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Amy's is REALLY good, but expensive. I still love Campbell's - salt and all. I just gave my son some Chicken Noodle in a thermos for lunch today - bad mom I am!
I agree that the low-sodium Campbell's soups are pretty good. I like Progresso soup, except there's not ENOUGH salt, or anything else for that matter, and I have to season it up myself!
Amy's is REALLY good, but expensive. I still love Campbell's - salt and all. I just gave my son some Chicken Noodle in a thermos for lunch today - bad mom I am!
I'd rather pay a little more for something of quality but thats only me... it is so freaking easy to make homemade soup... the good stuff... all you need is a chicken, celery, carrots, garlic, and onion... herbs, rosemary, and thyme... really really easy... add whatever you like... pasta, rice, etc... plus, it makes the house smell great on top of everything else... crusty bread with butter to accompany... yum
We can't really cook a big pot of anything cuz most ends up not getting eaten up before we figure it's too old, so we eat quite a lot of canned junk. But speaking of soups try this: Heat a can of your favorite clam chowder and when it loosens up a bit pick all the pieces of rubbery tough clam out and give your dog a treat of the picked out clam pieces. Next, crack and pick the meat out of thawed snow crab or king crab legs, claws and knuckles, heck even put in that salty heel meat ! Continue to heat the chowder until the chowder along with the added crab meat is nice and hot, without over cooking it.
Enjoy, and while you're thinking of how good it was, you can thank me with REP POINTS !
Homemade soup is the best way to go, but when in a pinch, I go for the lower sodium version of canned soup. If you think Campbell's soup is bad, check out any frozen dinner entree, Ramen noodles, packaged noodle or rice side dishes, boxed macaroni and cheese, and so on. Basically, any processed food is going to be high in sodium because it prolongs shelf life and gives flavor to non-natural ingredients.
I grew up in a low-sodium household and the only thing I add salt to unless specifically called for in a recipe is steak. Otherwise, it is not necessary. Use herbs and other spices to give food flavor. Buy fresh as much as possible to cut down on sodium.
A bit off topic, but I personally feel that sodium should be regulated by the government when it comes to processed food because so many Americans (not anyone in particular here) are uneducated about the effects of sodium on the heart.
We can't really cook a big pot of anything cuz most ends up not getting eaten up before we figure it's too old, so we eat quite a lot of canned junk. But speaking of soups try this: Heat a can of your favorite clam chowder and when it loosens up a bit pick all the pieces of rubbery tough clam out and give your dog a treat of the picked out clam pieces. Next, crack and pick the meat out of thawed snow crab or king crab legs, claws and knuckles, heck even put in that salty heel meat ! Continue to heat the chowder until the chowder along with the added crab meat is nice and hot, without over cooking it.
Enjoy, and while you're thinking of how good it was, you can thank me with REP POINTS !
Next time you do make a big pot of something---freeze the leftovers in those plastic bowl containers like the Zip-Lock. Then when you want some just take it out and put it in the microwave! Since it's only my husband and myself and all the kids are grown I have learned how to freeze many things. And many of the things are even better this way!!! Makes great lunches, snacks and dinners.
Just found this thread and thought it was interesting. I don't know is the canned soups the OP was mentioning actually had more salt than they used to, but I would guess they raised the salt levels every time they were "new and improved".
This thread started in 2007, seems like the soup companies were listening! Today at the store, at least half of the canned soup section is devoted to different "healthy" soups with labels touting lower sodium, no MSG, low fat, fiber and more. It's spilling into other products too, like the recent plan to lower sodium in Spagetti-os.
On the other hand, most lower sodium soups and canned goods still have huge amounts of sodium, just less than the "regular" versions. Still, lower is better than higher
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