What's for supper?

[kitkatz]

My Chile recipe looks like this:

Buy the package, Follow the directions on package.

[Jean]

 
Very Funny!!!!

[twirl]

tonight had some grilled catfish, oven rosted garlic potatos, and turnup greens...yummy

double yummy!

[MandaMe1986]

tonight had some grilled catfish, oven rosted garlic potatos, and turnup greens...yummy

double yummy!

I was gonna make your broccli corn bread too but didn't have any broccli and I thought I did...

[dwcrawford]

Gaylee, the dietician, told me to have beans and cashew nuts.  I'm going to have spagetti though.

[David13]

http://www.crookedkitchen.com.

Great blog Restorer!  Congratulations!   

[jbeany]

Tonight's dinner was half a tubbie of Ben and Jerry's.  Wait, isn't there a confession post on here somewhere?  Maybe I should be putting this there!

[Restorer]

http://www.crookedkitchen.com.

Great blog Restorer!  Congratulations!   

Thanks. It's a bit overdue, I meant to have it running two months ago, but at least it's going now.

My dinner tonight deserves a confession too. Pretzels and an Icee, and then a couple hours later some Flamin' Hot Fritos.

[MandaMe1986]

Restorer sounds like my kind of dinner.

I had some spaggtie and celery and peanutbutter...

[breezysummerday]

grilled italian sausage disks to pop in your mouth before dinner
then steak salad with lite blue cheese dressing...spicy sweet tangy chrunchy....yummy!

 

[Restorer]

Mmm, grilled Italian sausage. I really like it (especially the HOT kind), but it's usually too salty for me. But when I do have it, I like dipping it in Dijon mustard.

I also added some radishes to my "dinner." I quartered them and put them in ice water like they do at Mexican restaurants. Then I snacked on them with some salt sprinkled on.

[kristina]

http://www.crookedkitchen.com.

Great blog Restorer!  Congratulations!   

Thanks. It's a bit overdue, I meant to have it running two months ago, but at least it's going now.

My dinner tonight deserves a confession too. Pretzels and an Icee, and then a couple hours later some Flamin' Hot Fritos.

Please, how are tasty Pretzels produced?
My husband and I have tried different recipes without using any salt,
and every time we end up with "warmed up flour, mixed with water, tasting like straw"
and we can't figure out how to bake Pretzels and make them taste nice?
Does anyone know the secret how to bake tasty Pretzels
or is it the salt alone that makes them tasty?
Thanks, Kristina.

[Restorer]

It's the salt. You really can't make most breads without salt - they end up tasting flat and flavorless. If you're looking for a soft pretzel recipe, here's one I'd trust (though I've never made pretzels):

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/homemade-soft-pretzels-recipe/index.html

[dwcrawford]

I just bought a loaf of fresh sour dough.  Is it renal friendly?  Who cares!

[kitkatz]

A piece of homemade apple pie

[kristina]

It's the salt. You really can't make most breads without salt - they end up tasting flat and flavorless. If you're looking for a soft pretzel recipe, here's one I'd trust (though I've never made pretzels):

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/homemade-soft-pretzels-recipe/index.html

Thanks, Matt, for the recipe, we shall try it out and perhaps we are lucky and
this recipe makes the Pretzels taste a little bit better without salt.---
It is true what you say that bread without any salt tastes a bit flat and flavourless,
and because of that we put one quarter of a teaspoon of ground cumin, the same amount of pepper
and same amount of finely grated nutmeg into the dough in our bread-machine,
and we just about manage to "get away with it",
producing bread without any salt
and it tastes not too flat or flavourless.
Thanks again for the recipe for the Pretzels, Kristina.

[kimcanada]

Anyone know if grapefruit is ok to eat??

[Restorer]

Sourdough bread, as far as I know, is renal-friendly. In fact, most sourdough bread is lower in sodium than most other kinds of bread.

Grapefruit is high in potassium like most other citrus, but half a grapefruit is usually considered okay. However, grapefruit does interact with a lot of drugs - certain BP meds, antirejection meds, and others.

As far as the pretzels go, I'd say your best bet is to use a very moderate amount of salt in the dough itself, and then leave off the big chunks of salt that usually go on the outside. If you leave the salt out of the dough, I don't think there's much you can do to make it taste good.

For other breads, if phosphorus isn't an issue for you, maybe you can experiment with making bread with buttermilk or yogurt. The sourness can make up for a lack of salt.

[twirl]

smokey turkey
swiss cheese
mustard
bread
tea
strawberries and watermelon and more watermelon
lettuce
toms
watermelon --- I dread Friday.....

[jbeany]

 

Bad girl, twirly!

I have to buy watermelon presliced in the little packs.  If I get a whole watermelon, I eat it all!

[Hanify]

Is watermelon bad?  High potassium?  I've got it listed on a good (low) potassium list - ooops.

[Des]

I am going to cook "honey and mustard chicken with rice"

[twirl]

I think watermelon is bad because of the fluid in it
and I should eat it in moderation which is hard -
I love it and now I can get it year round

[willieandwinnie]

I buy those little personal watermelons, Len's not a big watermelon fan, but I can eat the whole thing.

I'm going to fix grilled lamb chops, roasted potatoes and fresh squash. 

[jbeany]

Is watermelon bad?  High potassium?  I've got it listed on a good (low) potassium list - ooops.

Just the fluid content - watermelon is what - 80% water?, or something like that.  So too much without accounting for it blows your fluid restrictions in a hurry.  So dicing it into a fruit salad isn't too bad, but eating half of one at a sitting is not so good.  Think of carrying a full size watermelon, and how heavy they are - it's all water weight!