Softer Food Diet Suggestions
- Cream of Wheat, Oatmeal, Malt O Meal
- Mashed potatoes, Baked potatoes, Baked Sweet potato - Ok with butter/sour cream
- Mashed bananas, avocado, applesauce or any mashed/blended fruit except berries with seeds
- Broth or creamed soups
- Mashed steamed vegetables except broccoli
- Mashed yams, butternut squash
- Cottage cheese or soft cheese
- Creamy peanut butter without solid pieces
- Ground meats or flakey fish
- Casseroles
- Eggs any style, Omelets, with or without melted cheese or avocado
- Jell-o, pudding, ice cream, yogurt
- Milk shake/smoothies- ok to blend with fruit except no berries with seeds and use a spoon to eat
- Ensure, Boost, Slim Fast or any nutritional/protein drinks
Do NOT Eat Foods
Chewing gum
Candy/Cookies
Chips
Nuts
Broccoli
Pizza
Toast
Egg Rolls
Cold cereal
Berries of any kind
Popcorn
Anything fried
Steak
Nachos/hard tacos
Lettuce
Anything hard or crunchy
Anything with seeds or hard pieces
Meat that shreds - can get lodged under gums and between teeth
Hard raw crunchy fruits/vegetables/salad