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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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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