Easy and low sodium?

[sky]

Hello all, happy Easter to those who celebrate it :)

Does anyone have suggestions for relatively easy/quick recipes that are low sodium? I've gotten really conscious about how much preprocessed convenience type food I eat lately, but the trouble is I barely know the first thing about cooking. As far as dietary restrictions, I'm allergic to peanuts but otherwise I'm up for trying absolutely anything :)

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[rydra_wong]

AFAIK, if you're cooking from scratch, low-sodium cooking is just about not adding extra salt, and checking any processed ingredients you do use (e.g. stock cubes, canned vegetables, etc.) for added levels.

Some possibly-useful links on things to watch for:

http://www.abbottnorthwestern.com/ac/hearthealth.nsf/page/sodium
http://diabetes.webmd.com/diabetes-understanding-salt

If you're very new to cooking, I'd suggest mastering some very-quick-and-easy recipes that you can make (with infinite variations) when you'd normally eat a convenience meal -- e.g.:

basic omelette or scrambled eggs with vegetables
simple cooked fish and salad
stir-fry (almost anything can go in a stir-fry!)
pasta with various simple sauces

All of these can work fine without any salt at all (e.g. my not-technically-poached salmon).