Sample Menu Selection
Sample Menu Selection
A la Carte Program for Patients — Menu for General Diets
Cereals and Other Starters
• Cheerios, Corn Flakes, Rice Krispies, Raisin Bran, low-fat granola, Sugar Smacks, Frosted Flakes — served plain, with banana, or with seasonal berries (April to September)
• Hot oatmeal, cream of wheat, cream of rice — served plain, with banana, or with seasonal berries (April to September)
• Grapefruit half
• Fresh fruit plate
• Yogurt
Egg Cetera . . .
• Eggs — hard scrambled, fried or poached hard, or hard boiled, egg substitute available on request
• Vegetarian breakfast burrito vegetarian chili, salsa, and cheddar cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla topped with black olives
• Sausage breakfast burrito —- eggs, turkey sausage, salsa, and cheddar cheese wrapped in a flour tortilla topped with black olives
Omelets — made to order
• Your choice of ham, turkey sausage, diced tomatoes, onions, green peppers, olives, vegetarian chili, mushrooms, salsa, cheddar, Swiss, or jack cheese. Egg substitute available on request
Breakfast entrees
• Buttermilk pancakes — plain or blueberry (stack of two), choice of maple syrup, butter, margarine
• Cheese blintz — plain or with berry sauce
• French toast — cinnamon and brown sugar (two slices) choice of maple syrup, butter, margarine, made with egg substitute on request
Breakfast accompaniments
• Country fried potatoes, bacon, ham steak, sausage (turkey or chicken-apple)
Appetizers
• Chicken noodle soup
• Tomato soup
• Vegetarian vegetable soup
• Cream of mushroom soup
• Beef broth
• Chicken broth
• Asian noodles — ramen noodles in vegetable broth
• Potato skins — cheddar cheese, green onions, bacon, and sour cream
• Vegetarian egg roll — sweet-n-sour sauce and hot mustard
• Steamed pork pot stickers — sesame soy sauce
• Nachos — beef chili or turkey taco meat, cheddar cheese, black olives, salsa, guacamole, and sour cream
• Baked chicken strips — sweet-n-sour sauce, honey, BBQ sauce, or hot mustard
• Vegetable crudites — carrots, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, and cherry tomatoes, adorned with choice of dressing
Sandwiches (whole or half) — build your own with choice of:
• Meats: Turkey, roast beef, ham, tuna salad, egg salad
• Cheeses: Swiss, American, cheddar, cream cheese, fat-free cream cheese
• Spreads: mayonnaise, low-fat mayonnaise, mustard, Dijon mustard, ketchup, relish
• Toppings: lettuce, tomato, alfalfa sprouts, red onion, dill pickles
• Breads: multigrain, rye, white, whole wheat, sourdough, English muffin, bagel
Pizzas
• Seven-inch pizza baked with a choice of cheese, ham, pineapple, pepperoni, olives, onions, sausage, and mushrooms
Entrees
• French dip — with beef broth
• Asian chicken fettuccine — tossed with fresh vegetables, garlic, and soy sauce
• Roasted turkey — with stuffing, gravy, and cranberry sauce
• Hearty vegetable stew — with potatoes, onions, broccoli, corn, carrots, and celery
• Beef and bean burrito — topped with cheddar cheese, enchilada sauce, salsa, and sour cream
• Meatless burrito — topped with cheddar cheese, enchilada sauce, salsa, and sour cream
• Breaded pork chop — with applesauce
• Grilled halibut — with lemon herb butter or pesto butter
• Fish-n-chips — with tartar sauce and lemon wedge
• Vegetable lasagna — with soft breadstick
• Stir-fried steak or chicken — zucchini, onions, peppers, bamboo shoots and water chestnuts, stir-fried with sesame, garlic, and soy atop soba noodles
Dessert
• Berry pie
• Cinnamon apple crisp
• Chocolate cake
• Chocolate brownie
• Angel food cake — plain or with berry sauce
• Pound cake — plain or with berry sauce
• New York-style cheese cake — plain or with berry sauce
Snacks
• Fruit: fresh apple, fresh orange, fresh banana, grapes, melon, applesauce, peaches (in natural fruit juice), pears (in natural fruit juice)
• Noshes: potato chips, baked potato chips, tortilla chips (salsa available), nacho cheese Doritos, corn chips, pretzels, hot pretzel, microwave popcorn, saltine crackers, peanut butter and crackers, cheese and crackers
• Candies: M&M’s, Lifesavers, Snickers, Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup, Gummi Bears, assorted gum, fruit roll-ups, lemon drops, sugar-free lemon drops
Beverages
• Espresso and coffee: Cappuccino, Latte, Americano, Mocha, coffee, decaffeinated coffee, Espresso shakes, extra shot
• Espresso flavorings: vanilla, hazelnut, almond, chocolate syrup
• Regular teas: Earl Grey, orange pekoe, orange spice, lemon spice, iced tea
• Herbal and decaffeinated teas: Peppermint, chamomile, Ruby Mist, decaffeinated tea
• Juice: orange, Welch’s grape, tomato, prune, sugar-free cranberry, cran-grape, apricot nectar, sugar-free lemonade, Hawaiian Punch, Lemon-Lime Gatorade, lemonade, V-8, apple, grapefruit, cranberry
• Slushes: Grape, strawberry, orange, lemonade, root beer, 7-Up, Coke
• Dairy: Whole milk, 2% milk, 1% milk, skim milk, buttermilk, chocolate milk, hot cocoa, low-lactose 2% milk, low-lactose chocolate milk
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