Kidney-Friendly Recipes

5 easy low-sodium dinners you can cook tonight, even if you have never really cooked.

Six ingredients or fewer. One pan. Real flavor from lemon, garlic, and herbs instead of salt. Made for one, with the three numbers that matter printed on every recipe.

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A simple, colorful low-sodium dinner plate
This plate: sodium 83 mg, potassium 496 mg, phosphorus 323 mg. Every recipe shows its own three, so you can check them against the targets your care team gave you.

What you get

Your first week of dinners, already figured out.

No planning, no math, no wondering if it is allowed. Five dinners, the numbers, and the shopping, handled for you.

  • 5 dinners anyone can cook

    Six ingredients or fewer, most in one pan. If you have never really cooked, you can make these tonight.

  • Flavor without the salt

    Lemon, garlic, herbs, and a splash of vinegar do the work. Kidney-friendly does not have to mean bland.

  • The three numbers on every card

    Sodium, potassium, and phosphorus, printed as recipe info so you never have to guess or do the math.

  • One grocery list for the week

    Everything for all five dinners on a single page. Screenshot it, shop it, done.

Inside, a sample recipe

One-Pan Lemon Herb Chicken and Rice

Serves 1 25 minutes 5 ingredients
83mg
Sodium
496mg
Potassium
323mg
Phosphorus

How to use these numbers: your targets are personal, so check each recipe against the numbers your renal dietitian or care team gave you. The free guide has a page to write them down.

Flavor tip: Lemon zest brightens everything without a grain of salt.

The five: One-Pan Lemon Herb Chicken and Rice, Quick Ginger Veggie Fried Rice with Egg, Herb-Baked Tilapia with Green Beans, Smoky Turkey and Pepper Rice Skillet, Lemon Basil Zucchini Pasta.

Written for one plate. Cooking for more? Add it all again.

Each dinner makes one serving, so there are no sad leftovers and no math on a hard week. For every extra plate, use the same amounts again, and the numbers on the card still hold for each plate.

From real readers

“We Finally Eat Together Again”

A few notes from readers of Anna’s kidney-friendly cookbook on Amazon. The free dinners are a taste of the same simple, flavorful cooking.

For the person doing the cooking

If you just started cooking for someone you love, start here.

Maybe the news is still fresh and you knew nothing about where to start. Maybe you are the one who quietly took it on, on top of everything else. This is your first week, handled: warm, simple food you can trust, and easy to check against your care team’s food list. You do not have to figure it out alone tonight.

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About Anna

Simple food that tastes good and takes out the guesswork.

Anna Brookfield writes easy, low-sodium, kidney-friendly recipes for real weeknights. The goal is never another set of rules, it is dinner you can actually make and enjoy, cooked alongside your care team’s food list.

Start with these five dinners tonight.

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