Show your kidneys some love this Valentine's Day

The Bean
2 hours ago
3 min read

Receiving dialysis treatment doesn't mean you have to completely avoid treats when special occasions like Valentine's Day roll around. Try making one of the recipes below for your sweetie this February 14. Get more recipes from our Everyday Eating cookbook, downloadable here.

1-2-3 Cherry Crisp

Makes: 10 servings (serving is 1/2 cup)

Per serving: Calories 294, protein 1 gm, sodium 140 mg, Potassium 141 mg, 19 mg phosphorus

Ingredients

1 can (21 oz.) cherry pie filling

1 can (20 oz.) tart cherries

1/4 cup juice from tart cherries

2 Tbsp. lemon juice

1 2/3 cup homemade yellow cake mix (see below)

1 ½ stick of butter, unsalted

Yellow Cake Mix

2 cup all-purpose flour

1 ½ cup granulated sugar

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.

2. Mix together ingredients for yellow cake mix and set aside.

3. Mix pie filling, cherries and juices together. Pour into lightly oiled 12x7½” baking pan.

4. Sprinkle dry cake mix over cherry mixture.

5. Divide butter into 6 or 8 pieces and place on top of cake.

6. Bake at 375° for 1 hour or until browned. Serve warm, plain or with whipped non-dairy topping.

5-Minute Sorbet

Makes: 4 servings (serving is 1/2 cup and counts as 1/2 cup fluid)

Per serving: Calories 235, Protein .5 gm, Sodium 10 mg, Potassium 20 mg, Phosphorus 10 mg

Ingredients

1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen strawberries

1 TBSP lemon juice

1 cup crushed ice

6 oz. frozen liquid non-dairy creamer, thawed

½ cup sugar

Directions

1. Break strawberries into chunks.

2. Place all ingredients in blender. Cover and blend on high speed until smooth - about 2

minutes.

3. Pour into refrigerator tray; cover and freeze.

4. When almost frozen, put back into blender. Blend 1 minute on high; freeze until firm.

Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies

Makes: 60 cookies, 1 cookie

Per serving: Calories 60, Protein 1 gm, Sodium 50 mg, Potassium 5 mg, Phosphorus 7 mg

Ingredients

1 cup sugar

1 cup margarine or butter, softened

3 oz. cream cheese, softened

½ tsp. salt

½ tsp. almond extract

½ tsp. vanilla

1 egg yolk (reserve white)

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

1. In large bowl, combine sugar, margarine, cream cheese, salt, almond extract, vanilla and egg yolk; blend well.

2. Lightly spoon flour into measuring cup; level off. Stir in flour until well blended.

3. Chill dough 1-2 hours.

4. Heat oven to 375°.

5. Shape dough into ½ inch balls and flatten as thin as possible between lightly floured hands. To give a corrugated effect, score in parallel lines with a fork dipped in flour OR

on lightly floured surface, roll out dough, one-third at a time, to 1/8 inch thickness. Cut into desired shapes with lightly floured cookie cutters.

6. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

7. Leave cookie plain or if desired, brush with a slightly beaten egg white and sprinkle with colored sugar.

8. Bake at 375° for 7 to 10 minutes or until light golden brown.

9. Cool completely. Frost and decorate plain cookies, if desired.