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Low salt pasta recipes

Ditch the shop-bought salty pasta sauce and make these recipes that contain less than 1g of salt per serving.
'Lighter' chicken pasta bake
by Justine Pattison

This comforting chicken and broccoli pasta bake is a good choice for a healthy dinner. For people following a diet of 1200–1500 calories a day, this is a filling dinner choice.

Each serving provides 440 kcal, 37g protein, 47g carbohydrates (of which 13g sugars), 10g fat (of which 2.5g saturates), 8.5g fibre and 1g salt.

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