Potluck Sign-Up Dishes: Kidney-Friendly Choices

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What to know about the potluck table with CKD

The potluck sign-up sheet is the rare event where you control a full dish on the table — and the dish you bring decides whether you eat the event or manage it. The database's friendly tiers translate directly into sign-up choices: grain salads, fruit platters and simple baked sides rate well, while the cheesy casseroles and the salted meat trays are the limit end.

What to bring and what to take

Bring the dish you can eat freely: a rice or pasta salad dressed with lemon and herbs, a fruit platter from the friendly list, or the no-salt-added bean version of a classic. At the table, take measured portions of the casseroles and the mayo salads, and let the dessert table be a single slice decision.

Ratings for potluck dishes

Kidney-friendlyWater, with corn syrup and/or sugar and low calorie sweetener, fruit flavoredK 0 · P 0 · Na 8 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, Water with added vitamins and minerals, bottles, sweetened, assorted fruit flavorsK 0 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlySyrup, fruit flavoredK 1 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, fruit punch-flavor drink, powder, without added sodium, prepared with waterK 1 · P 0 · Na 7 mgKidney-friendlyWater, non-carbonated, bottles, natural fruit flavors, sweetened with low calorie sweetenerK 4 · P 0 · Na 14 mgKidney-friendlyLemonade, powder, prepared with waterK 6 · P 0 · Na 6 mgKidney-friendlyFruit syrupK 7 · P 0 · Na 0 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, lemonade-flavor drink, powder, prepared with waterK 3 · P 7 · Na 13 mgKidney-friendlyCandies, fruit snacks, with high vitamin CK 8 · P 3 · Na 23 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, Lemonade fruit juice drink light, fortified with vitamin E and CK 10 · P 1 · Na 5 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, fruit juice drink, reduced sugar, with vitamin E addedK 11 · P 1 · Na 2 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, Fruit punch drink, frozen concentrate, prepared with waterK 13 · P 1 · Na 5 mgKidney-friendlyLemonade, frozen concentrate, white, prepared with waterK 15 · P 2 · Na 4 mgKidney-friendlyRice, white, glutinous, unenriched, cookedK 10 · P 8 · Na 5 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, lemonade, frozen concentrate, pink, prepared with waterK 17 · P 2 · Na 4 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, Mixed vegetable and fruit juice drink, with added nutrientsK 19 · P 2 · Na 21 mgKidney-friendlyBabyfood, beverage, GERBER, GRADUATES, FRUIT SPLASHERSK 22 · P 3 · Na 11 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, Vegetable and fruit juice drink, reduced calorie, with low-calorie sweetener, added vitamin CK 24 · P 1 · Na 14 mgKidney-friendlyFrozen novelties, ice type, fruit, no sugar addedK 26 · P 0 · Na 5 mgKidney-friendlyBeverages, fruit punch drink, without added nutrients, cannedK 25 · P 3 · Na 10 mg

Practical tips

• Sign up for the grain-salad or fruit slot — the dish you bring is the plate you can fill.
• Dress your dish at home with lemon and herbs instead of the salt shaker; the flavor holds and the sodium column stays flat.
• Take casseroles and mayo salads by the serving spoon, and let the fruit platter carry your second helping.

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