Lowfat Arroz Caldo with Egg

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup polished rice

• 5 cups water

• 1 tablespoon garlic, chopped

• 1/2 green onion, chopped

• 1 small ginger, cut into small strips

• 1 egg, scrambled or sliced hard-cooked

• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil

• Salt to taste

Procedure:

• Boil rice until tender. Set aside

• Saute garlic, onion and ginger. Pour to boiled rice.

• Add scrambled/hard-cooked egg. Mix well and boil for another 7 minutes.

• Season with salt.

Good for 6 to 8 persons. 1 cup per serving.

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Constipating Fruit Gulaman Delight

Ingredients:

• 1 bar gulaman

• 1/2 cup fruit juice, unsweetened

• 2 cups water

• 1/2 piece medium-size apple, diced and soaked in fruit juice to hinder enzymatic browning

• 3 pieces medium-size banana, diced soaked in fruit juice

• 2 tablespoons honey or 3 tablespoons brown sugar

Procedure:

• Boil gulaman in water until dissolved. 

• Add honey or sugar. Remove from fire. Strain.

• Pour mixture into mold with apple banana and juice. Let it gel.

• Chill until firm.

Good for 6 to 10 persons. 1 slice per serving or as desired

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Rice Coffee Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup uncooked rice

Procedure:

• Roast rice until dark brown. (Grind and/or keep it as is in an air-tight container.)

• Boil 4 cups of water.

• Add 1 tablespoon roasted rice.

• Add a little honey or brown sugar as desired.

• 3/4 cup per serving.

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Soft Diet (3-Day Sample Menu)

Day 1

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

• Banana

• Potato-egg omelet

• White bread with jelly

• Oatmeal with milk

• Soy coffee with milk

Lunch
11:45-12:15

• Soft tokwa adobo

• Sauteed squash

• Soft rice

• Soft-boiled peanut

Supper
6:00-6:30

• Ginataang vegemeat

• Soft rice

• Ripe mango

Day 2

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

• Papaya

• Slightly fried vegetarian tocino

• White bread with jelly

• Soft rice

• Warm milk, no sugar

Lunch
11:45-12:15

• Soft sweet-and-sour gluten

• Soft-boiled chayote (vegetable pear)

• Soft white rice

• Juice

Supper
6:00-6:30

• Soft sauteed mongo beans

• Soft white rice

• Soft gulaman delight

Day 3

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

• Apple without skin

• Soft tempura chunks

• Pandesal with cheese

• Champorado

• Salabat

Lunch
11:45-12:15

• Soft vegetarian apritada

• Soft white rice

• Macaroni salad

• Soymilk

Supper
6:00-6:30

• Soft beans

• Soft white rice

• Fresh buko

Note: This is a modified soft diet. Cellulose content has been reduced.

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Soft Diet (Food Selection Guide)

Foods Allowed

Carbohydrate-rich Foods

• White or polished rice

• White bread

• Crackers

• Noodles

• Pastries

• Root crops like potato

• Oatmeal

• Dry cereals

Protein-rich Foods
For Vegetarians

• Tokwa or tofu

• Gluten

• Vegetarian products

• Cooked legumes and nuts

For Non-Vegetarians

• Meat and fish without tendons and ligaments

Vegetables

• Chayote (vegetable pear)

• Carrots

• Upo (bottle gourd)

• Squash

• Eggplants

• Radish

• Cucumber

Fruits

• All, (preferably soft) without skin or seeds

Beverages

• All, except those that are not allowed (see below)

Desserts

• All that is not so fatty

Foods Not Allowed

Carbohydrate-rich Foods

• Unpolished rice

Protein-rich Foods

• Fatty meats

• Bulalo (beef  marrow stew)

• Litid (ligament e.g. beef)

• Tendons

Vegetables

• Limit intake of leafy vegetables

Fruits

• Pineapples, hard fruits and those that have fibers or roughage

Beverages

• Coffee, tea

• Soft drinks

• Alcoholic beverages, wine and liquor

Dessert

• Fatty desserts

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What is Soft Diet

What It Is
A diet that allows fruits and vegetables with low-cellulose content as well as fish and meat with no or very little connective tissues. This diet aims to reduce the work load of the digestive system. Proper food selection will provide both the person's nutrient needs together with the rest of the digestive system's needs.

Some Tips:

• Choose fruits low in cellulose content like banana and apple.

• Choose vegetables low in cellulose content like chayote (vegetable pear), carrots, green papaya, upo (bottle gourd), and squash preferably without skin and seeds.

• Choose fish and meat with no tough connective tissues.

• Choose polished rice and white bread rather than whole grain cereals.

• Avoid foods that have caffeine, alcohol and pepper.

• Avoid spicy foods like instant noodles, chips, spicy nuts, sauces, and fatty foods. They can cause discomfort and irritation.

• Observe your tolerance for eating. Since food effects vary from one person to another, master your digestive system. Fresh fruits and vegetables, whole cereals, nuts, and grains may negatively affect some patients.

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Macaroni Salad Recipe

Ingredients:

• 250 grams elbow macaroni
• 1/2 cup grated cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup hard-boiled eggs, cubed
• 2 tablespoons raisins
• 1/4 cup pineapple tidbits
• 1/2 cup light mayonnaise
• Salt to taste
• Onion leaves (as needed)
• Lettuce leaves (as needed)

Procedure:

• Boil macaroni until cooked. Drain and allow to cool.

