11 Low Sodium Tomato Recipes

Skip the jarred sauce and the hidden salt that comes with it! A dozen fresh Roma tomatoes simmer down with garlic, onion and no-salt-added tomato paste, while balsamic vinegar and a touch of brown sugar do the work salt usually does. You get a rich, slow-cooked sauce with just 95mg of sodium per serving.

Feta gets crossed off most low sodium lists, but used as a filling rather than a base, a little goes a long way. Four ounces mashed with shallot, oregano and balsamic fills a whole pound of sweet cherry tomatoes for you. Nothing goes near a stove, and each serving holds only 124mg of sodium.

The grill does the seasoning here, so you barely need salt at all. Romaine hearts, red and yellow tomatoes and onions go on cut side down until the sugars caramelize, then get olive oil, balsamic, creamy avocado and sunflower seeds. It's smoky, fresh, and just 86mg of sodium per serving.

If you're working to a strict sodium limit, start right here. Garlic and dried oregano stand in for salt completely: squash, zucchini and onion soften in the pan first, then tomato wedges go in at the end so they keep their shape. Nothing salty touches it, leaving you just 6mg per serving.

A splash of dry white wine replaces the salt entirely in this one. It reduces down with plum tomatoes, shallot and garlic into something closer to a light sauce than a dressing, then gets finished with fresh basil. It's tender, bright, and the lowest on this list, giving you only 5mg of sodium.

Bottled vinaigrette is where the sodium hides in most tomato salads. Here the dressing is one clove of garlic and a spoonful of white balsamic, and that's the whole of it. Cherry and yellow tomatoes, red onion, basil and buttery avocado bring you 6g of fiber and just 6mg of sodium.

Canned tomato soup is probably what sent you looking for a recipe in the first place. This version builds its body from vegetables rather than salt, with onion, carrot, celery and a whole head of fennel cooked down with fresh Roma tomatoes. Almond milk makes it creamy, and a bowl comes to just 90mg.

When you want a full meal instead of another side dish, this vegan chili delivers. No-salt-added diced tomatoes and kidney beans do the heavy lifting, seasoned with chili powder, cumin and oregano. Top it with nonfat Greek yogurt if you like. Each bowl brings 15g of fiber, 15g of protein and only 93mg of sodium.

Party food usually means salty cheese and crackers. These skip both! Cherry tomatoes, fresh basil and small mozzarella balls thread onto twelve skewers, then get a balsamic glaze reduced on the stove. Fresh mozzarella is far lower in sodium than most cheeses, so each skewer you pick up is just 28mg.

Deli counter pasta salad runs heavy on mayonnaise and salt. This one drops both, dressing whole grain penne with olive oil, balsamic, garlic and Italian seasoning instead. A pound of fresh tomatoes, peppery arugula and plenty of basil go through it, with shaved Parmesan on top. You still finish with only 131mg of sodium per serving.