I grew up in a low-sodium household as well, so my only advice is based on what I was taught not to do:
a) salted peanuts or other nuts? (including salted peanut butter). I don't notice peanuts being over-salted as quickly as other foods, for some reason.
b) Bread. Baked goods in general, but esp. storebought bread. Some brands of bread have been on a lower-salt kick lately, but if you check labels, some white bread will still have up to a third of a gram of sodium (or more!) per slice. And since a lot of it is via baking soda and other sodium compounds rather than NaCl, you don't taste it as being super-salty right away. You can look at other baked goods (like crackers and cookies) and see which other ones may have more salt than expected. On the super-easy-but-homemade end, Bisquick has half a gram of sodium per serving - and there's tons of "easy" recipes using Bisquick as a base.
c) What are your feelings on butter? One slice of white bread generously slathered with salted butter can be up to half a gram of sodium...
d) Cheese. I get grossed out by too much salt pretty quickly as well, but for some reason I can slather salty cheese or butter on everything and it's fine. (This doesn't work if you have dairy or fat issues, though, I suppose.)
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Date: 2014-09-18 08:26 pm (UTC)a) salted peanuts or other nuts? (including salted peanut butter). I don't notice peanuts being over-salted as quickly as other foods, for some reason.
b) Bread. Baked goods in general, but esp. storebought bread. Some brands of bread have been on a lower-salt kick lately, but if you check labels, some white bread will still have up to a third of a gram of sodium (or more!) per slice. And since a lot of it is via baking soda and other sodium compounds rather than NaCl, you don't taste it as being super-salty right away. You can look at other baked goods (like crackers and cookies) and see which other ones may have more salt than expected. On the super-easy-but-homemade end, Bisquick has half a gram of sodium per serving - and there's tons of "easy" recipes using Bisquick as a base.
c) What are your feelings on butter? One slice of white bread generously slathered with salted butter can be up to half a gram of sodium...
d) Cheese. I get grossed out by too much salt pretty quickly as well, but for some reason I can slather salty cheese or butter on everything and it's fine. (This doesn't work if you have dairy or fat issues, though, I suppose.)