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Lower salt ready meals

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Someone asked me the other day, if I could suggest any lower salt ready meals. I have dietary restrictions, so I don't tend to eat ready meals and I'm at a loss. Does anyone have any tips or recommendations?

I'm asking on behalf of a widower who can't cook, so those are the limitations. I may be able to talk them into throwing up to 5 ingredients into a slow cooker once or twice a week.

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This is nice of you Copper, all supermarkets have their own brand low salt ready meals so here’s an example:tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/s...

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That's great, I didn't realise they had that filter! I will pass it on.

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I agree, it's always better to learn to cook from scratch, but sometimes I think people simply have the fear of overcoming that first hurdle.

I did send some very basic slow cooker recipes over, just using frozen veg, pre-diced meat and stock cubes, so the effort is minimal but with maximum control over salt levels.

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Hi Cooper27

You might suggest easy meals like soups which can be made from many ingredients in the fridge/cupboard. Adding salt at the end of the cooking process when the flavors have developed is a good way to reduce salt usage. Also freezes well.

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