food for someone with nasal tube

Butterfly_Brain

Creme Caramel
Blancmange
Make a beef or chicken stew and blend it down and add to a little mashed potato
Weetabix with hot milk goes really mushy

annecr

some great suggestions, thank you all. put readybrek on delivery order and will def try puree things separately. He has been drinking loads of milk, maybe too much as it fills him up. He has had tube only feeding for 5 weeks so it will take a while to get him eating.
Xmas dinner is going to be fun just think of it

elgar_2

Ooo,

professionally this has me bit concerend that you havent been provided with that advice for home. Personnally nothing surprised me these days with health service. I think you DO need to check texture required as there are national descriptors for this, from very thin liquids to mash potato to mince texture (and others in between) and it can vary what a person can have. A speech therapist should have this for you. Also a dietitian, experts in nutrition will give you best advice on types of food to use and how to build up volume of food over time, if thats the plan. There are lots of information leaflets available from these health professionals.


elaine

CRANKY40

I make my ds lamb stew, then use a hand blender on it. Lamb mince, plenty of veg and then add it to mashed potato. I usually freeze a couple of portions too. I think that kind of thing would be more to your dh's taste than babyfood.

Also, quorn mince blends very well. You can disguise that it tastes of nothing with stock cubes, herbs etc.

I would use the hand blender rather than a liquidiser as you can vary how much texture that you leave if you use a hand blender. You can obliterate it to soup, or blend just a little.

Christmas dinner, hmmmm. Mashed potato, carrot and turnip and gravy made from the turkey juices. I wouldn't blend the turkey as it's quite dry and leaves little strands in the mixture which my ds would always fish out and hand back.

Oh yes, I nearly forgot, pureed fruit mixed into custard. Plenty of calories in the custard to build him up, and the fruit is good for him. I hope your dh is feeling better soon.

susan1

no food whatsoever is rubbish if it tempts a patient with eating difficulties to try a mouthful.

jimjams_mommy

Just a thought how about stewed fruit puree? apples or pears etc mixed with the readybrek and custard?

The milk may be filling him up if had before meals like you said.

At work ( years ago ) if people were on soft diets we would puree items seprate. i.e peas, carrots etc not into one puree meal.

If we cooked say fish in a sauce ( double checking for bones etc ) we would place it on the plate in a fish shape. with other items sperate. The saying eat with you eyes is true as soften food can look dull and people wouldn't eat as much but if it looks good they ate more.

I know its different with an ng tube but there is no reason why christmas diner can't be presented ( apart the extra work of blending ) to look like food.

Good look and I hope your husband gets better soonx