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This slow-cooker veggie stew is high in potassium, low in cholesterol and full of fibre
Lentil and barley stew will boost your potassium
My friend was recently told he had low potassium levels and since he’s diabetic, bananas (with all that natural sugar) were out. I started looking around for other foods that were high in potassium, and came up with lentils. I am a vegetarian so meat recipes were out too.
With all these restrictions, I had to combine several recipes and tweek them quite a bit. But once I was decided on the ingredients, all I had to do was toss everything into a slow cooker.
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The barley makes a great and easy addition because you can put it in uncooked. Barley helps lower cholesterol, reduce heart disease and is a good source of insoluble fibre. Also, using vegetable broth allows the uncooked barley to absorb all those subtle flavours.
You can reduce the sodium further by adding water instead of broth. For example, 6 cups broth, 2 cups water, or 4 cups broth, 4 cups water. Adjust the seasonings, spices and herbs to taste.
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