Mechanical Soft Sauteed Potato-Egg Omelet

Ingredients:

• 1/2 kilo medium-size potatoes, diced
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1/2 piece medium-size red pepper, chopped
• 1/2 piece medium-size green pepper, chopped
• 1/2 piece medium-size onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 3 eggs, well-beaten
• Salt to taste
• 1 cup water

Procedure:

• Saute garlic, onion, and red and green peppers in vegetable oil.

• Add water and potatoes. Stir constantly.

• Boil until potatoes are very tender.

• Add beaten eggs. Season with salt.

• Serve hot either with sauce or ketchup.

Good for 6 persons; 1/2 to 3/4 cup per serving.

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Milk Shake

Ingredients:

• 8 tablespoons milk, powdered
• 1/2 cup cream
• 1/2 cup ice cream, plain, no hard particles
• 1 1/2 cups ice, finely crushed

Procedure

• Mix all ingredients, then blend.

Good for 6 persons; 1/2 cup per serving

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Arroz Caldo Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup rice
• 5 cups water
• 1 piece medium-size egg, scrambled
• 1/2 piece medium-size onion, finely chopped
• 1 clove medium-size garlic, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon kasubha (safflower)
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• 1/2 piece medium-size ginger
• Salt to taste

Procedure

• In a kettle place water and rice, then bring to a boil.
• Simmer until rice is soft. Set aside
• Saute garlic, onion and ginger.
• Pour boiled rice and simmer for 5 more minutes.
• While stirring, add scrambled egg and kasubha. 
• Season with salt. Serve hot 

Good for 6 persons. 1 cup per serving. 

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Cold Liquid Diet (3-Day Sample Menu)

Day 1

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

• Chilled mango shake

• Cold thin oatmeal with milk

Morning Snack
9:15

• Plain ice cream

• Cold water

Lunch
11:45-12:15

• Cold soup

• Chilled gelatin

• Mango-banana Icee

Afternoon Snack
3:15

• Popsies

• Cold water

Supper
6:00-6:30

• Cold lugaw

• Iced juice

• Iced milk shake

Night Snack
(before going to bed)

• Cold gulaman drink

Day 2

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

• Cold milk

• Cold thin oatmeal with milk

Morning Snack
9:15

• Cold taho

Lunch
11:45-12:15

• Cold soup

• Cold thin arroz caldo

• Soymilk

Afternoon Snack
3:15

• Cold thin oatmeal with milk

Supper
6:00-6:30

• Cold misua soup

• Cold lugaw

• Juice

Night Snack
(before going to bed)

• Cold chocolate drink

Day 3

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

• Cold champorado

• Cold soft-cooked egg

• Cold milk

Morning Snack
9:15

• Popsies

• Cold water

Lunch
11:45-12:15

• Cold soup

• Cold taho

• Jello

• Iced juice

Afternoon Snack
3:15

• Cold thin arroz caldo

Supper
6:00-6:30

• Cold lugaw

• Soymilk

• Iced buko water

Night Snack
(before going to bed)

• Cold chocolate drink

Note: Try mechanically soft diet on the 3rd day, if tolerable, with physician's permission.

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Cold Liquid Diet (Food Selection Guide)

Foods Allowed

Fruits/Juices (cold or iced)

• Fresh fruit juices
• Commercial fruit juices
• Blended fresh fruits
• Fruit shake

Milk

• All chilled
• Dairy or non-dairy yogurt, chilled

Rice or Substitute

• Cold thin lugaw or cereal
• Cold thin oatmeal with creamer and sugar
• Cold thin misua soup
• Any cold thin soup

Desserts

• Plain ice cream
• Popsies
• Plain sherbet
• Cold soft custard
• Cold jello or gelatin
• Cold taho

Foods Not Allowed

• All solid, hard, and hot foods

Beverages

• All hot beverages
• Wine and alcoholic beverages
• Tea, coffee
• Strong-flavored fruit juices

Note: Homemade desserts are preferable. You may use little honey instead of sugar.

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Misua Soup Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1/2 small bundle misua
• 1 egg, scrambled
• 1/2 piece medium-size onion, finely chopped
• 3 segments garlic, minced
• 5 cups water
• 1 tablespoon cream of asparagus powder (optional)
• Salt to taste

Procedure:

• Saute garlic and onion. 

• Add egg, water, cream of asparagus powder, and misua. Bring to boil.

• Season with salt. 

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What is Cold Liquid Diet (Tonsil Diet)

What It Is
Any liquid that could be served cold or iced. This diet aims at bringing relief to fresh mouth sores or surgery. The cold liquid diet is not nutritionally adequate. This diet is usually prescribed to patients for not more than 2 days.

Some Tips

• Shift to mechanical soft diet gradually subsisting on cold liquids and intravenous fluid.
• Plan and choose liquids that are good sources of protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals.

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Cold Gulaman Drink

Ingredients:

• 1/2 bar gulaman, flaked
• 2 cups water
• 4 cups milk, chilled

Procedure:

• Boil water. Add gulaman flakes. 
• Continue cooking until flakes are dissolved.  Remove from fire.
• Strain as mixture is poured into a mold. Let it gel.
• Cut into small cubes. 
• Put 3 tablespoons of cubed gulaman into 1/2 cup of chilled milk.

Good for 6 to 8 persons. 3/4 to 1 cup per serving.

Note: Keep remaining gulaman in refrigerator for future use.

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Mango-Banana Icee

Ingredients:

• 3 pieces medium size bananas, frozen
• 1 piece or 250 grams mango, frozen

Procedure:

• Cut mango and slice banana into bite-size pieces. Freeze overnight.
• Blend frozen banana and mango until smooth.

1 scoop per serving

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Lugaw (Porridge) Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup rice, polished
• 5 1/2 cups water
• Salt to taste

Procedure:

• Boil rice until very tender. Season with salt

Good for 6 persons. 1 cup per serving

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Cold Thin Oatmeal with Milk

Ingredients

• 4 tablespoons oatmeal
• 5 cups water
• 1 cup ice cubes
• 1 cup milk (creamer)

Procedure:

• Boil water. Stir in oats.
• Return to boil. Reduce heat.
• Cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
• Blend if needed. Let it cool.
• Add ice cubes. Serve cold with creamer.

1 cup per serving 

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Chilled Mango Shake

Ingredients:

• 4 pieces medium-size mango, ripe, sliced
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 cup powder milk
• 2 cups crushed ice

Procedure:

• Blend mango with water. 
• Add milk and crushed ice.
• Blend mixture for the last time

Good for 6 to 8 persons
3/4 to 1 cup per serving 

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Saucy Sauce: Sweet-Sour Sauce

Ingredients:

• 2 - 4 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup of liquid from sweet pickles
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• Cornstarch
• Green and red peppers
• Carrots
• Salt

Procedure

• Mix all ingredients and simmer in saucepan, then thicken with cornstarch.
• Garnish with thinly sliced red and green peppers and carrots
• Pour over vegetable medley.

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Saucy Sauce: Spanish Green Sauce

Ingredients:

• 2 or 3 cloves garlic
• 4 cups broth
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• 1/2 cup cooked peas
• 1/2 cup asparagus tips
• Salt to taste

Procedure

• Add 2 or 3 cloves of chopped garlic to hot oil.
• When the garlic begins to brown, stir in a little flour and add gradually 4 cups of broth and 1 tablespoon of chopped parsley.
• Season with salt and let it simmer until reduced by one-half. Add cooked peas and asparagus tips and simmer for 10 minutes longer. 
• Serve over boiled egg, gluten, steak or tokwa (hard soybean curd).

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