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Portions:
2
Serving
Size:
1 bento box
- Diet
Types:
- Diabetes
- Dialysis
- Gluten-free
- Higher Potassium
Ingredients
- One 4.5 ounce can tuna, no salt added, packed in water
- 1 small stalk celery
- 2 tablespoons red onion
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon dried dill
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 10 baby carrots
- 1 mini cucumber
- 1 apple
- 2 hard-boiled eggs
- 2 rice cakes
Preparation
- Drain tuna from can, and place in small mixing bowl. Dice celery and red onion.
- Add mayonnaise, diced celery, diced onion, and spices to tuna bowl. Mix to combine.
- Slice and skin cucumbers into spears. Slice apple into thin slices. Use 5 slices of cucumber from a medium cucumber for each box, if you are unable to find mini cucumbers.
- Use two bento boxes. Put half he tuna mix, half of the carrots and half the cucumber to the boxes. Slice eggs in half and add 1 egg and 1 rice cake to each box.
Helpful hints
- To make perfect hard-boiled eggs: add eggs to pan, and cover with water. Let water boil for 5 minutes, turn water off and leave egg in water for 10 minutes. Rinse in cool water, and peel immediately.
- Instead of rice cakes, you may also use multi-grain crackers or corn thins. Stick to the serving on the box and look for lower sodium varieties.
- This bento lunch box is a full meal. The potassium is higher than a normal entree, but it is considered a full meal and acceptable for a kidney friendly diet. Most of the potassium comes from fresh, natural foods.
Submitted by: DaVita dietitian Elyse from Virginia.
Nutrients per serving
Calories 306
Protein 22 g
Carbohydrates 27 g
Fat 13 g
Cholesterol 212 mg
Sodium 213 mg
Potassium 568 mg
Phosphorus 288 mg
Calcium 80 mg
Fiber 4.6 g
Added Sugar 0 g
Kidney and kidney diabetic food choices
- 2-1/2 protein
- 1 vegetable, medium potassium
- 1/2 fruit, low potassium
Carbohydrate choices
2
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