Trader Snows

... it will be raining and in the low 40s.

Use 'em to defrost your sidewalk. Well, but not the frozen peas. That could be a problem.

Salt... in frozen foods? Well I NEVER.

too much salt in any frozen meal.. Salt is a preservative.

Always amazed me when I looked at a 'healthy' frozen meal and saw just as much salt as a McDonald's hamburger.

I just make my own food, and freeze it in TV-dinner like containers (three compartments). So much better.

Clearly they should use sand instead.

with hypernatremia, drink more water. If it's a taste thing, there are fresher options out there. Unfortunately salt is used in the processing of food, and if it's not food, it's some other preservative being used. That's typically not specific to Trader Joe's, either. I'd take the list of ingredients in their frozen meals over every other mainstream frozen dinner on the market.

Though if you don't have high blood pressure, sodium isn't going to hurt you, and there's no reason to get less than the recommended daily allowance. Avoiding sodium is an older version of the "avoid gluten" craze. As with that, if you're not celiac, you're likely not going to see any benefit. Saltier processed foods tend to be packed with more fats and sugars, which can make you fat, and being fat will raise your blood pressure. /tangent