Breads, Cereals, Rice, and Pasta
6- 11 servings each day
Serving size:
- 1 slice bread
- 1 cup cooked cereal, rice, or pasta
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- Enriched white bread, rolls, biscuits, and muffins
- Waffles, French toast, and pancakes
- White rice, noodles, pasta, and cooked potatoes (no skin)
- Plain crackers
- Cooked cereals: farina, cream of wheat, and grits
- Cold cereals: Puffed Rice, Rice Krispies, Corn Flakes, and Special K
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- Breads or rolls with nuts, seeds, or fruit
- Whole wheat, pumpernickel bread, and cornbread
- Potatoes with sin, brown or wild rice, and kasha (buckwheat)
- Whole grain cereals, bran cereals, granola-type cereals, and cereals with nuts, seeds, coconut, or dried fruit
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Fruit
2-4 servings each day
Serving size:
- 1 cup milk or yogurt
- 1 1/2 ounces cheese
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- Strained fruit juice
- Canned or cooked fruits without skins or seeds
- Ripe banana
- Soft cantaloupe and honeydew melon
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- Prunes and prune juice
- Raw or dried fruit
- All berries and raisins
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Milk and Dairy Products
2 servings each day
Serving size:
- 1 cup milk or yogurt
- 1/2 ounces cheese
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- Milk, plain or flavored
- Yogurt, custard, and ice cream
- Cheese and cottage cheese
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- Yogurt with nuts or seeds
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Vegetables
3-5 servings each day
Servings size:
- 1/2 cup cooked vegetables
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- Strained vegetable juice
- Well-cooked fresh or canned vegetables such as asparagus tips, beets, green beans, carrots, acorn squash (without seeds), pureed spinach, and tomato sauce
- Lettuce, if tolerated.
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- Raw or partially cooked (steamed) vegetables
- Vegetables with seeds
- Sauerkraut
- Cooked peas, winter squash, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, onions, cauliflower, baked beans and corn
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Meats, Poultry, Fish, Dry Beans, Peas, and Eggs
2-3 servings or a total of 6 ounces daily
Serving size:
- 2-3 ounces, cooked
- Count 1 egg, 1/2 cup cooked beans, or 2 tablespoons peanut butter as 1 ounce of meat
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- Ground, well-cooked, tender beef, lamb, ham, veal, pork, fish, poultry, and organ meats
- Eggs
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- Tough, fibrous meats with gristle
- Dry beans, peas, and lentils
- Peanut butter
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Fats, Snacks, Sweets, Condiments and Beverages
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- Margarine, butter, oils, mayonnaise, sour cream, and salad dressing
- Plain gravies
- Sugar, clear jelly, honey, and syrup
- Spices, cooked herbs, bouillon, broth, and soups made with allowed ingredients
- Coffee, tea, and carbonated drinks
- Plain cakes and cookies
- Gelatin, plain puddings, custard, ice cream, sherbet, Popsicles
- Hard candy
- Pretzels
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- Nuts, seeds, and coconut
- Jam, marmalade, and preserves
- Pickles, olives, relish, and horseradish
- All desserts containing nuts, seeds, dried fruit, coconut, or made from whole grains or bran
- Candy made with nuts or seeds
- Popcorn
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