CKD Meals & Recipe Collection by Members

@ldrlaw Is your husband thinking in-center hemodialysis [3 times a week] or home hemodialysis? If at home, is he prepared to needle himself, or is he expecting you to step up and do that? I think you had mentioned power issues, also, which would make at home an iffy situation without reliable on-demand backup. I agree, if the medical staff had been aware of the details of your living, they might have had more emphasis on a particular form of treatment.
Ginger

At home hemodialysis is what he's thinking and, of course, he expects that I will help. I don't mind. I owned a group home and am probably up to it - just having issues because I remember how unhelpful he was when I needed assistance in the past. Also, he's thinking that we can still go back and forth to AZ which concerns me. I have back/knee issues and who is going to be pushing that heavy machine around? I'd love to hear from someone who has traveled with a hemodialysis machine. Thanks, Ginger.

I bought some rhubarb (lower potassium vegetable) at a farmer's market but wasn't sure how I was going to use it. Usually you have to add a lot of sugar to make it palatable. Perusing my old Betty Crocker cookbook, I found a strawberry/rhubarb pie that sounded so delicious. I replaced the sugar with zero calorie erythritol & monk fruit from Costco and substituted almond flour for regular flour. I'm not totally sure this fits within CKD guidelines but it was absolutely delicious. I somehow always associate rhubarb with fruits - not so!

I love rhubarb. The more tart the better in my opinion. I, too, considered rhubarb to be a fruit. It's not?

@gingerw @kamama94 @cehunt57 @nscappa @hello1234 @l0lag0lag0b3 @jsaling, do you have any rhubarb recipes that are kidney friendly that don't require heaps of sugar?

Sorry, no recipes. Here's why:

Patients with chronic renal functional impairment may be advised to avoid oral intake of excessive amounts of oxalate-containing foods such as rhubarb or spinach.

On the other hand, some studies may indicate rhubarb can help slow CKD progression.

Until I know more about it I don't use it.

Just use Erythritol and Monk fruit 0 cal sweetener. No potassium, no sugar, 15 mg of sodium. Use 1 to 1 as sugar replacement. Available at Costco in dry form and available at Amazon as a liquid.

Thanks Kamama I never would have thought about that aspect.

They’re expensive, but I just picked up a bag of TERRA sweets and beets chips. Sodium is 15 mg, 5 g sugar and 90 mg potassium. Thinking about trying to make some beet chips myself. Sometimes you just have to have some crunch, you know what I mean?

Rhubarbs contain nearly twice as much oxalates than spinach, excess oxalates cause kidney stones.
I like to share my experience during the kidney donor eval phase. My wife the donor during the evaluation was found to have kidney stones and at one point I felt i was very near to the transplant phase ...but still very far from reality ! I must thank the Kidney donor Dr who identified the issue and told my wife to stop taking calcium supplements which worked but it took 2 months but it came through... you can understand what was going on in my mind for those 2 months.
For anyone has been identified with CKD... they should try avoid rhubarb & spinach. Also both spinach & rhubarb contain a lot of vitamin A which helps to clot the blood... so in my view all CKD people should exercise restrain.

Pardon me it is not Vitamin A but Vitamin K ( I just happen to be in Vitamin A state of mind !!)