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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can he really have NO salt? Or is he limited to 1500 mg daily? Find out -- I somewhat doubt it's truly a "zero salt" diet. [/quote]

I agree with this.
Also, my grandfather couldn't eat much salt because of heart issues (he lived to 92...he really managed it well). I was taught to cook with very little salt, although I certainly use more now than I used to.  Also, I regularly cook for different family members with other health issues that avoid different things.
Depending on your FIL (his personality, your relationship, etc), I would recommend:
* finding out how much he can actually have
* find out if he has a few dishes that are really important to him-- figure out how to adapt them and/or make some separately for him 
* make sure that there are a few things that he 'knows' he can eat. He doesn't need to 'have' everything

When you do cook, herbs are really critical without salt. Yes, most food tastes better with salt ...but quite a bit of food can be very tasty without it, esp if someone is not accustomed to already eating a lot of salt

Here are some lower salt things related to traditional thanksgiving that I would recommend:
cranberry sauce (easy to make without salt; not sure about the canned, but you can make it fresh with cranberries, orange juice, sugar, seasoning like nutmeg, vanilla)
roasted and/or steamed veggies- many taste better with salt, but perfectly tasty without-- use olive oil and some herbs.  You can add salt to roasted veggies at the end anyway, so you can keep some salt free if you want
consider if he would want fresh fish vs. turkey; fresh fish like a piece of fresh baked salmon is easy to have salt-free but with lots of flavor like herbs and lemon (this non-thanksgiving dish may be the most controversial thing I'm writing ;-) 
cornbread is tough because bread and cake tend to have a lot of salt but you could always make a corn salad also
I agree with the other rec for sweet potatoes-- they are very tasty if cooked and served with some butter or olive oil. Personally, I don't like white potatoes without salt.

For dessert, you can offer Berries and Cream[/quote]

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