Bean Potato Puff

Ingredients

• 1 cup mashed potatoes

• 1 cup mashed tokwa (hard soybean curd) or pureed beans

• ½ cup crumbs

• 1 egg

• ½ onion, minced

Procedure

• Blend all and season with pepper and salt.

• Drop by spoonful onto greased tins.

• Bake till brown.

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Beans With Coconut Milk

 Ingredients

• 3 cups water

• 1 cup dry black beans

• 1 cup thick coconut milk

• Crushed ginger

• 1 sweet red pepper cut into strips

• 1 cup kangkong (water spinach) stems and leaves

• Salt

Procedure

• Bring the water to a boil, add the beans and boil for two minutes.

• Set aside for 1 hour.

• Add thin coconut milk and ginger.

• Boil until soft

• Add thick coconut milk. Season with salt.

• Add kangkong and sweet pepper.

• Cover and cook 5 minutes longer.

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Clear Liquid Diet (3-Day Sample Menu)

Day 1

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

• Jello
• Clear juice
• Strained rice coffee with honey or brown sugar; no milk

Morning Snack
9:15

• Buko water (Coconut water)

Lunch
11:45-12:15

• Jello
• Clear juice
• Fat-free broth

Afternoon Snack
3:15

• Buko water (Coconut water)

Supper
6:00-6:30

• Jello
• Clear juice
• Fat-free broth

Night Snack
(before going to bed)

• Strained rice coffee with honey or brown sugar

Day 2

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

• Salabat
• Clear juice
• Jello

Morning Snack
9:15

• Clear juice

Lunch
11:45-12:15

• Buko water (Coconut water)

Afternoon Snack
3:15

• Clear juice

Supper
6:00-6:30

• Salabat
• Clear juice
• Fat-free broth

Night Snack
(before going to bed)

• Fat-free broth

Day 3

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

• Jello
• Strained soy coffee with honey or brown sugar
• Clear juice

Morning Snack
9:15

• Fat-free broth

Lunch
11:45-12:15

• Salabat
• Malunggay (moringa oleifera) broth

Afternoon Snack
3:15

• Juice

Supper
6:00-6:30

• Fruit juice
• Jello
• Fat-free broth

Night Snack
(before going to bed)

• Soy coffee

Note: Gradually shift to full liquids

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