Food Consistency

1. Swallowing is complex – it involves a lot of muscles and nerves in the body. 2. Swallowing difficulty can affect how a person can eat food, drink fluids, and take medication. It can affect how people can swallow their saliva. 3. Difficulty swallowing can be a danger to a person’s health. I

• Custard • Ice-cream, sorbet • Sometimes jelly • Instant puddings • Cheese cakes • Fruche, mousse • Crème caramel • Soft moist donuts and cream • Soft moist cakes served with cream, custard, sauces • Pancakes, picklets served with butter, smooth jam etc finely chopped • Mashed pavlova,

• Chunky soups, mixed solid and liquid but vitamised for me to be able to eat. • Cant eat liquid only soup…..

• Pureed Canned fruit: apple, peaches, apricots, plums, two fruits • Fresh soft fruit mashed: bananas, mango, avocado, Strawberries • Fruit juice

• Well cooked, tinned, fresh or frozen vegetables with skins removed. • Potatoes, pumpkin, spinach, carrots, squash, sweet potatoes etc. • Finally chopped cooked well broccoli, zucchini, etc. • Vegetable bakes and mornays-finally cut before serving. • Mashed potatoes and gravy

• Milk (milkshakes: iced coffee, chocolate and strawberry) • Fruit Juice (in moderation not too much acid, reflux) • Soft drink (mainly coke but will give others a try) • Cordial (orange/mango etc.)

• Chopped/minced beef, veal, lamb, pork. No bones or skin • Chopped/minced chicken, turkey, fish, seafood. No Bones or skin • Chicken snitzel, with mash, vegetables. cream sauce/gravy • Finally chopped/minced sausages with skin removed • Meatballs-mashed, served with gravy/sauce • Meat, poul

• Butter, • Margarine, • whipped cream, • sour cream, • thickened cream, • Mayonnaise

• Milk (will do full cream milk but prefer lactose free Zymill milk) • Milkshakes. • Flavoured milk: iced coffee, chocolate or strawberry • Milk deserts such as fruche or anything similar • Yogurt, smooth fruit yogurt • Cream cheese, cottage cheese, feta cheese, ricotta cheese, grated cheese

• Weetbix softened with warm water/milk and honey • Well cooked sticky rice • Pasta-chopped small before eating • Sandwiches: white bread: no seeded bread. Fillings, cold meats, cheese, cream cheese, avocado, beetroot spread etc.