My friend coded during a heart cath and ended up on a vent for 5 days. They did a second surgery and fixed the blockages and she is now finally home. We are using this week to share in the cooking for she and her husband and tomorrow is the day I chose to take something in. Because her kidneys are not quite up to par the docs prefer she do a renal and heart diet. Yikes!

I ended up making turkey and noodles using all the low sodium/heart healthy products and I substituted 1/2 of the turkey with chicken as well so there would be SOME flavor in it. I made a big batch so we would have some for supper, but gawd.....it was almost tasteless! Other than pepper or maybe mrs. dash....what spices would work good with this kind of diet to spice things up a bit?

Also, what other dishes would be more flavorful. We were thinking veggie soup using the veggies that are appropriate for a low potassium diet (most veggie soup veggies do fit in that category) and maybe using low sodium v8 for the base.

I'm planning to cut up a fresh fruit salad tonight too, to go along as a side dish. I know they are getting tired of chicken breast and salads.

If I were u I would google it to found out about a healthy heart diet.I'm sure that there has to been something on the net about it.

Yes, we have and I am doing some more right now. I'm interested in healthy spices that will up the taste without adding sodium. Or any suggestions on meals that might be out of the ordinary.

i would suggest using fresh spices not the ones in the jar.that way no sodium.and also instead of using white flour,try using rye or wheat.u could make whole wheat when making any kind of maroni with lots of vegetables.

Fresh sage works real well with poultry.

Thank you both!

I just got done cutting up the fruit salad and it looks delicious. Frozen strawberries with fresh pear, apple and a little bit of fresh lime juice. That will definitely have flavor.

Their whole family is red meat eaters, so we've been printing out recipes today for whiter meats... Just going to have to make creative use of spices. I'm just getting into using more spices, I was raised with home cooking that didn't include much other than salt and pepper...so any ideas will be great for my friends meals and my own!

I get a lot of ideas from here

besides potassium she prolly has to worry about phosphorus too. and phosphorus is in everything. but especially milk and cheese, chocolate, dark sodas (coke, pepsi, dp etc)


http://www.davita.com/recipes/

Oh thank you! I hadn't looked at that one. Hopefully the renal stuff will be shortlived. Her kidneys didn't take well to the dyes from the 2 caths that they had to do. Her numbers are looking better, but still kind of "toxic".

I use a little miso in my vegetable soups ... if they can have miso