4 Soft Diet Dietitian’s or Dietetic Assistant’s suggestions: 1. ________________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________________ Soft Diet 3. ________________________________________________________ If you have problems chewing your food, this handout will show you soft foods you can eat. What are soft foods? Foods that are cooked tender and moist foods that are easy to chew. Name: ______________________________________________________ Dietitian/Dietetic Assistant: ____________________________________ Telephone: _________________________ Ext.: __________________ © Hamilton Health Sciences PD 4819 - 01/2003 0103-228 WPC\pted\SoftDiet-trh.doc January 22, 2003 ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2 3 Soft Diet Soft Diet Foods allowed Foods not allowed or Foods allowed Foods not allowed or foods to avoid foods to avoid Milk & milk products • All milk and milk beverages • Yogurt with seeds or nuts Desserts and sweets • All soft desserts and • Desserts or baked goods • Cream baked goods. with seeds, nuts, • Plain or flavoured yogurt • Jelly, honey, sugar, plain coconuts or fruits sugar candy, syrups. • Caramel, toffee Grain products • Bread or soft rolls; white, • Hard rolls • Plain, soft chocolate bars and licorice whole wheat or light rye • Bread and cereals with • Jam or marmalade • Cooked or refined ready to nuts, seeds, coconut eat cereals or fruits Beverages • All • None • Rice or pasta • Shredded wheat cereal Fats and oils • Butter, margarine, oil, salad • Olives Meat, fish, poultry, • Ground, finely chopped or • Bacon dressings, cream cheese, and alternates shaved meats or tofu mayonnaise, gravy, smooth • Tender moist whole poultry sauces and • Tender flaked fish. whipped toppings • All cooked eggs. • Coconuts, nuts and • Cheese - block and cottage Other • Soft casseroles made of seeds • Legumes combinations of minced and soft foods in smooth • Popcorn Vegetables and fruit • Soft, cooked, fruits and • Tough fibrous or stringy sauces or gravies vegetables vegetables such as corn • Fruit and vegetable juices or celery • Finely grated raw fruit or • Fruits or vegetables with vegetables. All potatoes tough skin such without skin as apples • Banana • Citrus fruits • Vegetables such as • Dried fruits spinach if finely chopped • Baked potato with skin • Raw vegetables, tossed salads, coleslaw Soups • All soups made with • Soups containing tough, minced or chopped meats crunchy or stringy and vegetables vegetables please turn over Î __________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2 3 Soft Diet Soft Diet Foods allowed Foods not allowed or Foods allowed Foods not allowed or foods to avoid foods to avoid Milk & milk products • All milk and milk beverages • Yogurt with seeds or nuts Desserts and sweets • All soft desserts and • Desserts or baked goods • Cream baked goods. with seeds, nuts, • Plain or flavoured yogurt • Jelly, honey, sugar, plain coconuts or fruits sugar candy, syrups. • Caramel, toffee Grain products • Bread or soft rolls; white, • Hard rolls • Plain, soft chocolate bars and licorice whole wheat or light rye • Bread and cereals with • Jam or marmalade • Cooked or refined ready to nuts, seeds, coconut eat cereals or fruits Beverages • All • None • Rice or pasta • Shredded wheat cereal Fats and oils • Butter, margarine, oil, salad • Olives Meat, fish, poultry, • Ground, finely chopped or • Bacon dressings, cream cheese, and alternates shaved meats or tofu mayonnaise, gravy, smooth • Tender moist whole poultry sauces and • Tender flaked fish. whipped toppings • All cooked eggs. • Coconuts, nuts and • Cheese - block and cottage Other • Soft casseroles made of seeds • Legumes combinations of minced and soft foods in smooth • Popcorn Vegetables and fruit • Soft, cooked, fruits and • Tough fibrous or stringy sauces or gravies vegetables vegetables such as corn • Fruit and vegetable juices or celery • Finely grated raw fruit or • Fruits or vegetables with vegetables. All potatoes tough skin such without skin as apples • Banana • Citrus fruits • Vegetables such as • Dried fruits spinach if finely chopped • Baked potato with skin • Raw vegetables, tossed salads, coleslaw Soups • All soups made with • Soups containing tough, minced or chopped meats crunchy or stringy and vegetables vegetables please turn over Î __________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ 4 Soft Diet Dietitian’s or Dietetic Assistant’s suggestions: 1. ________________________________________________________ 2. ________________________________________________________ Soft Diet 3. ________________________________________________________ If you have problems chewing your food, this handout will show you soft foods you can eat. What are soft foods? Foods that are cooked tender and moist foods that are easy to chew. Name: ______________________________________________________ Dietitian/Dietetic Assistant: ____________________________________ Telephone: _________________________ Ext.: __________________ © Hamilton Health Sciences PD 4819 - 01/2003 0103-228 WPC\pted\SoftDiet-trh.doc January 22, 2003 ____________________________________________________________________________________ .