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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Diet and Recipes => Topic started by: paddbear0000 on November 08, 2007, 12:14:42 PM

Title: I Need Ideas for a Food Gift Basket
Post by: paddbear0000 on November 08, 2007, 12:14:42 PM

Help! I need some ideas for a food gift basket for someone. I'm going home for Christmas and will be visiting a neighbor who is on dialysis. What is safe to put in a food basket for him?

Title: Re: I Need Ideas for a Food Gift Basket
Post by: boxman55 on November 08, 2007, 12:38:40 PM

you could start with some apples (Honey Crisp) are the best...Boxman

Title: Re: I Need Ideas for a Food Gift Basket
Post by: glitter on November 08, 2007, 12:44:23 PM

how about some Christmasy hard candy? (if he isn't diabetic).  :christmastree; thats a nice thing to do.. :snowman;

Title: Re: I Need Ideas for a Food Gift Basket
Post by: paddbear0000 on November 08, 2007, 12:46:20 PM

Quote from: glitter on November 08, 2007, 12:44:23 PM

how about some Christmasy hard candy? (if he isn't diabetic).  :christmastree; thats a nice thing to do.. :snowman;

Oh yeah. I forgot to mention he's diabetic too. Sorry! His wife isn't tho!

Title: Re: I Need Ideas for a Food Gift Basket
Post by: okarol on November 08, 2007, 02:12:42 PM

How about some nice coffee, maybe a couple of coffee cups, tea bags, and some sugar free dinner mints.

Title: Re: I Need Ideas for a Food Gift Basket
Post by: Rerun on November 08, 2007, 03:39:15 PM

A box of white rice..... he'll love ya for it!   :sarcasm;

Title: Re: I Need Ideas for a Food Gift Basket
Post by: paddbear0000 on November 12, 2007, 11:05:36 AM

 :bump;  I need more ideas! Please!!

Title: Re: I Need Ideas for a Food Gift Basket
Post by: MyssAnne on November 12, 2007, 11:08:11 AM

Go with seasonings, Mrs Dash, that type of thing. Those are nice to have. I don't have a problem with diabetes, so I can't give you anything else. Fresh fruit is always good. Heck, fresh vegetables for that matter. Salt free tortilla chips? 

Title: Re: I Need Ideas for a Food Gift Basket
Post by: paddbear0000 on November 12, 2007, 11:36:15 AM

What kinds of fruits or vegetables? I don't want to give him anything that will mess with his phosphorus or potassium too much. As I'm not on dialysis yet, I'm a little unsure about exactly what should be avoided.

Title: Re: I Need Ideas for a Food Gift Basket
Post by: oswald on November 12, 2007, 12:10:45 PM

any kind of pasta, some canned goods, sauces and mixes, and some gift certificates for their local super market. anything that won't spoil or go bad if it sits for awhile.  good luck.

Title: Re: I Need Ideas for a Food Gift Basket
Post by: MyssAnne on November 12, 2007, 01:33:01 PM

Apples, pineapples, celery, radishes, cauliflower, grapes, green peppers. These are the lowest, (Zach, correct me if I'm wrong, please!), I recall that carrots were medium/high in poassium.  There's a chart of foods by low/medium/high potassium. Very handy!

Title: Re: I Need Ideas for a Food Gift Basket
Post by: kitkatz on November 13, 2007, 09:59:14 AM

Throw some different types of herbal tea in the basket.

Title: Re: I Need Ideas for a Food Gift Basket
Post by: paddbear0000 on November 15, 2007, 12:47:11 PM

Never mind! I know what I'm going to do! I'm going to print out a bunch of kidney friendly recipes and put them in a nice album for him since he likes to cook!   :bandance; Thanks for all the suggestions tho!