Okay.

Don't cook with mixes, they aren't very good, even if you make them yourself, and if you eliminate the fat and salt, they'll be unpalatable.

Get a few good cookbooks. Use fresh veggies, fruits and meat, poultry and seafood. Bake from scratch. The food will be much better and much better for your husband. Good luck.

I would start by checking if your library or cardiac center of your hospital has American Heart Association cookbooks. Besides recipes, they'll give you ideas for retraining yourself in a new way of thinking about cooking rather than cooking what you previously did but omitting fat and salt.

I'm sorry I may have not explained myself...I want the recipes for the herbs and/or spices.. you never get the true ingredients on the back of any package...lol

thank you all for the suggestions...

Much packaged food has so much salt and other things heart patients shouldn't have that you probably don't want to know what's in them in too much detail. :)

I think the library will be the best bet for "make a mix" books. I just gave away about 40 cookbooks, but I didn't have any of those.

I second the american Heart Association cookbooks. I have one that was my in-laws and use it a lot. The library should have a copy so you can "try before you buy." Their website has good recipes, too.

You should be able to find what you want here.

Good luck, it's a hard diet to follow. Salt and fat are what give food it's taste and texture, you are going to have to be creative to make interesting, tasty meals.

Here is a link that might be useful: Make your own spice mixes

I'm going to probably step out of bounds here, but everyone, even heart patients, need at least a little bit of fat in their diet. Some very important vitamins that are essential for heart health are fat soluble, meaning they won't be available without some fat included in the diet.

I have no cookbooks like you describe, as I don't do mixes either, but I agree with those who recommend the library. I check cookbooks out of the library frequently to see if I like them and for a change of pace from the cookbooks I own. There's also used book stores in most areas that probably have a good selection of cookbooks. Good luck you you and your husband.

Sally