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