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Recipes for every occasion

Dialysis or not, you have to celebrate life every chance you get! And of course, when celebrating joyus occasions and holidays, they normally surround around food. We have some great holiday recipes that you can safely eat and serve to guests. You can also use the forms on the right to search holiday recipes by what items you have in your fridge, or cancel them out by what you cannot eat. Enjoy!

Thank you to dLife!

Kidney Bean would like to thank dLife for contributing over 10 recipes to Kidney Bean! The popular recipe site dLife is well known for specializing in recipes for diabetics. However, we have found some of their recipes useful for those on dialysis.

We would like to thank dLife for contributing so many recpies for our users to use.

Holiday tips from kidney bean

The holidays can be hard for anyone trying to watch their health. The delicious smelling foods can make things hard to handle after a while. Here are a few tips from us at kidney bean that we think may help you not give into temptation too much, but still allow you to enjoy your holiday meals.

Make sure your meats have an internal temperature of 185° F.
Jello and gravy count as fluid. Be sure to monitor your intake of these items.
If you are nervous about what foods you can or cannot eat, make sure you check with your health care professional.
Avoid fresh fruits and veggies. Make sure any fruit or veggie you eat, is either canned or cooked.
If you are going to a friend or family members house, try and bring something you know you will be able to eat, in case you are unsure of what they have is