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A 7-Day Kidney-Friendly Meal Plan

General guidance, not medical or dietary advice. Kidney disease varies by stage and treatment — follow the daily limits your nephrologist or renal dietitian sets. Full disclaimer.

Omelette with Cumin and Garlic — a dish from this meal planOmelette with Cumin and Garlic

Eating for kidney disease means holding potassium, phosphorus and sodium inside limits your care team sets. Any one dish is easy; twenty-one meals a week that all land inside the caps is the hard part.

This is a complete 7-day example week from real recipes here. Every dish carries at most 600 mg of potassium and 300 mg of phosphorus per serving, verified against USDA data — not estimated.

The week at a glance

Potassium (K) and phosphorus (P) are per serving and verified against USDA data; sodium (Na) is a per-serving estimate. Tap any dish for the full recipe and complete nutrition.

Day 1

BreakfastOmelette with Cumin and GarlicK 104 mg · P 65 mg · Na 208 mg · 80 kcalLunchCucumber and Radish Mint SaladK 189 mg · P 29 mg · Na 201 mg · 83 kcalDinnerChinese-Style Steamed Dumplings with Dipping SauceK 197 mg · P 93 mg · Na 609 mg · 156 kcal
Day total: K 490 mg · P 187 mg · Na 1,018 mg — vs. common targets of ~2,000 / 800–1,000 / 1,500 mg

Day 2

BreakfastCheesy Omelette with Cumin and ParsleyK 79 mg · P 129 mg · Na 482 mg · 154 kcalLunchMiddle Eastern-Style Stuffed EggplantK 215 mg · P 37 mg · Na 402 mg · 204 kcalDinnerRoasted Vegetable Skewers with Tangerine GlazeK 291 mg · P 55 mg · Na 303 mg · 170 kcal
Day total: K 585 mg · P 221 mg · Na 1,187 mg — vs. common targets of ~2,000 / 800–1,000 / 1,500 mg

Day 3

BreakfastCilantro and Lemon OmeletteK 105 mg · P 123 mg · Na 734 mg · 144 kcalLunchPan-Seared Duck Breast with Orange GremolataK 288 mg · P 40 mg · Na 1,185 mg · 254 kcalDinnerPan-Seared Tofu with Spicy Peruvian SauceK 274 mg · P 129 mg · Na 352 mg · 218 kcal
Day total: K 667 mg · P 292 mg · Na 2,271 mg — vs. common targets of ~2,000 / 800–1,000 / 1,500 mg

Day 4

BreakfastWarm Rice Cereal with BlueberriesK 139 mg · P 111 mg · Na 5 mg · 363 kcalLunchGrilled Salmon with Lemon and HerbsK 215 mg · P 133 mg · Na 344 mg · 181 kcalDinnerThai-Style Grilled Chicken SatayK 338 mg · P 74 mg · Na 1,097 mg · 238 kcal
Day total: K 692 mg · P 318 mg · Na 1,446 mg — vs. common targets of ~2,000 / 800–1,000 / 1,500 mg

Day 5

BreakfastSpinach and Garlic ScrambleK 145 mg · P 121 mg · Na 429 mg · 142 kcalLunchGrilled Chicken and Zucchini SkewersK 243 mg · P 112 mg · Na 632 mg · 187 kcalDinnerBaked Salmon with Roasted Onions and CuminK 312 mg · P 144 mg · Na 150 mg · 240 kcal
Day total: K 700 mg · P 377 mg · Na 1,211 mg — vs. common targets of ~2,000 / 800–1,000 / 1,500 mg

Day 6

BreakfastSpinach and Feta OmeletteK 129 mg · P 139 mg · Na 790 mg · 151 kcalLunchCitrus and Herb Crusted Chicken BreastK 197 mg · P 187 mg · Na 437 mg · 258 kcalDinnerSteak with Garlic MayoK 324 mg · P 149 mg · Na 500 mg · 249 kcal
Day total: K 650 mg · P 475 mg · Na 1,727 mg — vs. common targets of ~2,000 / 800–1,000 / 1,500 mg

Day 7

BreakfastCitrus OmeletteK 132 mg · P 183 mg · Na 827 mg · 214 kcalLunchJapanese-Style Salmon and Cucumber RollK 227 mg · P 159 mg · Na 617 mg · 286 kcalDinnerCheese and Onion OmeletteK 227 mg · P 295 mg · Na 1,028 mg · 351 kcal
Day total: K 586 mg · P 637 mg · Na 2,472 mg — vs. common targets of ~2,000 / 800–1,000 / 1,500 mg
Printed from Plate Planner — the free planner that rebuilds this week around your own numbers · plateplanner.ai/guides/7-day-kidney-friendly-meal-plan
How this plan keeps the numbers honest

Most renal meal plans list dishes with no numbers at all. Every recipe here is grounded against a USDA-derived database, and a dish whose potassium or phosphorus can’t be verified is never shown as kidney-friendly. Sodium is a per-serving estimate, totalled per day. Common clinician targets run near 2,000 mg potassium, 800–1,000 mg phosphorus and 1,500 mg sodium a day — but use your care team’s limits, not these.

Making the week work in a real kitchen

Repeats are a feature: one breakfast twice, one dinner double-batched. Most excess phosphorus comes from additives in processed meat, colas and packaged baked goods, which absorb far more completely than the phosphorus in whole food. Leaching works too — cut root vegetables small, boil them in plenty of water, discard it.

Turning this into your plan

Set your own potassium, phosphorus and sodium caps in the kidney-friendly profile: every generated meal, swap and side respects them, each day totals against your numbers, and one tap rewrites anything that doesn’t fit.

Turn on the kidney-friendly profile, set your limits, and the planner generates and totals every day against them — free, no account needed.

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Common questions
Is this plan medical advice?

No — organizational help, not medical advice. Follow the limits your nephrologist or renal dietitian sets.

What makes a recipe “kidney-friendly” here?

At most 600 mg potassium and 300 mg phosphorus per serving, grounded against USDA data. A dish that can’t be verified never qualifies.

Can I adjust the plan for my own caps?

Yes — set your own limits and generate a week to them. This page is one example of what those constraints produce.

Why do some dishes repeat across the week?

It uses only verified recipes and repeats rather than padding with unverified ones. Batch-cooking a dish whose numbers you already trust is good renal practice anyway.

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