Pureed Diet

Food Group

Foods to Eat

Foods to Avoid

Menu Ideas

FRUIT

Pureed fruit without seeds

Ripe, well mashed bananas and applesauce

Whole fruits

Chunky applesauce

Fruit with added nuts or seeds

Dried fruits

Use pureed fruit on meats as a sauce to add flavor

VEGETABLES

Pureed vegetables without chunks, lumps, pulps, or seeds

Tomato paste or sauce without seeds

Tomato or vegetable juice

Whole vegetables that are fresh or raw

Any vegetables that have not been pureed

Tomato sauce with seeds

Add margarine to vegetables to add calories

POTATOES AND STARCHES

Mashed white or sweet potatoes with gravy or sauce

Pureed potato casseroles

Pureed pasta, noodles, and rice with gravy or sauce

Rice, potatoes, or noodles that have not been pureed

Baked white and sweet potatoes

Add gravies, butter, margarine, or sour cream to potatoes, rice, or noodles when pureeing to add calories and moisture

MEAT AND MEAT SUBSTITUTES

Pureed chicken, turkey, fish, meat

Strained baby food meats

Pureed casseroles, lentils, legumes, and hummus

Pureed eggs, potted/deviled meat

Any meat, fish, chicken, or turkey that is not pureed

Casseroles, beans, and eggs that have not been pureed

Lunch meat, unless pureed

Baby food meats can be used for quick, easy meals

OILS/FATS

Butter, margarine, sour cream, vegetable oils, cream cheese, whipped topping, mayonnaise, smooth salad dressing, and smooth sauces

Salad dressings that are chunky or lumpy

Bacon or bacon bits

Use vegetable oil, smooth sauces, and gravies to add moisture for pureeing foods

MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS

Smooth yogurt, custard, pudding

Pureed cottage cheese and melted cheese in cheese sauce

Milk, milkshakes, eggnog, plain ice cream without nuts, fruit, or chunks

Yogurt with fruit, lumpy pudding (like tapioca or rice pudding)

Whole cottage cheese, cheese slices/cubes that are not melted

Ice cream with nuts, fruit, or chunks

Add chocolate syrup or other flavoring to milk for additional calories

BREADS AND CEREALS

Cream of wheat, farina, and grits

Pureed dressing, pancakes, sweet rolls, and Danish pastries

Oatmeal, dry cereal

Crackers, whole bread, whole bread products with nuts/seeds

Rice and pastas that are not pureed

SOUP

Smooth soups without lumps, pureed soups

Broth/strained soups

Cream soups with meat/fish or vegetable chunks unless they are pureed

Margarine or butter can be added to soups to add calories

Melt cream cheese or cheese in soups

DESSERTS

Smooth puddings, custard, pureed cake or pie with no lumps, seeds, or peelings

Gelatin

Smooth candies, such as truffles

Plain ice cream, sherbet, ices, frozen juice bars, mousse, souffles

Pudding with lumps, fruit, or nuts

Rice or bread pudding

Any pureed dessert with lumps, seeds, or nuts

Gelatin with fruits or vegetables

Add whipped topping to pudding, custard, pureed pie or cake to add calories

OTHER

Plain gelatin

Finely ground pepper, powdered spices, powdered herbs, salt, sugar, sugar substitute, brown sugar

Smooth jelly, honey, maple/chocolate/smooth fruit syrups, cream and powdered creamers

Meat sauces, BBQ sauce, marinades, smooth cranberry sauces

Nutritional shakes or supplements

Coffee, tea

Carbonate sodas like ginger ale and cola

Water

Coarse ground pepper, crushed or flaked herbs, seeds, any spice or herb that is not finely ground

Whole cranberry sauce

Add BBQ sauce when pureeing meat to add flavor

Marinate meats before cooking to add extra flavor when pureeing

Breakfast

Snack

1/2 cup (120 mL) cooked cream of wheat

2 pureed scrambled eggs

1 cup (240 mL) milk

1/2 cup (120 mL) fruit juice

Coffee or tea

1/2 cup (120 mL) pureed fruit

Lunch

Snack

1 cup (240 mL) strained soup

3 ounces (90 mL) beef pureed with gravy

1 cup (240 mL) mashed potatoes with margarine and gravy

1 cup (240 mL) pureed carrots with margarine

1 cup (240 mL) milk

1 cup (240 mL) fruit juice

1/2 cup (120 mL) pudding

Dinner

Snack

1 to 2 cups(240 to 480 mL) pureed chicken noodle casserole

1 cup (240 mL) pureed spinach with margarine

1 cup (240 mL) pureed peaches

1 cup (240 mL) milk

Coffee or tea

1/2 cup (120 mL) ice cream

1 cup (240 mL) milkshake or nutritional supplement