Simple Fresh Tomato and Bread Stuffing featuring LoSalt

It is a very blustery day outside. The wind is letting its presence known!! The temperatures are much too chilly to be comfortable and yet, it is warm. I count my blessings, each one like a leaf gently falling from a tree.

Ingredients:

3 big tomatoes – diced

1 medium size Spanish onion – sliced

3-4 cloves garlic – chopped

3 stalks celery – chopped

6-8 cups left over bread - ripped

1 cup chicken broth or stock from boiling the giblets and neck

½ cup grated Parmesan cheese or Romano cheese

1 tsp. LoSalt

½ tsp. black pepper

½ tsp. dried oregano

½ tsp. Bell’s Seasoning

2 -3 tablespoons olive oil

2 tablespoons butter

Heat a large cast iron frying pan with 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 2 tablespoons of butter. Add the celery, garlic, tomato and onion and sauté until the onion is slightly transparent and the garlic is fragrant.

Add the bread and another drizzle of olive oil over the bread and toss with the sautéed onions, tomato and garlic. Sauté until the bread is slightly golden on low heat. Add the broth a little at a time, while sautéing. Add the seasonings.

When the bread has absorbed the broth, add the cheese and toss. Flatten the top with a spatula and grate more cheese over the top with a tiny drizzle of olive oil.

Preheat Oven 325:

Bake the stuffing for 20-25 minutes.

Enjoy with Love,

Catherine

With the holidays and Thanksgiving approaching, salt consumption is on the rise which is why Living the Gourmet is happy to present LoSalt, a healthy, reduced sodium alternative to salt.

This great tasting salt can be used just like regular salts in cooking and on the table but has 66% less sodium than sea and rock salts. It is a great source of potassium and a natural product. LoSalt is sold worldwide and in more than 4,500 stores in the U.S. including Whole Foods, Safeway and Kroger. Also, LoSalt retails for comparable prices to sea and rock salts.

Salt is one of the most key ingredients when it comes to cooking and baking. In fact, salt is one of our key taste receptors and brings out the flavors of a recipe. Over the centuries, people have found numerous uses for salt, many beyond its obvious use in cooking and preserving. Here are some that may surprise and delight you:

Sooth a bee sting: Wet the sting and cover it with salt.

Kill weeds: Sprinkle salt on the grass growing in cracks of cement or between bricks; then pour hot water over it.

Kill poison ivy: Mix salt in soapy water and spray it onto leaves and stems.

Clean tarnished copper, china cups, cutting boards, cast iron:Fill a spray bottle with hot white vinegar and three tablespoons of salt to clean copper. Rub china cups with salt to remove coffee and tea stains. Cover a cutting board with bleach and salt, scrub with a stiff brush and rinse with hot water. Scrub cast iron pots and pans with salt instead of water to prevent rusting.

Help extinguish a grease fire: Pour salt on top; never use water.

Pick up a dropped egg: Sprinkle the mess with salt; leave for 20 minutes and then wipe it up.

Repel flees: Wash your dog with salt water. A salt solution also chases away moths and ants!

Use for toothpaste and gargle: A mild solution makes an excellent toothpaste, mouthwash and an effective gargle. It can even be used as an exfoliating massage to improve the complexion of skin.

There are so many uses for salt. By some counts, there could be as many as 1,400 uses.

To learn more about LoSalt and the health benefits surrounding this low sodium product visit LoSalt’s website at losalt.com.

**I was given these products for review. I was not financially compensated for this post. All opinions expressed are my own.

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