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Artichoke Relish on Toasted Pita
Davita Cookbook: Hearty Winter Dishes
Maybe not included in my top ten favorite Davita recipes, but this dish certainly deserves making again. The recipe instructs you to cut the toasted pita bread into wedges, but I cut them in half to make pocket pita sandwiches.
Ingredients include canned artichoke hearts, canned diced pimento, green onions, garlic clove, grated Parmesan cheese, lemon juice, olive oil, pepper, and 7" size pita bread rounds. Nutrient values - Sodium: 166 mg, Potassium: 103 mg, and Phosphorus: 41 mg.
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Chickpea Burgers
Davita Cookbook: Cooking on a Budget
Don't get me wrong, for a meatless burger, this is a good sandwich, but there are other Davita burger recipes that are better. Ingredients include Tzatziki Sauce, chickpeas, scallions, red onion, egg, all-purpose flour, dried oregano, ground cumin, salt, olive oil, and pita bread. The Tzatziki Sauce is a Davita recipe, you can see my review on it in my Condiments section.
I tasted a bite of the chickpea pattie by itself and it's rather dull, but the cumin, oregano, and onion along with the Tzatziki Sauce, makes this meatless sandwich more savory for the taste buds. I made extras, but stored the ingredients separately so I could reheat the pattie and the pita only. It's not a recipe I will revisit often, but it's certainly worth trying again.
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Flatbread Veggie Wrap With Homemade Hummus
Davita Cookbook: Plant Based Eating
Review will be added later.
Ingredients include .
Nutrient values - Sodium: 223 mg, Potassium: 317 mg, Phosphorus: 154 mg.
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Fresh Herb Cranberry Stuffing
Davita Cookbook: Home Cooked Holidays
Review will be added later.
Ingredients include .
Nutrient values - Calories: 143, Protein: 4 g, Carbohydrates: 21 g, Fat: 8 g, Cholesterol: 20 mg, Sodium: 202 mg, Potassium: 106 mg, Phosphorus: 44 mg, Calcium: 61 mg, Fiber: 1.3 g.
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Garlic Mashed Potatoes
Davita Cookbook: Holiday Feast
Who doesn't love mashed potatoes? This recipe produces the familiar fluffy texture, but I was hoping Davita offered something a little more unique. Even with the garlic, this dish is really plain tasting. Considering this is a dish where you notice the lack of salt significantly, it sorely needs other flavorings or seasonings to make up for that salty taste.
Ingredients include medium potatoes, garlic cloves, butter, and 1% low fat milk. Nutrient values - Sodium: 103 mg, Potassium: 205 mg, and Phosphorus: 65 mg. This is the only Davita mashed potatoes recipe that I know of. So if I return to this recipe, I will do some ingredients tinkering to see if I can liven it's flavor without significantly raising the nutrient values.
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Glazed Carrots
Davita Cookbook: Easy Quick-Fix Recipes
I altered this recipe slightly, it calls for one inch cut carrots, but I used packaged fresh carrot thinner spears. It takes a bit of effort to make the glaze, which includes apple juice, sugar, salt, melted butter, cornstarch, and ginger. This recipe makes for a complimentary side dish for many of the Davita entree recipes.
I think the thinner carrot spears came out better than what the recipe calls for by allowing the glaze to cover more of the carrot surface. Once again, I doubled the batch to store an extra serving in the fridge. The first serving of most Davita recipes I make, I always eat right after it's done. It seems a shame to toil over a recipe and not at least enjoy a serving of it freshly made.
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Grab 'n' Go Southwestern Salad
Davita Cookbook: Salads and Soups
As far as salads go, this dish tastes fine, but there's nothing unique or creative about the recipe. It's simply someone throwing common salad items together and calling it a recipe. That combined with the high nutrient values, I can't rate this recipe higher than two stars.
