Do You Know How Much Sodium Is In That Can Of Soup? Recipe added

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Make Your Own Casserole Sauce Mix Casseroles and cream soups just seem to go together. Cream Soups are great on homegrown vegetables fresh from the garden, jar or even the freezer. But have you read those labels on those creamed soups. The more I read the labels, and if you're like me and you are into watching sodium in your diet, there has to be a flavorful alternative. Well, there is. You can make your own healthy casserole or cream soup mix. I keep a container of the mix on hand all the time for white sauces, gravies and soups. I have a variety of recipes that I use to make mine with. This mix uses low fat and low sodium ingredients. That is something you wont mind eating and seving to your family. You will be amazed at how easy the mix is to use and so much healthier than commercially purchased cans of creamed soup. For example, one 10.5-ounce can of cream soup has 225 calories and 12.5 grams of fat. The homemade mix has only 107 calories and just 1 gram of fat. If we compared a 1/2 cup serving, it would be 90 calories verses 43 calories and 5 grams of fat verses a trace. These facts can be found at the University of Missouri Extension Service information. Now YOu are going to love sodium facts in this recipe. One can of soup has 2,225 milligrams of sodium compared to 1,200 in the casserole saucemix if regular bouillon is used. Per one-half cup serving, this translates into 890 milligrams or 37 percent daily value for the canned soup and 480 milligrams or 20 percent daily value for the casserole mix. If you use reduced sodium bouillon as called for in the recipe, you'd reduce the sodium level even more. Not only will you spare your body fat and sodium, you'll be saving pennies for your pocket too and eliminating cans from filling up your landfills. Now how cool is that? The homemade casserole sauce mix is a basic white sauce mix with some herbs added, depending on what you choose to add. When ready to use, if you like cream of celery soup, add some chopped fresh celery to your dish. If you prefer cream of mushroom, add some fresh or canned mushroom pieces. Or, if it's cream of broccoli, add fresh or frozen chopped broccoli. Be creative. It is that simple and easy to use. Homemade & Healthy Casserole Sauce Mix (Use instead of canned cream soup in any recipe) 2 cups nonfat dry milk powder 3/4 cup cornstarch or clear gel 1/4 cup instant reduced sodium chicken or beef bouillon granules 1/2 teaspoon dried crushed thyme (optional) 1/2 teaspoon dried crushed basil (optional) 1/4 teaspoon ground white or black pepper Directions: Combine ingredients. Store in an airtight container of your choice. To prepare as a substitute for one can of condensed cream soup in recipes, stir together 1/3 cup dry mix and 1 1/4 cup water in a saucepan or microwave cooking dish. Cook and stir until thickened. Mix makes the equivalent of nine cans condensed soup. You can always mix up a batch and give it as a gift using a recipe card with the directions on it as a gift tag. You will want to keep this on hands all the time for your everyday family cooking.