Planning Meals
Use food from the following groups to plan your meal
| Milk Group | |
| 1/2 cup skim milk | 1/2 cup cup 1% milk |
| 1/2 cup Mootopi or Lactaid milk | 1/2 cup sugar free pudding |
| 1/2 cup low fat or nonfat yogurt | 1/2 cup protein shake |
| Meat Group | |
| 1/2 s,all jar strained baby food meats (plain) | 1/4 cup (1 oz) cooked blended meat (fish, turkey, and chicken) |
| 1/4 cup low fat cottage cheese (mashed up) | |
| 1 hard- boiled egg white (mashed up) |
| Plant Based Proteins | |
| 1/3 cup baked beans (pureed) | 4 oz tofu-pureed |
| 1/2 cup cooked beans (black, garbanzo, kidney, lima, navy, pinto, white) -pureed | 1/2 cup edammame-pureed |
| 1/3 cup cup hummus | 1/2 cup lentils (brown,green, or yellow)-pureed |
| Vegetable Group (Nonstarchy) |
| 1/4 cup cooked and blended vegetables |
| Examples: |
| Asparagus, green beans, beets, carrots, spinach |
| 1/2 cup vegetable soup (V-8 Diet Splash) |
| Fruit Group | |
| 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce | 1/4 cup plums (canned and blended) |
| 1/4 cup apricots (canned and blended) | 1/4 cup pineapple (canned and blended) |
| 1/4 cup peaches (canned and blended) | 1/4 cup pears (canned and blended) |
All fruits/vegetables must be cooked or canned and pureed*
*No more than 5 grams of sugar per meal*
| Starch Group |
| 1/2 cup blended soup |
| 1/2 cup cooked cereal such as: cream of wheat, cream of rice, oatmeal, grits |
| Peas |
| Mashed potatoes |
| Squash |
| Sweet potatoes |
| Fat Group | |
| 1 teaspoon margarine | 2 teaspoons diet margarine |
| 1 teaspoon of mayonnaise | 1 tbsp low fat mayonnaise |
| 1 tbsp low fat salad dressing | 1 tbsp salad dressing (oil varieties) |
| 1 teaspoon olive oil or canola oil | 2 tbsp avocado |
Sample Menu
| Breakfast: | 1/4 cup low fat cottage cheese |
| 1/4 cup blended fruit | |
| 1/2 cup cream of wheat | |
| Snack: | 1/2 cup skim milk |
| Lunch: | 1/2 jar strained chicken |
| 2 teaspoons diet margarine | |
| 1/4 cup pureed vegetable | |
| 1/4 cup blended fruit | |
| Dinner: | 1/4 cup blended turkey with broth |
| 1/4 cup blended green beans | |
| 1/4 cup mashed potatoes | |
| 2 teaspoons diet margarine | |
| Snack: | 1/2 cup skim milk |
*No more than 5 grams of sugar per meal*
*The meals must be more than you are able to eat at one time, stop eating before you feel full. Pay attention to your stomach. Drink plenty of fluids between meals. Take your vitamins/minerals daily.