Stage II sample menu

Stage II sample menu

Breakfast:

• Carnation® Breakfast Essentials™ Light Start drink mix (you may blend this into a smoothie using fruit and 0% fat, plain Greek yogurt) • 8-12 oz. of water (drink 30 min. prior or after eating.)

Snack:

• ¼ - ½ cup cottage cheese, fat free, 1 or 2% • ¼ cup applesauce, unsweetened • ½ banana with a tablespoon of peanut butter • 8-12 oz. of water (drink 30 min. prior or after eating.)

Lunch:

• ¼ - ½ cup Cream of Wheat or pureed oatmeal made with Simply Smart milk, ¼ - ½ banana, or,

Carnation® Breakfast Essentials™ Light Start drink mix (you may blend this into a smoothie using fruit and 0% fat, plain Greek yogurt) • 8-12 oz. of water (drink 30 min. prior or after eating.)

Snack:

• 1 cup pureed chicken or beef and vegetable soup • 8-12 oz. of water (drink 30 min. prior or after eating.)

Dinner:

• 1 scrambled egg with ¼ cup finely chopped, well cooked vegetables. Use olive oil or cooking spray in pan. If you prefer, you may instead drink Carnation® Breakfast Essentials™ Light Start drink mix (you may blend this into a smoothie using fruit and 0% fat, plain Greek yogurt) • Drink up to 12 oz. water per hour in between meals and snacks. • Use whey or soy protein powder (for example, Tera’s Whey plain, unsweetened) if you need help achieving 60-70 grams of protein. • 8-12 oz. of water (drink 30 min. prior or after eating.)

Protein

• Cottage cheese (1%, 2%, or non-fat) • Greek yogurt or Icelandic yogurt (Chobani,

Siggi’s) • Simply Smart milk or Fairlife milk • Low-fat cheese (part skim, 2%, or non-fat cheeses) • Ricotta cheese (part skim, or non-fat) • Eggs – any style except fried • Tofu

Vegetable

• Pureed vegetable soups (may contain beans and meat, but should NOT contain rice, or noodles) • Soft- cooked vegetables (no skins, seeds) – should be able to mash with a fork such as cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, beets, turnip, roasted peppers (skinless, seedless), onions, asparagus, green beans • Potato – any kind including sweet potato but to be added in diet in limited amounts as this is a starchy vegetable

Fruit

• Applesauce – no added sugar • Pureed fruit – any kind, strained to avoid skins, seeds • Canned fruit – light or in its’ own juice • Skinless, seedless fruit (peeled apple, pear, plum, peach, papaya, guava, ripe mango... chew well) • Banana • Melon – any kind • Avocado

Grains, Nuts, Legumes

• Nut-butters such as peanut butter and almond butter • Hummus – any flavor • Pureed, plain cream of wheat or oatmeal, cooked with milk