Cooking for kidney health
Everything you need to know to prepare good, tasty food, modified by our team of chefs and kidney dietitians to fit more closely with the needs of people with CKD.
Kidney-friendly cooking and eating: information, recipes and Kidney Kitchen videos
Kidney-friendly recipes
Easy weeknight suppers, quick snacks and perfect puddings – the Kidney Kitchen website is packed with recipes to try. Follow the step-by-step instructions and enjoy!
Kitchen skills videos
New to cooking? Our videos will help with basic skills – how to chop an onion, julienne a carrot, make crumble topping and know when your pasta is perfectly cooked.
Low-salt and easy-to-prepare food for people living with chronic kidney disease (CKD)
At Kidney Care UK, we receive more questions about how to eat well to stay well with CKD than almost any other topic. You can enjoy eating our kidney-friendly meals every day as part of a healthy, balanced diet, with the added reassurance that we find inventive ways to flavour each dish without adding salt! Every one of our Kidney Kitchen recipes is very carefully analysed and approved by the British Dietetic Association Renal Nutrition Specialist Group (RNG).
How to use the Kidney Kitchen website
We've made it as simple as possible for you to make kidney-friendly choices and enjoy a wide variety of delicious and healthy food
Hundreds of free, kidney-friendly recipes
Watch recipe videos
From baked sea bass to Borscht, chicken biryani to casserole and crumble, our chefs demonstrate how to make Kidney Kitchen recipes so you can get cooking.
Eat Well Spend Less
With our free Eat Well Spend Less magazine, it is possible to eat kidney-friendly meals that are also tasty and low-cost. We also share plenty of money-saving tips.
Books and calendars
With step-by-step instructions, nutritional information and world flavours, the Kidney Kitchen recipe book is all about what you can eat, not what you can’t.
Whether you fancy pasta, dhal, burgers or hotpot, the Kidney Kitchen offers you kidney-friendly options that are delicious and approved by kidney dietitians. Enjoy!