Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Tuesday Food and garden.

 Hi Everyone!

I have been taking photos of meals and forgetting to take photos of others.

First I've been making some outstanding kidney friendly meals. This first one in Chicken stir fry.
There is no oil used at all with no salt flavorings.
Then a few weeks later made Sweet n Sour chicken. I was amazed at what I learned.
Using a non stick pan turn your stove to high and let the pan get very hot. Add vegetables that take the longest to cook.
And brown them.
 
Take them out of the pan and set aside. Get the pan hot again and do the same with chicken that has been cut up. There is no oil at all and look at the browning.
I put all of the vegetables in with the chicken made my sauce and It was delish.
I did the same process with the Sweet n Sour chicken as well. I neglected to take a photo of it. 
I made some sweets too. Lemon cookies that I have shown before. Perfect for CKD.
Made with aquafaba and fake sugar. 
 
Also this whole wheat sweet bread made with butternut squash and sweet potato. Also used aquafaba for the eggs.
 
 
Look how moist this cake is.
 
I use canned no salt chickpeas for the aquafaba. I dried the chick peas and then cooked them into a seasoned crunchy treat.

I also made a stack of KF burritos to put into the freezer for when I don't want to cook. 
 
Cooking KF has turned out to be quite easy after doing all the research. Dose Mr. M. like it all? Helllll NO! But it keeps him alive and his kidney stable. Trying real hard to avoid dialysis. 
The sun was out today so I went to the garden to try and do a little winterizing. With the prolapse I have not been able to do much. I pulled some tomatoes off the tree to ripen in the window. I need to go buy a tomato from the store to put with these to help ripen them up.
I looked over at the end garden area and saw this.
Celery growing in heaps. The small pieces I will make celery soup out of. The larger pieces for whatever. They are so sweet. I can't believe it.
 
 
Well that's it for now.
I have to get some dinner on the table. Lean boneless pork ribs, with a green veggie and some KF mac n cheese. 
Sounds good to me.
Nicole 
 

 



 

17 comments:

  1. You put a lot of effort into your/his meals.

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  2. ...Nicole, you sure have been busy in the kitchen.

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  3. wow I love that you made recipes with aquafaba instead of eggs Do you post any of the recipes such as for the butternut squash cake?

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  4. Great ideas here, Nicole. I just told people to come here, read and learn, and see? Great information. I like that stir fry approach, and I'm going to try it. I don't need to be kidney friendly -- this is just good food.

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  5. Your cooking posts always make me want to raid the kitchen. I love how creative you get with kidney-friendly meals—turning things like aquafaba into cookies and bread is seriously clever. The way you layer flavors with browning first, even without oil, really shows how much thought goes into each dish. Seeing your garden thriving in winter is such a bonus those celery and tomato bits are inspiring me to try a little winter gardening too. www.melodyjacob.com

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  6. Boa terça-feira minha querida amiga Nicole. Amei cada receita e vontade de experimentar um pouquinho de cada. Fico feliz em saber que sua colheita tem sido bem produtiva. Muita saúde para você e sua família. Um excelente mês de dezembro. Obrigado pela visita e comentário. Grande abraço do seu amigo brasileiro.

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  7. Everything looks quite delicious. How can he not like everything--lol!

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  8. You have been busy in the kitchen - everything looks good.

    All the best Jan

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  9. Good for you, Nicole, for feeding Mr. M. kidney friendly food, even if he squawks. My mother went through dialysis for 7.5 years. You want to avoid him having to do that for as long as possible. Your food looks delicious! We could all benefit from eating healthier food. Hugs to you!

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  10. A change in diet is always hard, but this all looks great!

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  11. Sometimes I have good results with aquafaba, other times, not so good. Your bread looks delicious

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  12. So much tasty food. I went to make soup yesterday and realized I didn't have any chicken both for it. :( I guess today I'll be hitting the grocery store to get some. Hope the month is starting off well for you. hugs-Erika

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  13. Having special diet needs isn't easy. I know Mr. M surely appreciates all you do even when he doesn't like something. You're pretty amazing! :)

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  14. Nicole I am coming over! ;) Everything looks so good!

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  15. Wow, Nicole, thank you! Ingo cannot digest hot oil and complains he can never eat my chicken dishes - I will try if German non stick pans are good enough for this!

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