Oh, YUMMY!!  We can't wait to try our new recipe!!  Now if we can only get that woman to cook it up for us, but first she has to go buy ingredients tomorrow.  She's so slow sometimes.

Thanks millions, Kaffe - this looks like a recipe a CRF sister & non-CRF brother can share, side by side!

purrrrrrrrrrrr, from Tessa & Tony

More recipes.  How wonderful of you, Kaffe!   Cato and Kaffe are very lucky boys

petslave,

Tessa and Tony are adorable.   

off-topic, but

Tess and Tony are so cute!

YES!  Canned salmon or canned sardnes will also work in the "quick-fire" recipe...  just try to find ones with no salt added or if the sodium on can label exceeds 200mg, just wash in water once using a strainer.

Hint:  Sardines is a little higher in phosphorus than either salmon or tuna but... You can add a pinch of ground eggshell in a meal and the calcium carbonate in it acts like a phosphorus binder

Meowmie just tried this recipe with us... and... it was yummy!!!  Of coarse Cato would like it becuase it has beef and peas!  Me?  I like fish better, but Meowmie says, "Only once in a while... this is better for you."  Yeah -right (I'm not a kidney kitty... yet...  ). 

Ground Beef with Kidney Beans and Peas
(a cooked and grainless recipe)

300 g      Lean ground beef, cooked (you can use ground turkey or chicken)
100 g      Red Kidney beans, cooked weight
100 g      Green peas, cooked weight
1/2 tsp      Eggshell powder (heaped)
1/8 tsp      Potassium Chloride (salt substitute) or iodized salt (skip if kitty is
                        hypertensive)
[edit:  there is some question as to the suitability of potassium chloride in a kidney cat's diet - may contribute to metabolic acidosis to which kidney cats are prone]

1 cap      B-50 Vitamin B-Complex (or equivalent)
Vit A&D supplement (8,000-10,000IU Vit A, 200-400IU Vit D)
Vit E 100IU supplement (mixed tocopherols or d-alpha tocopherol)
1000-2000mg  Salmon Oil

Cal:Phos Ratio -  1.5 : 1

1.   Cook ground beef lightly either in pot or pan... strain out extra oil.
2.   Soak kidney beans overnight then boil them in enough water until tender.  When done, add frozen green peas to the beans and allow to cook together for another 5 mins.
3.   Blend meat and legumes together in a food processor or blender – use a little water to process well.
4.   Add all supplements and mix well.

Calories: 1027
Protein:  86.9g
Fat:  57.7g
Carb:  36.7g
Fiber:  5.5g
Ash: 5.5g
Total:  192.3 x 1000 = 192,300mg
Phosphorus:  704mg  / 192,300  x 100%  = 0.36609%
Protein:  86.9  /  192.3  x 100%  = 45.1898%

Several recent studies have shown that the inclusion of fermentable fiber in the diet of kidney patients could reduce their BUN and creatinine numbers.  For example:

http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/abstract/125/4/1010


It appears that fermentable fiber encourage the growth of certain beneficial gut bacteria which feed on nitrogenous waste products in the gut.  So, instead of these N products being processed by the kidneys, and excreted in the urine or resorbed in the blood, they are processed in the gut and excreted through feces ... kind of a like a gut-dialysis.    Kidney beans and peas are both fermentable fibers and quite palatable to cats.  We should go easy on these legumes however, because both contain phosphorus and may incline a susceptible kitty to some gas (so “they” say, although I have not personally seen “gas” episodes in my cats!)   

EDIT:  Additional Note:

Make sure you handle and cook the kidney beans properly.  Beans should NEVER be undercooked.  The following procedure has been recommended by the Public Health Laboratory Services to render kidney, and other, beans safe for consumption:

1.  Soak kidney beans in water for at least 5 hours.
2.  After, Pour away the water.
3.  Boil briskly in fresh water for at least 10 minutes (I boil for at least 1 hour)
4.  Undercooked beans may be more toxic than raw beans.

Oh --- so very sorry to hear about your kidneys, Davey!  But with proper care and good diet, I am certain you'll live out your full 9-Lives, pal.  Just make sure you drink lotsa water-water.

Hi Petslave!

Let's see if we can bring those BUN and Crea numbers down... more on that later.  First, your questions:

(1)  B-50 complex:  Yes - they are all the same if it is "B-50"  and should have the following:
Thiamin (B1)  50mg
Riboflavin (B2) 50mg
Niacin 50mg
Vit B6 50mg
Folic Acid 400mcg (MICROgrams --- I've never see a B-50 with folic acid 400milligrams - its alwasy micrograms)
Vit B12 50mg
Biotin 50mg
Pantothenic Acid 50mg
PABA 50mg
Inositol 50mg
Choline Bitartrate 50mg
(---perhaps a propriotry blend of certain herbs)

(2)  Whole chicken:  OK - I assume you will cook this chicken and then de-bone, right?  An just use the flesh part for the recipe... as long as you stick to the weight called by the recipe, it should not impact the calcium-to-phosphorus ratio

(3)  Substituting potato with rice:  YES, you can do this... but it will mean you lose some potassium (from the potato). I  like to use rice myself becuase the cats like it better than potato!  It won't impact the balance of the recipe in ways that really matter... what will matter is if you change protein sources.
(4) Combination of veggies:  Yes, you can mix and match veggies --- carrots, squash, pumpkin, zucchini, peas, broccoli, kale, cabbage, cauliflower... whatever your cats like to eat in the way of veggies.  But Squash and pumpkin are always great to add to a CRF kitty recipe becuase of its fermentable fiber content
(5)  Can non-CRF cats partake of this diet?  Sure... why not?  All the recipes here except for Strombeck's are moderate protein anyway.  All it means is that your non-CRF cats may get hungry more  and ask to be fed an additional meal  --- but do watch their weight!  Te CRF cat needs the calories, but the non-CRF cats may not. 

Question:  What is Tessa's Calcium, Potassium and HCT (packed cell volume or hematocrit)  numbers?  Be good to know so we can tweek the diet to address the BUN, Crea and HCT.  Did you have her blood pressure checked?

Petslave:  some good supplements for CRF kitties are:

1.  Renal Essentials by VetriScience
2.  Renafood or Feline Renal Support by Standard Process
3.  Golden Book Tea Pills
4.  Salmon Oil (500mg - 1000mg a day)
5.  Vit E (30-50IU day)
6.  Hawthorne for heart and blood pressure (just a dash a day)