Low Sodium Dieting

Thought I’d share today a favorite of mine. We will kill about three birds with one stone here. This is a low sodium Low Cal treat and/or drink I think you’ll love. Start with a can of  fruit. Use your favorite, canned peaches, pears, pineapple or a combination of them. Make sure they are packed in water and/or concentrate but do not use the canned fruits in heavy syrup. Put the fruit in a bowl and eat it but save the juice from the can.  In a one quart pitcher or jug add the juice, water, a teaspoon of lemon  concentrate and 2 to 3 TBS. of a sugar substitute such as equal. Fill the rest of pitcher with cold water and mix.

Instead of the lemon juice concentrate  try a couple of tsp. on Tang. Shake until thoroughly mixed. This mixture will give you a nice flavored water that is somewhere between a flavored water and a juice. When I make my mixture I’ll then pour off a little into our popsicle maker to make some flavorful juice pops.

There you go, as they say up north. You got a nice bowl of fruit, a fruit drink and some juice pops all out of one can of canned fruit. AND, I believe on most mixtures you have only about 15mgs of sodium and depending on what you use you can maintain a very low calorie count to!

Great for the coming summer. Enjoy!

Looking for a way to enjoy a nice summer treat? How about aprox 25 calories for a nice sweet treat!  If you have some popsicle sticks around or better yet a popsicle tray that you can make your own popsicles in, try making them with sugar free pudding. You’ll have a wide assortment over the standard chocolate or vanilla. there is nothing like a nice sugar free cheese cake pudding pop or a pistachio flavored treat!

hatch the sodium level on the package and make sure you divide into the number of pops you make. I’ll usually make 6 to 8 frozen treats from a package which is a lower sodium level then the four servings on the package.