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Easy Recipes For Dialysis Patients

By Mathea Ford 4 Comments

Easy Recipes For Dialysis Patients
Easy recipes for dialysis patients

Putting together meal plans and recipes for a kidney safe diet does not have to be difficult. In fact, there are plenty of enjoyable recipes that work for renal disease.

These easy recipes for dialysis patients make putting together kidney safe meals a breeze.

Breakfast

For the most important meal of the day, you want something that will sustain you until your next meal. The typical American diet tends to include a lot of sugar and sodium-rich foods for breakfast, but there are so many options to make breakfast delicious and healthy for a renal diet.

 

Zucchini Hash Browns

Ingredients:

1 large zucchini, grated or shredded
½ small yellow onion, diced
1 small red pepper, diced
1 garlic clove, finely diced
1 tablespoon olive oil

After shredding your large zucchini, squeeze by hand to remove excess moisture. Throw peppers in with zucchini and mix together by hand, let sit for a few minutes while you heat the oil in a pan. In a skillet, heat oil and then saute onion and garlic until the onion is transparent. Add the zucchini mixture to the pan and cook until browned, flipping and “scattering” as needed.

Lunch

Although super convenient, deli meats are typically full of extra sodium. Instead, use meats left over from dinner the night before or freshly slice lean meats yourself. Do this ahead of time to make hassle free lunch options.

Delicious Deli Bagel Sandwich

1 plain bagel
2 ounces freshly sliced turkey breast
Shredded carrot
1-2 leaves of fresh raw kale
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard

Pair your sandwich with a sliced apple or a handful of grapes and a glass of sugar free lemonade.

Dinner

End your day on a delicious and healthy note. To omit a lot of sodium and added phosphorus, try to avoid using processed foods whenever possible. Instead, stick to lean proteins, white starches, and lots of fresh produce.

Oven Baked Tilapia with Sauteed Veggies

Ingredients:

½ large onion
1 3 ounce tilapia fillet
2 lemon wedges
salt free spice mix
1 cup fresh sugar snap peas
1/2 cup bell pepper mix, julienne cut
½ cup cauliflower florets
1 tablespoon olive oil

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil and spray with nonstick spray. Cut one thick slice of onion, set on baking sheet. Put tilapia fillet on top of the onion and sprinkle with your choice of salt free spice mix. Squeeze lemon wedge over fish and leave the wedge on top of the fish while baking. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until white and flaky.

While fish is baking, heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute sugar snap peas, bell peppers, and cauliflower. Season with salt free spice mix and squeeze a lemon wedge over veggies before removing from pan.

Pairs well with white or saffron rice. Any salt free seasoning mix will work, so you can use your favorite. For a bit of spice, sprinkle a tiny bit of crushed red pepper flakes or fresh ground black pepper over the fish before baking.

These easy recipes for dialysis patients, plus some simple fresh snacks like baby carrots or salt free pretzels and hummus, will keep you happy and satisfied. You can find more kidney friendly and delicious recipes like these here.


Also published on Medium.

Suggested Reading:

  1. Find Secrets To Flavorful Pre-Dialysis Meal Plans
  2. Top Ten Meals Made with Milk Alternatives
  3. Top Ten Side Dishes To Eat With Your Pre-Dialysis Kidney Disease Meals
  4. Pre-dialysis Diet Plan and Supermarket Secrets
  5. Pre-Dialysis Patients and Fast Food

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About The Author

I have over 22 years of experience as a registered dietitian nutritionist, and I have worked with many different people. From children to the elderly, I have helped them all. I own several meal planning websites, and I have recently published a book on Kindle and Amazon, entitles "Living with Chronic Kidney Disease - Predialysis" Read More…

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Comments

  1. Mary says

    March 20, 2017 at 7:41 pm

    the doctor tells me I am stage 3 moderate renal failure. Don’t know what that means.

    Reply
    • MatheaW says

      April 24, 2017 at 7:34 am

      Check out this article: https://www.renaldiethq.com/diet-by-stage-of-ckd/

      Reply
  2. Loraine says

    March 2, 2018 at 10:12 am

    Just wanted to let you know that I have purchased two of your books:
    –Living with Chronic Kidney Disease–Pre-Dialysis, and
    –Create Your Own Kidney Diet Plan.
    I see that they were published in 2012 and 2013 respectively. I remember reading that you send updates when information changes. I have purchased both through Amazon.com and wonder if that still entitles me to updates. If so, I would very much appreciate receiving any additional information.

    After reading Create Your Own Kidney Diet Plan, I have religiously tracked what I am eating:
    Date/ Meal/ Food Eaten/ Sodium/ Potassium/ Phosphorus/ Protein/ Carbs/ Calories
    and have been able to improve my numbers quite a bit.

    On my first blood test in November, I was told that my Creatinin was 1.4 and my GFR as between 35-40. This morning, I received numbers from my second blood test and they were: Creatinin 1.0 and GFR 54. I credit this to tracking what I am eating and being careful.

    This leads me to my second question: I was looking at your recipe for Zucchini Hash Browns and noticed that the nutritional information was not given. I would really like to know the nutritional content without having to track each item in the recipe. Could this information be given to me?

    Thank you,

    lowraind

    Reply

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