Five, Plus Nuts and Beans for Kidneys

Inclusion Criteria: * Self-identified African American race * Age 21 years or older * Clinical diagnosis of hypertension and have a urine Albumin-Creatinine Ratio (ACR) of ≥30 mg/g with or without estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) 30-59 ml/min/1.73m2. * Must be under regular care with their Johns Hopkins Community Physicians (JHCP) or Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center (JHOC) physician (seen within the past 12 months). * Must have a systolic blood pressure of \<=160 mmHg and a diastolic blood pressure of \<=100 mmHg (average of two visits) * Be on stable doses of antihypertensive medications for a minimum of two months prior to randomization. Exclusion Criteria: * Cardiovascular (CV) event within 6 months * Chronic disease that might interfere with trial participation (e.g. stage 4 or 5 Chronic Kidney Disease, Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate \<30 ml/min/1.73m2) * Unwillingness or inability to adopt a DASH-like diet * Consumes over 14 alcoholic drinks per week * Poorly controlled diabetes (Hemoglobin A1c \>9%). * Patients with a serum potassium \>4.6 milliequivalent (mEq) /L45 * Urine ACR ≥ 1,000 mg/g