Ingredients include Southwestern vegetable blend, shredded iceberg lettuce, cherry tomatoes, vinaigrette salad dressing, and seasoned croutons. Nutrient values - Sodium: 265 mg, Potassium: 376 mg, and Phosphorus: 103 mg.
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Green Asparagus with Eggs
Davita Cookbook: International Flavors
This dish certainly wasn't lacking in flavor, but I think this would be best served as a side dish to accompany a Davita recipe entree. Another option would be to blend in a cubed meat of your choice, add the meat's nutrient values to your daily limits, and you would have an entree.
Ingredients asparagus, onion, garlic cloves, unsalted butter, Pepper (to taste), large eggs, and vinegar. Nutrient values - Sodium: 91 mg, Potassium: 205 mg, and
Phosphorus: 124 mg.
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Green Bean Casserole
Davita Cookbook: Holiday Feast
Green Bean Casserole is a delicious side dish to go with many Davita entree recipes. It's the sour cream and cheddar cheese that makes this so rich in flavor. Of course, you will miss the salty taste of a traditional green bean casserole, but the other rich flavors help make up for that loss.
Ingredients include unsalted Ritz crackers, unsalted butter, all-purpose flour, sugar, sour cream, sharp cheddar cheese, and frozen French-style green beans. The potassium per serving is not the lowest I've seen, but not exactly too high either at 215 mg. The phosphorus is even lower at 102 mg, but it's the zero sodium that make this a very kidney friendly recipe.
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Green Pea Salad
Davita Cookbook: Plant Based Eating
Green Pea Salad is a flavorful snack or a side dish for a Davita entree. Ingredients include red onion, fresh basil leaves, plain Greek yogurt, mayonnaise, green peas, black olives, slivered almonds, Mrs. Dash Herb seasoning, and shredded mozzarella cheese.
The recipe instructs you to sprinkle the shredded mozzarella cheese on top, but I mixed it in with the whole batch to get a cheesy taste with every bite. The slivered almonds give this dish some crunchiness.
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Lemon Pepper Hummus
Davita Cookbook: Cooking on a Budget
I followed the instructions to the letter and this hummus is nowhere near as good as store bought or restaurant. It's not that it tastes bad, it's just a very plain flavor. It's so plain I have no desire to eat it, so I'm freezing it to use for other Davita recipes that call for hummus as an ingredient.
I looked online at recipes for hummus that are not restricted by a kidney-friendly diet and the ingredients are not all that different. So it's a mystery to me why this came out so bland for me.
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Pear and Cranberry Salad with Honey-Ginger Dressing
Davita Cookbook: Home Cooked Holidays
I haven't acquired a taste for goat cheese yet, so I substituted it with Feta cheese. Review will be added later.
Ingredients include .
Nutrient values - Calories: 180, Protein: 1 g, Carbohydrates: 19 g, Fat: 11 g, Cholesterol: 0 mg, Sodium: 26 mg, Potassium: 165 mg, Phosphorus: 30 mg, Calcium: 34 mg, Fiber: 2.2 g.
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Roasted Cauliflower with Rosemary
Davita Cookbook: Fall Favorites
Review will be added later.
Ingredients include .
Nutrient values - Calories: 32, Protein: 1 g, Carbohydrates: 2 g, Fat: 2 g, Cholesterol: 0 mg, Sodium: 80 mg, Potassium: 204 mg, Phosphorus: 30 mg, Calcium: 16 mg, Fiber: 1.7 g.
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Strawberry and Goat Cheese Spring Salad
Davita Cookbook: Fresh Spring Recipes
I haven't acquired a taste for goat cheese yet, so I substituted it with Feta cheese. Review will be added later.
Ingredients include .
Nutrient values - Calories: 300, Protein: 13 g, Carbohydrates: 11 g, Fat: 23 g, Cholesterol: 26 mg, Sodium: 289 mg, Potassium: 404 mg, Phosphorus: 195 mg, Calcium: 148 mg, Fiber: 3 g.
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