One wouldn't think that it was very difficult to eliminate the majority of sodium from a diet, but I'm here to tell you that it's harder than it sounds! My biggest difficulty has been bready things ... you just can't find them on the shelves without high levels of sodium. That's no bueno for this girl! I've been a bit slack what with Christmas and New Years and the kids being on holidays. But now that those are all but finished, I'm getting back on track. I'm going to be revamping our favorite recipes into Low Sodium versions. Tonight's breakfast burritos were a perfect start! I loved having a big win! And though there was no bacon involved, the homemade 'sausage' was a very tasty and quite acceptable substitute.
I used a few kitchen gadgets to accomplish this but you could totally make these without those gadgets ... it just might take you a bit longer than it took me. There are lots of components, none of them complicated ... and no real measurements, it depends on how many you are cooking for ... you'll work it out !
Potatoes: Spiralize potatoes. (You could also chop or chip or whatever!) Shallow fry in hot olive oil til crispy. Set aside.
Breakfast "Sausage": To 500g pork mince add 1&1/2 tsp pepper, 1 tsp crushed sage (I would have used fresh if I had it), 2 tsp fresh thyme, 1 tsp fresh rosemary (chopped), 1 TBLS brown sugar, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1/2 tsp cayenne, 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes. Mix. You could make these into patties but I just tipped the meat as it was into the hot pan that I had just cooked the potatoes in.
Eggs: Scrambled. Do these at the end so that they are hot when you serve
Tomato Salsa: For this one I diced two tomatoes, 1/4 of a red onion (finely diced), 1 clove of freshly minced garlic, 2 handfuls of fresh coriander, pepper and the juice of one lime. Mix.
Flour Tortillas: I made the dough in the Thermomix but you could mix it by hand. 370g flour, 180ml lukewarm water, 40g olive oil, 1 tsp sodium free baking powder. Add to TM bowl, blitz speed 5 for 10 seconds. Knead setting for 2 minutes. Tip dough out, roll into big ball then divide into 8 equal portions. Roll with rolling pin. Fry in hot, dry (no oil) flying pan for 1-2 minutes or until it bubbles, then flip. The second side never takes as long. AND the first tortilla never works! Note to self: make a small one to be 'first one' that goes in the trash!
Top the tortillas with whatever combo of the above ingredients you want ... we add Avocado and Sour Cream too. Fold it up and eat it ! So good !!
2 comments:
These look soooo yummy! With Grandma staying with us, we are looking for ways to cut down on sodium too, so I will watch your "low sodium way" posts with interest.
I love the addition of the crispy onions!
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