The goal is to cook food that takes good, and meets the following nutritional guidelines:
- <2000mg / day potassium
- <1500mg / day sodium
- Low to moderate protein content
Along with each recipe, I'll post the nutrition breakdown based on the USDA nutrient database.
Turkey Leek Soup
Leeks are a kidney friendly vegetable, and I like them in soup, so I thought I'd give this a try. The ingredients are:
- 0.5lb cooked (in my case smoked) herbed turkey breast
- 4 cups low sodium chicken broth (from TJs, note: do not buy broth containing Potassium Chloride as a salt substitute)
- 5 medium leeks, just the bulbs and lower leaves (~3 cups diced)
The prep was easy. I finely cut the bulb ends and top leves off the leeks and halved them, before blanching in boiling water for ~5min. Then I rinsed them in a collander and chopped them finely.
I cut the leftover turkey into chunks, threw everything in a pot and let it all simmer for 2hrs.
First let me say that my salt-loving palate this soup tasted bland. It definitely needed more bite, and I will play with that in future iterations. That said, the smokiness from the turkey really added needed flavor, so I recommend using smoked meat. The herbs from the turkey (a standard herbs de'provence mix) also helped.
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Serving suggestion: We ate this with sourdough bread, and found the sourness complemented the coup well and added some of that missing bite. I definitely recommend this, especially as sourdough bread is high in neither potassium nor sodium.
Nutrition
Recipe makes 4 servings (~2cups each)
| Nutrient | Unit | 3cups boiled leeks | 4 cups low Na broth | 250g roasted turkey breast | Total | 1 serving |
| Water | g |
283.3
|
921.6
|
169.7
|
1374.6
|
343.65
|
| Energy | kcal |
97
|
154
|
367.5
|
618.5
|
154.625
|
| Protein | g |
2.53
|
19.2
|
75.325
|
97.055
|
24.26375
|
| Total lipid (fat) | g |
0.62
|
5.76
|
5.2
|
11.58
|
2.895
|
| Carbohydrate, by difference | g |
23.77
|
11.52
|
0
|
35.29
|
8.8225
|
| Fiber, total dietary | g |
3.1
|
0
|
0
|
3.1
|
0.775
|
| Sugars, total | g |
6.58
|
1.25
|
0
|
7.83
|
1.9575
|
| Minerals |
0
|
0
|
0
|
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| Calcium, Ca | mg |
94
|
38
|
22.5
|
154.5
|
38.625
|
| Iron, Fe | mg |
3.43
|
2.02
|
1.775
|
7.225
|
1.80625
|
| Magnesium, Mg | mg |
44
|
10
|
80
|
134
|
33.5
|
| Phosphorus, P | mg |
53
|
288
|
575
|
916
|
229
|
| Potassium, K | mg |
271
|
826
|
622.5
|
1719.5
|
429.875
|
| Sodium, Na | mg |
31
|
288
|
247.5
|
566.5
|
141.625
|
| Zinc, Zn | mg |
0.19
|
0.96
|
4.3
|
5.45
|
1.3625
|
| Vitamins |
0
|
0
|
0
|
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| Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid | mg |
13.1
|
0
|
0
|
13.1
|
3.275
|
| Thiamin | mg |
0.081
|
0
|
0.0875
|
0.1685
|
0.042125
|
| Riboflavin | mg |
0.062
|
0.288
|
0.5125
|
0.8625
|
0.215625
|
| Niacin | mg |
0.624
|
13.152
|
29.375
|
43.151
|
10.78775
|
| Vitamin B-6 | mg |
0.353
|
0.096
|
2.0175
|
2.4665
|
0.616625
|
| Folate, DFE | µg |
75
|
0
|
22.5
|
97.5
|
24.375
|
| Vitamin B-12 | µg |
0
|
0.96
|
0.975
|
1.935
|
0.48375
|
| Vitamin A, RAE | µg |
128
|
0
|
7.5
|
135.5
|
33.875
|
| Vitamin A, IU | IU |
2533
|
0
|
27.5
|
2560.5
|
640.125
|
| Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) | mg |
1.56
|
0
|
0.15
|
1.71
|
0.4275
|
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | µg |
0
|
0
|
0.75
|
0.75
|
0.1875
|
| Vitamin D | IU |
0
|
0
|
25
|
25
|
6.25
|
| Vitamin K (phylloquinone) | µg |
79.2
|
0
|
0
|
79.2
|
19.8
|
| Lipids |
0
|
0
|
0
|
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| Fatty acids, total saturated | g |
0.084
|
1.718
|
1.4825
|
3.2845
|
0.821125
|
| Fatty acids, total monounsaturated | g |
0.009
|
2.63
|
1.565
|
4.204
|
1.051
|
| Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated | g |
0.346
|
1.21
|
1.32
|
2.876
|
0.719
|
| Cholesterol | mg |
0
|
0
|
0.06
|
0.06
|
0.015
|
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