More suggestions for a soft foods diet?!
My 6 yr old had T and A sugery" Removal of Tonsils and Adenoids" on the 15 and is on a soft foods diet like scrambled eggs, plaine pasta, Mac n cheese" she refuses to eat" and soups like chicken noodle and with rice pureeed til smooth!. Shes getting kind of bored with the same repeats!. I dont want to restrict her to this diet as she feels very left out as everyone else is allowed to eat everyday items!. She isnt allowed to eat anything crunchy like chips popcorn baked pastas, candy hamburger, fried chicken!. I just did ask if a 10 hr slow cooked roast with the veggies mashed up are acceptable and they said yes!. So ar sandwiches dipped in broth!. I could use some non spicy non acidic ideas for a 6 yr old!. Keeping it simple is a great plus as ive noticed when she gets hungry you either feed her now or its tantrum time!.!.lol!. Thanks in advance!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Answers:
Dairy
When eating from this category, avoid hard cheese and dairy products that contain hard fruits or nuts!.
Cheese Sauces
Melted Cheese
Cottage Cheese
Ricotta Cheese
Milk Drinks
Milkshake
Soft Ice Cream
Ice Milk (without fruits or nuts)
Yogurt (Plain or with Soft Fruits)
Fruits
In this category, you should avoid dried fruits, such as apricots or dates; apples, raspberries, blackberries, as well as stringy fruits like mango and pineapple!.
Applesauce
Ripe Banana
Melon Cubes
Vegetables
Avoid crunchy, raw vegetables, such as carrots and celery sticks!.
Soft Well-Cooked Vegetables without Seeds or Skins
Tomato Puree Juice
Meats
In this category, avoid tough or stringy meats, beef jerky, corned beef, crunchy peanut butter, fried chicken or fish, as well as overcooked and dry meats!.
Ground Chicken or Beef (moistened with gravy)
Smooth or Creamy Peanut Butter
Tofu
Soups
Avoid soups that have tough, large pieces of meat in them!.
Broth
Bouillon
Cream Soup with Soft Vegetables
Pureed or Blended Soups
Starches
You shouldn’t eat any foods in this category that have dried fruits, nuts or seeds!. also avoid bran cereals, crunchy bagels, corn and potato chips, French bread, popcorn, granola and rye crackers!.
Cooked Cereal, Rice or Barley
Well-cooked Macaroni, Pasta or Noodles
Mashed Potatoes without skins
Pancake
Crackers softened in soup or drinks
Soft Bread or Soft Tortilla
Sweets
When eating from this category, avoid items that contain seeds, nuts or coconut!.
Frozen Juice Pop
Jell-O Dessert (with or without soft canned fruit)
Popsicles
Frozen Yogurt
Custard
Pudding
A sample menu for the day using ingredients from the list of soft foods could consist of:
Breakfast: 1 poached egg with 1 tablespoon of melted mozzarella cheese
(Instead of using the mozzarella cheese, you could have a cup of yogurt with soft fruit instead!.
Lunch: Low fat, small curd cottage cheese with light peaches
(You can also substitute the cottage cheese for ricotta cheese
Dinner: Finely sliced deli meat with green beans
(You could use melon cubes instead of green beans in this meal)
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If you have a blender in your house how about making her smoothies!? You can purchase dry vitamin powders and protein powders from health food stores and hide them in the smoothie!. Just make sure you buy liquid honey because some of them have an after taste!. Buy her favourite ice cream!. You can use milk or cream if she's not eating enough and needs the calories and protein!. Who would turn down that!.Best of luck, DonnaWww@FoodAQ@Com