3-Day Springtime Menu for a Kidney Diet.

Spring is a season of renewal—so it’s time to put away the hearty winter recipes and find new ones that celebrate more sunshine and warmer days to come. The dietitian team came up with a fresh three-day menu that helps incorporate all things spring into your meal planning when you’re on a kidney diet.

Kidney diet menu: Day 1

Breakfast

Ziptop Omelet
English muffin or toasted bread
Jam or jelly, margarine or butter
Fresh grapes
Coffee or tea
Sweetener or creamer

Lunch

Blackened shrimp pineapple salad
Low-sodium crackers or crisp bread
Lemon cookies
Lemon-lime soda

Dinner

Stuffed green peppers
Dinner rolls
Margarine or butter
Stuffed strawberries
Sparkling water

Day 1 tips:

Adjust Ziptop Omelet recipe for the number of omelets you plan to serve. You can make extra to refrigerate for an even quicker breakfast the next day. Reheat in the microwave for 20 to 30 seconds.
Increase shrimp in the salad if you are on a higher protein diet. Use leftover shrimp to make shrimp spread with crackers for a snack.
Make lemon cookies and serve as dessert at lunch or for an in-between-meals snack.
Buy grapes to serve at breakfast—they can be used for the second day’s salad and for the third day’s dinner, dessert or snack.
Use the extra pineapple as a snack or a dessert if you have leftovers once you make the blackened shrimp pineapple salad.

Buy enough strawberries for the stuffed strawberries recipe, the second day’s pancake recipe and snacks, if desired.
Leftover stuffed peppers are easy to refrigerate or freeze for a quick lunch or dinner later in the week.

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Kidney diet menu: Day 2

Breakfast

Egg in a Hole
Homemade Pan Sausage
Toasted bread
Jam or jelly, margarine or butter
Pineapple juice

Lunch

Tuna veggie salad
Sliced bread or pita bread
Lemon cookies
Home-brewed iced tea with lemon and sweetener

Dinner

Slow rotisserie-style chicken
Red wine vinaigrette asparagus
Pasta tossed in olive oil and garlic
Chilled or frozen grapes
Decaffeinated coffee or herb tea

Day 2 tips

Make a batch of Homemade Pan Sausage and freeze patties on waxed paper and place in a freezer bag. You can prepare individual servings quickly throughout the week.
Tuna veggie salad calls for steamed vegetables, but you can add uncooked veggies if desired.
Home-brewed iced tea tastes fresh and is free of phosphate additives compared to some canned or bottled prepared teas.

Use leftover chicken from dinner for third day’s lunch salad.

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Kidney diet menu: Day 3

Breakfast

Cottage cheese pancakes with fresh strawberries

Whipped topping or syrup
Scrambled egg or egg whites
Coffee or tea
Sweetener or creamer

Lunch

Lemon curry chicken salad
Naan (Indian flatbread) or pita bread
Cranberry juice

Dinner

Cilantro-lime cod
Lettuce, cucumber and carrot salad
Basic salad dressing
Steamed Rice
Luscious Lime Dessert
Lemon-lime soda

Day 3 tips

Include the eggs if you need a higher protein breakfast. Use low-cholesterol eggs or egg whites only if you are concerned about cholesterol. Egg whites are very low in phosphorus.
If you have time, make the lemon curry chicken salad the evening before so flavors can blend together.
Look for fresh cod or any comparable white fish on sale this week. You can also use frozen cod, sole or halibut.
The basic salad dressing recipe has only one milligram of sodium for two tablespoons, compared to 250 to 400 mg for commercially prepared salad dressing. It will keep for several weeks in the refrigerator.
To jazz up steamed rice, add your favorite low-sodium herb seasoning blend. Make extra rice for a kidney-friendly fried rice dish later in the week.

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