What should I eat right now?
Eating for your kidneys should not feel like a cage. Tell me the meal, your mood, and how much time you have — I'll show you everything that fits.
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Every recipe is made without added salt, keeps potassium and phosphorus in check per serving, and uses heart-healthy fats. Nutrition numbers are per serving.
Real recipes, from a real kidney kitchen.
Kidney Meals started in our own kitchen, cooking for someone we love. Every recipe here is kitchen-tested by the cook behind our channels — and every single recipe here is being cooked on camera — by the Kidney Meals kitchen, and by the people cooking along at home. Their videos become the pictures on this site.
Cook along with us
New kidney-friendly cooking videos on every channel — watch a recipe made start to finish before you try it.
The Kidney Meals Cookbook
Volume 1 is on the way — the most-loved recipes from this site, kitchen-tested and photographed. Members get it first.
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Green-light foods for kidney disease, with what they replace. Portion sizes still matter — potassium adds up across the day.
Kidney-smart food swaps
Small trades that keep meals familiar while protecting your kidneys and heart.
Keep the meal. Swap the trouble.
Pick a dish you miss. Every problem ingredient gets replaced with the kidney-smart version — with the products to buy and the recipes on this site that match.
Building a balanced day
Typical daily targets shown for stage 4 (not on dialysis) — choose your own stage in your Profile below. Your targets always depend on your labs — confirm them with your nephrologist or renal dietitian.
| Nutrient | Common daily target | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium | 1,500–2,000 mg | Controls blood pressure and fluid buildup; protects the heart |
| Potassium | 2,000–3,000 mg (if your labs run high) | Damaged kidneys can't clear extra potassium, which can affect heart rhythm |
| Phosphorus | 800–1,000 mg | Excess pulls calcium from bones and hardens blood vessels |
| Protein | Moderate — roughly 0.55–0.8 g per kg body weight | Less protein waste means less work for your kidneys |
| Saturated fat | As low as practical | Heart disease and CKD progress together — protect both |
Check it before it goes in the cart.
The scanner reads a barcode or an ingredient list and flags what renal dietitians look for. My Kitchen remembers what you have at home and finds recipes you can make tonight.
Food scanner
Type the barcode number from any package, use your camera, or paste the ingredient list from the label.
My Kitchen
Add what is in your fridge and pantry. It stays saved on this device, and one tap shows every recipe you can make with it.
Set it once. Every recipe speaks to you.
Choose your kidney stage, check anything else your care team watches, and add your latest labs if you have them. Recipes then show a short personal note — no numbers to memorize. Everything stays on your device only.
Kidney stage
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Latest labs (optional — from your most recent blood work)
These are typical published starting points for education only — your care team's numbers always win. Nothing here leaves your device.