Nutrition, Diet & Recipes

International Renal Diet Cookbook for Peritoneal Patients

This website contains diverse recipes from South Asian, Latin, East Asian and European cultures. Each recipe was created by Renal Dietitians and contains the number of servings and nutrition values. In addition to the recipes, there is a section with 12 herb and spice blends that have been tweaked for the benefit of a kidney patient, along with a list of common vegetables, fruits, and starches with their associated potassium levels.
The daughter of one of our members created this e-cookbook when her mother was on peritoneal dialysis. She also created the website for her Girl Scout Silver Award project (the second-highest award a Girl Scout can earn). 

Articles

Balancing Food and Kidney Health, By Gail Kessler, retired dietitian, RKDF Volunteer, rarekidney.org

KidneyIntel Blog, By Terrie Holewinski, MS, RDN, founder of KidneyIntel

Newsletters

Summer 2020: The Renal Warrior: A Second Chance to Live

Fall/Winter 2018: Eating Your Way Through Kidney Disease, Vegetable Dip recipe

Fall 2015: Pearls of Knowledge for Kidney Patients, Take Charge of Your Renal Nutrition

Summer 2014: A Fight to Live: From Morbid Obesity to a Living Donor Kidney Transplant; What to Have Instead of Potato Salad and Barbecued Sauce-Slathered Chicken?

Videos

“Renal Diets: Basic, Dialysis & Post-Transplant” by Adriana Maza, Tamara Nijmeh, and Julia Pierce. This webinar covers diet and nutrition for any stage of kidney disease — CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease), Dialysis or Post-Transplant. March 23, 2025

Claire Liu: Nutrition Needs Through the Continuum of CKD

Wilson Du: The Renal Warrior

Lauren Levy: Eating Your Way Through Kidney Disease

Links

DaVita Diet & Nutrition Tools & Resources

Mayo Clinic: Low-phosphorus diet: Helpful for kidney disease?

​National Kidney Disease Education Program: Potassium Tips for People with Chronic Kidney Disease

National Kidney Foundation (NKF): Nutrition 

National Kidney Foundation (NKF): Spice Up Your Diet 

National Kidney Foundation (NKF): Dash Diet 

National Kidney Foundation (NKF):  Plant-based Diet and Kidney Health 

National Kidney Foundation (NKF): Nutrition & Early Kidney Disease (Stages 1-4) 

National Kidney Foundation (NKF): CKD Dietitian Directory 

National Kidney Foundation (NKF): Recipes

Satellite Healthcare: My Diet on Dialysis 

Zippy Dip From the NKF Cookbook “Living Well on Dialysis”