Welcome to THE DAILY DISH. A searchable database of over 300 mouth-wateringly delicious low sodium recipes.
If you’re reading this, then you’re probably someone like me: a very hungry person looking for anything to save you from your dreary low-sodium existence. It’s hard enough learning to live with a chronic illness. But to a food lover, the prospect of life without flavor is enough to make you long for the grave. When I was diagnosed with Meniere’s Disease and told I’d have to adhere to a strict low sodium diet, I thoughtÂ… that’s it? That’s all?? PIECE OF CAKE. I already loved to cook and figured, okay, I’ll just forgo the salt and it’ll be fine. Things will taste great. HAHH!!! What I failed to recognize is there is sodium in almost everything. Foods that don’t taste even remotely salty have sodium, and sometimes large quantities of it. And all of that adds up quickly. I soon realized that my journey to health was going to be a very difficult, often depressing struggle.
Faced with limited low sodium prospects, I began to dread mealtime. What was I going to eat? Would it taste like cardboard? And everything was so inconvenient, taking time and concerted effort to make. I found myself losing weight and becoming disinterested in food. Worse, I started feeling resentful towards people who could eat normally - even my own family. I ached for the salty, greasy food everyone else seemed to be eating with abandon.
Fed up with feeling helpless and deprived, I decided to take charge. I couldn’t control my Meniere’s symptoms, but the low sodium diet was working wonders. With hard work, I could change my life for the better and in the process help others. This website is my work-in-progress toward the goal of maintaining health joyfully. With each new recipe, I feel a renewed sense of satisfaction - and in some sense, freedom, from the prison I’d known before. I’d never have believed a change in diet could so alter a person’s life, but mine is a case in point. What initially seemed a sentence is now a welcome challenge, and Meniere’s has provided me with an excuse to devote myself to cooking. I’ve never been happier.
The recipes on this website are intended to meet the requirements of a low sodium diet only (under 1500 mg per day) and may not meet other dietary restrictions. Individuals with special health needs, such as those on low fat, low cholesterol, diabetic or restricted calorie diets, should exercise caution when proceeding with any recipe.
Copyright Information.
All photographs on this site are my original work. Unless otherwise attributed, all recipes contained on this site are mine as well, and should be regarded as private property. If you would like to reprint, reuse or otherwise re-broadcast any of the contents of this website in any form, please contact me first for authorization.
I have worked hard the past 3 years to make this website a reality. Although I offer the contents to the public free of charge, I welcome financial contributions toward its upkeep. This can be done securely via PayPal through the DONATE button to the right.
And as always, I love hearing from you! Your questions and comments are welcome. Please feel free to contact me through this website or either of the following:
Christin Ellingsworth
PO Box 824
Portland, ME 04104
christy AT thedailydish DOT us.
Many thanks for your continued support! Best wishes, Christy
