renal friendly foods

[Dry-Pack-Babe]

Today, for dinner, I made Chicken kiev, linguine with olive oil and basil, and steamed broccoli. Dessert was lemon meringue pie and black forest cake. I made the pie so that my meal would be one hundred percent renal friendly.

Well, forget that. I'm not going to fib. I devoured a nice hunk of the cake.

I couldn't resist it. It is chocolate layered with whipped cream and cherries. Who the hell could say no to that? LOL! Plus, I made it from scratch, using cake flour instead of cake mix.

I enjoy baking from scratch. I make muffins and scones and around Xmas, I always make pumpkin and cranberry bread, which is so moist and slightly tart. It goes great with a hot mug of tangerine/spice tea.

Our clinic gives out a report card every two weeks or so, telling the students. Oops, I meant patients--LOL--about how our labs are doing. On that list of taboo foods, they warn us to steer clear of muffins and pancakes and biscuits and popovers.

I make that stuff all the time and my labs are fine.

However, I cannot eat anything I want to eat. Ice cream, cola drinks, pizza are a no-no for me. I've experimented and my phosphorous hits the ceiling when I have those forbidden treats, even with extra Renvela. So I use sorbet or sherbet. 

Ah, the life of a renal patient.     


EDITED: Thread moved to proper section:  – Rerun, Moderator

[DomJDavis1985]

what is chicken kiev? do u have a recipe for us?
as a new dialysis patient the diet is the hardest thing to get used to..hopefully over time i will get better.
by the way, bi-monthly report card sounds great...wish my clinic did that.

[boswife]

It all sounds wonderful!!  And....well balanced :-) CAKE and all!!!!tee hee

[Ang]

just stay away from the salt


fluid follows salt such as night follows day

[Dry-Pack-Babe]

Hi Dom,

Chicken kiev is Russian. In my opinion, it is renal friendly. Here's the recipe.

Take a half stick of butter, let it soften at room temperature, about 45 minutes, add a teaspoon of tarragon leaves, a 1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/4 black pepper. Mix it all with the butter, spread the mixture on foil and freeze until firm, about ten minutes.

Take a couple of boneless, skinless chicken breasts and with a mallet, pound them until they're thin, about a 1/4 inch thick. 

When the butter is ready, beat one egg in a dinner plate, add bread crumbs to another plate and flour to another. Put a portion of the butter in the center of one of the breasts. Fold the two short ends over, secure them with toothpicks. Do the same with the two long ends. Dip in flour, followed by egg and then bread crumb. Allow to sit in the fridge for about thirty minutes.

Fry in vegetable oil until golden and cripsy about 25 minutes. Use tongs. You don't want to pierce the meat.

After removing from pan, let it rest about five minutes. And when you cut a piece off, tarragon butter will ooze from it. It is scrumptious.

The first time I had it was at La Troika, a Russian restaurant in Montreal. We used to vacation there regularly.   

Some people bake it. I think it taste better fried. 

I hope you give it a try.

Also, if you like Rice a Roni, you can whip up your version. Put three tablespoons of butter in a skillet. When it's melted, add one cup of Uncle Ben's converted rice (it makes a difference), about 1/4 cup of broken up vermicelli. Stir until lightly brown and this happens quickly, so watch closely. Add three cups of low sodium chicken broth, one teaspoon of salt, 1/4 teaspoon of pepper, 1 teaspoon of marjoram leaves and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and let simmer for twenty minutes. Voila! You've got delicious, fluffy Rice-A-Roni with considerably less sodium than the kind you buy from a grocery store.

 

[mogee]

When using stuff like Rice-A-Roni, Hamburger Helper or Kraft Dinner you can always use just half the seasoning mix, which is mostly salt.

[peleroja]

I have never considered any food "forbidden."  I just don't eat as much of it as I used to, or in the case of potassium, several high potassium foods in the same day.  Works for me!

[DomJDavis1985]

When using stuff like Rice-A-Roni, Hamburger Helper or Kraft Dinner you can always use just half the seasoning mix, which is mostly salt.

that is  very true..as a broke college student i used to eat RAMEN noodles everyday, and i loved them...but once starting Dialysis i knew i had to give it up mainly because they are soo salty..however now i get them and i water them down and use half a pack.....its one of my  guilty pleasures lol