Meat Loaf.

Ingredients:

• 750g mince meat
• 1/4 cup no added salt tomato paste
• 1/4 cup no added salt tomato sauce
• 1 onion grated
• 1 carrot grated
• 1/2 zucchini grated
• 3 mushrooms chopped finely
• 2 teaspoons or 2 cloves garlic
• 1 egg lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon mixed herbs
• 4 teaspoons salt skip vegetable stock
• Pepper
• 1/2 cup bread crumbs (You can make your own breadcrumbs by breaking up pieces of low salt bread and baking them in a low heated oven.  Once they are dried, place them in a food processor to turn into crumbs)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
2. Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix until well combined.
3. Place mixture into a greased oven tin and cook for 1 hour or until cooked through.

Creamy vegetable pasta.

This recipe is from allrecipes.com but I have changed it to be low salt and with more vegetables.

Ingredients:

• 225g of cooked pasta
• 1 cup broccoli
• 1 cup zucchini + carrot (or other vegetables of your choice)
  
• 2 tablespoons butter (no added salt)
  
• 2 tablespoons plain flour
• 2 cups of skim milk
• 2/3 cup of no added salt cottage or ricotta chese
• ground black pepper
  

Directions:

1. Place vegetables in a steamer and cook until tender but firm.
2. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly. Gradually add milk, stir until blended. Cook for 15 minutes or until thick, stirring constantly. Stir in ricotta or cottage cheese and pepper. Cook 5 minutes or until cheese melts. Stir in steamed vegetables and cooked pasta

Hummus.

Quick and very easy to make.  I love this recipe and so does my 14 month old.  I serve it on no added salt toast or rice cakes.

Ingredients:

• 420g can or cooked chickpeas (no added salt)
  
• 4 teaspoons or 4 cloves of garlic
  
• 2 tablespoons Tahini (Mayvers make a no added salt Tahini)
  
• Juice of 3 lemons

Directions:

     Blend all ingredients together until they are of a smooth consistency.