Healthy Snack Ideas

These snacks are kidney-friendly (lower in potassium, sodium, and phosphorus).

½ cup veggies (cucumber, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, peppers, radishes) and dressing
½ cup cooked vegetables
1 cup lettuce salad & dressing
1 cup salad kit in a bag
½ cup coleslaw
6 unsalted soda crackers with 2 tbsp peanut or almond butter
1 medium sized apple or orange, ½ banana
½ cup pineapple, grapes or melon
½ cup mixed berries (blueberries, strawberries, raspberries)
½ cup canned fruit or plastic fruit cup
1 applesauce portion or other pureed fruit
1 packet unsweetened instant oatmeal with ½ cup milk, cinnamon
½ cup cottage cheese or 1 hard-boiled egg
1-2 oz tuna on 6 lower sodium or unsalted crackers
1 slice of whole wheat toast with almond or peanut butter
2 rice cakes
3 digestive or arrowroot cookies
3 cups air-popped popcorn
3/4 cup unsweetened cold cereal and ½ cup milk
Celery sticks or apple wedges with peanut butter
Cut up vegetables with hummus
½ sandwich (roast meat, egg, chicken, salmon, tuna peanut butter) on whole wheat bread, rye or white bread
6 lower sodium or unsalted crackers with whipped cream cheese or hummus
Canned chick peas (drain, toss with oil & vinegar)
2 ounces or 60 g of leftover cooked meat
Handful of unsalted nuts
½ cup plain, unsweetened or lower sugar yogurt
Protein bar