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Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Sauce
Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Sauce is the perfect low potassium replacement for tomato sauce, marinara sauce and pizza sauce. By combining roasted red peppers with tomato sauce this recipe is a kidney-friendly for dialysis patients and anyone who needs to follow a low potassium diet.
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Tempeh Pita Sandwiches
The next time you have a craving for a sandwich with crunch and a nutty flavor, try Tempeh Pita Sandwiches, a vegetarian favorite. In addition to fitting into a kidney-friendly diet, Tempeh Pita Sandwiches are low in cholesterol and saturated fat and high in fiber at 5.5 grams a serving.
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Low Sugar Carrot Cake
For people on dialysis cooking your own foods and baking your own desserts helps you control your dialysis diet. Try this recipe for Low Sugar Carrot Cake and bake up a delicious after-dinner dessert or mid-day snack that is sure to be a hit.
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Arroz Con Leche (Rice with Milk)
Turn plain white rice into a yummy, kidney-friendly dessert with renal dietitian Melisa’s Arroz con Leche recipe. By substituting a low potassium, low phosphorus substitute for milk, dialysis patients can go back for seconds without exceeding their kidney diet goals.
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Tortilla Beef Rollups High Protein
Dialysis patients are instructed by their renal dietitians to eat a diet with quality protein. For dialysis patients who are also looking for quality flavor, DaVita renal dietitian, Sara from California, offers her kidney-friendly recipe for Tortilla Beef Rollups High Protein.
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What to Eat after Kidney Transplant, Part 1
People with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and patients on dialysis must follow a special diet. But what happens after a kidney transplant? Is a special diet still needed? The short answer is yes, but it is often less restrictive than a CKD or dialysis diet. AcutePost-Transplant Phase Nutrition The acute transplant phase is the period […]
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Eat What You Love: Kidney-Friendly Valentine Treats
One way to get to your sweetie’s heart is through his or her stomach. From Cupid’s Cherry Cheesecake to Stuffed Strawberries, we’ve picked 10 Valentine’s Day kidney diet recipes to serve your loved one throughout the month of February.
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Crunchy Tofu Stir Fry
Crunchy Tofu Stir Fry is a kidney-friendly vegetarian option. DaVita dietitian Jean from Iowa created Crunchy Tofu Stir Fry to share with kidney patients looking for meatless options that still provide high quality protein to meet the requirements of a dialysis diet.
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Embracing More Plant-Based, Kidney-Friendly Foods
Are you interested in learning more about plant-based foods and recipes? You came to the right place! Research has linked a plant-based diet to a lower risk of obesity, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.1 Plant-based diets are linked to slowing the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) related to improvements in blood pressure, reduced […]
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Slowing Progression of Early Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects nearly 1 in every 7 adults (1). That’s 37 million people in the United States — and 90% of those affected do not even know they have it. CKD is defined as a gradual loss of kidney function over time. There are five stages of the disease. Stages 1 and […]