• Mix macaroni, cheese, raisins, pineapple and mayonnaise. Season with salt.

• Place in a salad bowl lined with lettuce. 

• Garnish with cubed hard-boiled eggs and onion leaves as desired.

• Chill. Serve cold.

Good for 6 to 8 persons; 1/2 cup per serving.

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Mechanical Soft Diet (3-Day Sample Menu)

Day 1

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

• Mashed banana

• Mechanical soft sauteed potato-egg

• White bread with jam

• Oatmeal with milk

• Soy coffee

Lunch
11:45-12:15

• Mechanical soft tokwa adobo

• Mechanical-soft sauteed squash

• Soft rice

• Gelatin delight

Supper
6:00-6:30

• Arroz caldo

• Warm milk

• Soft fruit salad

Day 2

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

• Papaya

• White bread with peanut butter or mashed potato

• Champorado with milk

• Warm milk, no sugar

Lunch
11:45-12:15

• Mechanical soft sweet-and-sour gluten

• Mechanical soft boiled chayote (vegetable pear)

• Soft rice

• Juice

Supper
6:00-6:30

• Sauteed mongo beans

• Lugaw

• Soft fresh fruit

• Juice

Day 3

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

• Scraped apple

• Chopped tempura chunks

• Champorado

• Salabat

Lunch
11:45-12:15

• Mechanical soft vegetarian apritada

• Pureed malunggay

• Lugaw

• Soymilk

Supper
6:00-6:30

• Mechanical soft chili beans

• Lugaw

• Fresh buko

Note: The modification of this diet is simple. Balanced diet is cooked with added, water and is either mashed, chopped, pureed, blended or osteorized.

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Mechanical Soft Diet (Food Selection Guide)

Foods Allowed

Carbohydrate-rich Foods

• Soft Rice (if tolerable to patient)

• Oats

• Lugaw

• Mashed potato, mashed camote (sweet potato), mashed saba (banana)

• Soft bread

• Soft cookies

Protein-rich Foods

For Vegetarians

• Well-done legumes cooked with sabaw (soup)

• Chopped or ground vegetarian products

For Non-Vegetarians

• All well-cooked chopped, flaked or ground lean meat and fish

• Flaked fish

• Poached egg

Vegetables

• Diced string or Baguio beans

• Diced chayote (vegetable pear), carrots

• Mashed squash

• Well-cooked eggplant

Fruits

• All soft fruits

• Crispy fruits which can be scraped like apple, pear

• Any fruits, blended

Beverages

• Fruit juices, milk, fruit shakes, milk shakes

Foods Not Allowed

Carbohydrate-rich Foods

• Hard-cooked rice and cereals

• Hard crackers

Protein-rich Foods

• Litid (ligament e.g. beef)

Vegetables

• Raw or half-cooked 

Fruit

• Hard

Beverages

• Alcoholic beverages, coffee, tea and cola drinks

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What is Mechanical Soft Diet

What It Is
A diet which follows the principle of the balanced diet but includes only foods that are easy to chew and swallow. This diet is prescribed to persons with chewing difficulty or disability. Depending on the patient's tolerance, food is broken down to smaller particles by mechanical means such as grinding, mashing, chopping and pureeing.

Some Tips:

• Choose foods that could be mashed, ground, chopped, pureed or blended.

• Cook rice and other cereals until soft.

• Work with clean hands, equipment, utensils and containers to minimize contamination and spoilage.

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Mechanical Soft-Boiled Chayote

Ingredients:

• 2 small chayote (vegetable pear), diced small
• 1 small tomato, sliced
• 1 small onion, cut into quarters
• 1/2 small ginger, sliced
• 1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 3 cups hugas bigas (water from the washing of uncooked rice)
• Salt to taste

Procedure:

• Boil ginger, tomatoes, and onion in hugas bigas. 

• Add chayote and vegetable oil. Season with salt.

• Cook very well. Serve hot with broth.

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

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Soft Fruit Salad

Ingredients:

• 3 slices ripe mangoes, diced small
• 3 ripe bananas, diced small
• 1/4 cup fruit cocktail, canned
• 1/4 cup cream

Procedure:

• Mix all ingredients gently. Chill.

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

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Soft Sauteed Squash

Ingredients:

• 3 cups squash, cut into medium-size strips
• 1/2 piece medium-size onion
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• Salt to taste
• 1/2 cup water

Procedure:

• Saute garlic and onion.

• Add squash and water. Season with salt.

• Cook until very tender. Serve hot.

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

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Mechanical Soft Tokwa Adobo

Ingredients:

• 3/4 kilo tokwa (tofu), diced
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 head garlic, minced
• 2 pieces garlic
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon cream of mushroom powder
• Salt to taste

Procedure:

• Saute 2 pieces garlic. Add tokwa. Mix gently.

• Add lemon juice, soy sauce, cream of mushroom powder, and bay leaf.

• Bring to a boil for a few minutes. Season with salt.

• Add minced garlic before removing from fire. Serve hot.

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

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