Kidney-Friendly Recipes

Easy, kidney-friendly dinners for when cooking suddenly feels confusing.

Cooking for yourself or for someone you love? You do not have to figure it all out tonight. Start with a few simple dinners that taste good, one meal at a time.

Start here: 5 easy dinners, free

Five simple low-sodium dinners and a one-week grocery list. Enter your email and you can download them right away.

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What you will find here

Simple food, plain words, one step at a time.

  • Dinners anyone can cook

    Short ingredient lists, mostly one pan, and plain steps. Written for people who never thought of themselves as cooks.

  • Flavor without the salt shaker

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

  • The numbers, already worked out

    Every recipe lists its sodium, potassium, and phosphorus. Your own targets come from your care team, so you simply check each recipe against the numbers they gave you.

New here? Get the five free dinners above and cook just one this week. That is plenty for a start.

Anna’s books

When you want more than five dinners

  • The 30-Minute Stage 4 Kidney Disease Diet Cookbook for Seniors

    4.6 out of 5 on Amazon

    Recipes with five ingredients, most ready in about 30 minutes, plus a 28-day meal plan. Every recipe shows its sodium, potassium, and phosphorus. In paperback, hardcover, and Kindle.

    See the cookbook on Amazon

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.