Dinner Date Nights with CKD: Ordering the Friendly Table for Two
20 foods rated from this table
What to know about date-night dining with CKD
Date nights are about the experience, and the food can fit the limits without becoming the topic of conversation. The same restaurant rules apply — plain protein, sauce on the side, water — plus the portion discipline of sharing or boxing half. The ratings below show which date-night staples stay manageable.
How to order the friendly table
Choose the restaurant with plain grilled options, order sauce on the side, and split or box half of the entree — restaurant portions are double what the ratings assume. Water with lemon replaces the cocktails.
Ratings for date night dinners
Kidney-friendlyOil, soybean, salad or cookingK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyOil, rice branK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyOil, sesame, salad or cookingK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyOil, cottonseed, salad or cookingK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyOil, safflower, salad or cooking, linoleicK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyOil, safflower, salad or cooking, high oleicK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyOil, corn, industrial and retail, all purpose salad or cookingK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyOil, peanut, salad or cookingK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyOil, soybean, salad or cookingK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyVegetable oil, palm kernelK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyShortening, household, lard and vegetable oilK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyShortening bread, soybean and cottonseedK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyFish oil, herringK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyFish oil, menhadenK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyFish oil, menhaden, fully hydrogenatedK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyFish oil, salmonK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyOil, industrial, canola with antifoaming agent, principal uses salads, woks and light fryingK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyOil, industrial, canola for salads, woks and light fryingK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyOil, vegetable, soybean, refinedK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyFat, chickenK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgPractical tips
- Plain grilled protein with sauce on the side — the same rule as every restaurant visit.
- Split or box half the entree; restaurant portions run double.
- Water with lemon over cocktails — the bar is where the day moves.