Winter Wellness with Kidney-Friendly Flavors 🍃❄️

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Coach Ginny Marksl RDN
January 14, 2025

Hello there! 

Embrace the depth of winter with recipes designed to comfort the soul and protect kidney health. This edition brings you warming, nutritious meals alongside tips for maintaining wellness in the colder months. Let’s continue to nourish our bodies and spirits with kidney-friendly choices.

30min Easy Kidney Friendly Recipes

I made it a point to start with the most requested feature which is to serve you with quick, easy, and kidney-friendly recipes. Each recipe counts the SPPP: sodium, potassium, phosphorus and protein for easier review. Enjoy!

BREAKFAST

Warm Berry Quinoa Bowl

4 Servings

Why It's Kidney Friendly

Quinoa provides a complete protein, and berries are low in potassium, making this bowl a hearty, kidney-friendly way to start the day.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup of cooked quinoa

  • 1/2 cup of mixed berries (fresh or thawed from frozen)

  • 1 cup of unsweetened almond milk

  • 1 tablespoon of chopped nuts (optional)

  • 1 teaspoon of honey or maple syrup (optional)

Directions

  1. Heat the cooked quinoa with almond milk in a saucepan over medium heat until warm.

  2. Stir in berries, and continue heating until the mixture is hot.

  3. Serve topped with chopped nuts and a drizzle of honey or maple syrup if desired.

Nutritional Info (per serving)

Sodium

Protein

Potassium

Phosphorus

40 mg

6 g

200 mg

120 mg

Kidney resource of the Day

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Why It's Important

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