Thanksgiving is coming!
Well, it’s still at least a month or two away, but you can never be too early to brush up on your cooking skills, especially for such a festive occasion.
However, with all the food served during Thanksgiving, one can’t be sure if these foods are OK for people with kidney conditions or undergoing renal diet.
Mashed potatoes is definitely one of the dishes that people on renal diet tend to steer clear from. Not only that, turkey is also quite high in protein, so it would be best to eat reduced portions of it.
So, to help you make sure that everyone, whether they have CKD or not, can enjoy Thanksgiving without much worry, here are some Thanksgiving holiday recipes for renal diet patients.
First off… some dinner rolls to pair with your turkey:
Yeast Dinner Rolls
Nutrient Analysis
Low-protein recipe; Makes 20 servings
Sodium | 5 mg |
Protein | 3 g |
Potassium | 31 mg |
Phosphorus | 32 mg |
Calcium | 5 mg |
Calories | 148 kcal |
Fat | 4 g |
Carbohydrates | 24 g |
These rolls are made for all occasions: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and as homemade bread.
Ingredients
QTY | UNIT | FOOD ITEM | |
|---|---|---|---|
1.) | 1 | cup | hot water |
2.) | 6 | tbsp | vegetable shortening |
3.) | ½ | cup | sugar |
4.) | 1 | pack | yeast |
5.) | 2 | tbsp | warm water |
6.) | 1 | pc | egg (large) |
7.) | 4 | cups | all-purpose flour |
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 400ºF.
2. Combine hot water, shortening, and sugar in a large bowl. Set aside to cool to room temperature.
3. Dissolve yeast in warm water.
4. Add egg, yeast, and half the flour to the mixture in the large bowl. Beat well.
5. Stir in the remaining flour with a spoon until easy to handle.
6. Place dough in a greased bowl; grease top and cover top with plastic wrap.
7. Allow to rest 1 to 1 ½ hours or until the dough has doubled in size.
8. Cut off amount needed to shape rolls.
9. Bake rolls for 12 minutes or until done.
Now, some vegetables, to balance out the turkey and other meat-based dishes on the table:
Favorite Green Beans
Nutrient Analysis
Low-protein recipe; Makes 6 servings
Sodium | 77 mg |
Protein | 2 g |
Potassium | 214 mg |
Phosphorus | 38 mg |
Calcium | 38 mg |
Calories | 137 kcal |
Fat | 9 g |
Carbohydrates | 14 g |
Ingredients
QTY | UNIT | FOOD ITEM | |
|---|---|---|---|
1.) | 2 | cans | whole green beans, drained and rinsed |
2.) | 1 | pc | small onion, chopped |
3.) | ½ | cup | fresh mushrooms, sliced |
4.) | 1 | tsp | paprika |
5.) | ¼ | tsp | coarse black pepper |
6.) | 1 ½ | cups | unsalted top cracker crumbs |
7.) | 4 | tbsp | margarine, unsalted |
Directions
1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Mix together green beans, onion, mushrooms, paprika and black pepper.
3. Place in a greased baking dish.
4. Top green bean mixture with cracker crumbs and margarine.
5. Bake for 30-35 minutes.
Lastly, some Peachy Cobbler for dessert:
Peachy Cobbler
Nutrient Analysis
Low-protein recipe; Makes 10 servings
Sodium | 46 mg |
Protein | 4 g |
Potassium | 116 mg |
Phosphorus | 46 mg |
Calcium | 16 mg |
Calories | 253 kcal |
Fat | 4 g |
Carbohydrates | 34 g |
Ingredients (for Batter):
QTY | UNIT | FOOD ITEM | |
|---|---|---|---|
1.) | 1 | cup | all-purpose flour |
2.) | ¼ | cup | sugar |
3.) | ⅓ | cup | butter or margarine, softened |
4.) | ¼ | cup | milk |
5.) | 2 | pc | egg whites |
Directions (for Batter):
1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Sift together flour and sugar.
3. Cut butter into flour and sugar mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs.
4. Add milk and egg; stir just until moistened.
5. Set aside for filling.
Ingredients (for Filling):
QTY | UNIT | FOOD ITEM | |
|---|---|---|---|
1.) | 3 | tbsps | all-purpose flour |
2.) | ½ | cup | sugar |
3.) | ½ | tsp | cinnamon |
4.) | ½ | cup | water |
5.) | 2 | cans | 16-oz sliced peaches in light syrup or own juice, drained |
6.) | 1 | tbsp | lemon juice |
7.) | 2 | tbsps | butter or margarine, unsalted |
Directions (for Filling):
1. Combine flour, sugar, cinnamon and water in saucepan.
2. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened.
3. Add peaches, lemon juice and butter.
4. Cook ingredients until peaches are hot (about 5 minutes).
5. Pour filling into an 8 ¼" x 1 ¾" baking dish.
6. Top with prepared batter.
7. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
For drinks, you can go with Cranberry Punch (which you can check out by clicking on the link).
Even festive occasions like Thanksgiving can be great for people with CKD. These recipes just prove that people with kidney disease can still enjoy good food and the company of others even while renal dieting.
Kidney Cooking: A Family Recipe Book for Kidney Patients - Georgia Council on Renal Nutrition, National Kidney Foundation
https://www.kidney.org/sites/default/files/docs/kidney_cookbook_lr.pdf