By buying these, we're booze-free on weekdays - no bad thing.

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