Filipino and World Delicacies

How to Prepare Espasol

2014-08-15T18:59:00.000+08:00

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups cooked malagkit, ground
2 1/2 cups sugar
2 1/2 cups toasted malagkit, powdered
1 cup coconut milk

*Malagkit rice is a very popular food ingredient in the Philippines.

Procedure:

Make syrup of the coconut milk and sugar. When quite thick, add the ground, cooked rice.
Then add the powdered, toasted rice little by little until the mixture is dry enough to roll.
Transfer to a board sprinkled generously with powdered malagkit.
Roll with the rolling and cut into rounds or any desired shape.
Sprinkle with rice powder to keep from sticking.

How to Prepare Cinnamon Rice

2014-08-14T22:48:00.001+08:00

Ingredients:

2 cups cooked rice
1 cup milk
Sugar to taste
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Procedure:

Heat rice, milk and sugar over low heat.
Add butter and cinnamon and stir until combined.
Server hot with a pitcher of cream, for a delicious and filling breakfast or supper dish.

Constipating Diet (Anti-Diarrhea Diet)

2013-02-18T20:33:00.000+08:00

What It Is
A diet that aids in stool formation. It is recommended for loose bowel movement.

This diet is a combination of the low-residue, low fiber and low-fat diets. Restriction is based on the severity of loose bowel movement. Restriction in fat is important, because fat contributes in lubrication. Restriction in fiber is also important because fiber and residue make stool soft and watery.

Some Tips

Eat low-cellulose vegetables. Avoid fatty meats.
Avoid leafy vegetables and high-fiber fruits temporarily.
Eat more bananas, apples and star apples. They make stool firm.
Eat small frequent meals.
Drink more liquids. Boil water before drinking.
Drink strained juice or fat-free broths as desired.
Add salt and sugar in diet. They prevent electrolyte imbalance.
Avoid milk for at least 2 days.
Gradually changes from constipating diet to usual diet.

Constipating Diet (3-Day Sample Menu)

2013-02-18T08:30:00.000+08:00

Day 1

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

Banana
Lowfat potato-egg omelet
Toasted white bread with jelly
Oatmeal with sugar (no milk)
Rice coffee

Morning Snack
9:15

Soda crackers
Apple

Lunch
11:45-12:15

Afternoon Snack
3:15

Boiled saba (banana)
Strained rice coffee

Supper
6:00-6:30

Banana (tundan)
Lugaw
Hard-boiled egg
7-Up

Night Snack
(before going to bed)

Salabat

Day 2

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

Banana
Grilled vegetarian tocino
Oatmeal, no milk
Boiled potato
Rice coffee

Morning Snack
9:15

Juice
Soda crackers

Lunch
11:45-12:15

Fat-free tokwa adobo
Rice
Darkly toasted bread with jelly
Fat-free broth
Star apple

Afternoon Snack
3:15

Apple

Supper
6:00-6:30

Hard-boiled egg
Mashed potato
Strained soup

Night Snack
(before going to bed)

Soda crackers
Soy coffee

Day 3

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

Apple
Lowfat tempura chunks
Pandesal with jelly
Rice
Salabat

Lunch
11:45-12:15

Lowfat vegetarian apritada
Rice
Banana
Juice

Supper
6:00-6:30

Vegetarian pancit bihon
White bread
Apple
Fresh buko

Note: When loose bowel movement is controlled, gradually shift from constipating diet to balanced diet.

Constipating Diet Food Selection Guide

2013-02-17T19:59:00.000+08:00

Foods Allowed

Protein-rich Foods

For Vegetarians:

Vegetarian products like tokwa, gluten, vegemeat, vegesausage, etc.

For Non-vegetarians

Fish, lean meat (baked, boiled well with little or no oil)
Hard-boiled egg

Vegetables

Low-cellular vegetables like chayote, carrots, upo (white squash) without seeds (for mild diarrhea case only)

Fruits

Banana, apple, star apple

Beverages

Apple juice
Clear strained fruit juices
Orange juice
Gatorade

Carbohydrates

White bread
Polished rice
Noodles, pasta

Desserts

Plain jello, plain gulaman and any dessert, preferably with no milk and fat

Foods Not Allowed

Protein-rich Foods

Fatty meat
Raw or half-cooked fish or meat
Legumes and nuts

Vegetables

Leafy vegetables

Fruits

Papaya, pineapple, orange (with skin and pulp)

Beverages

Prune juice
Alcoholic beverages
Dairy Products
Whole milk, butter milk and milk products

Dessert

Cakes, pastries, cookies
Fried desserts such as turon, banana cue, camote cue

Lowfat Arroz Caldo with Egg

2012-09-13T18:44:00.000+08:00

Ingredients:

1/2 cup polished rice

5 cups water

1 tablespoon garlic, chopped

1/2 green onion, chopped

1 small ginger, cut into small strips

1 egg, scrambled or sliced hard-cooked

1 teaspoon vegetable oil

Salt to taste

Procedure:

Boil rice until tender. Set aside

Saute garlic, onion and ginger. Pour to boiled rice.

Add scrambled/hard-cooked egg. Mix well and boil for another 7 minutes.

Season with salt.

Good for 6 to 8 persons. 1 cup per serving.

Constipating Fruit Gulaman Delight

2012-09-13T08:33:00.000+08:00

Ingredients:

1 bar gulaman

1/2 cup fruit juice, unsweetened

2 cups water

1/2 piece medium-size apple, diced and soaked in fruit juice to hinder enzymatic browning

3 pieces medium-size banana, diced soaked in fruit juice

2 tablespoons honey or 3 tablespoons brown sugar

Procedure:

Boil gulaman in water until dissolved.

Add honey or sugar. Remove from fire. Strain.

Pour mixture into mold with apple banana and juice. Let it gel.

Chill until firm.

Good for 6 to 10 persons. 1 slice per serving or as desired

Rice Coffee Recipe

2012-09-12T18:19:00.002+08:00

Ingredients:

1/2 cup uncooked rice

Procedure:

Roast rice until dark brown. (Grind and/or keep it as is in an air-tight container.)

Boil 4 cups of water.

Add 1 tablespoon roasted rice.

Add a little honey or brown sugar as desired.

3/4 cup per serving.

Soft Diet (3-Day Sample Menu)

2012-09-10T16:00:00.000+08:00

Day 1

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

Banana

Potato-egg omelet

White bread with jelly

Oatmeal with milk

Soy coffee with milk

Lunch
11:45-12:15

Soft tokwa adobo

Sauteed squash

Soft rice

Soft-boiled peanut

Supper
6:00-6:30

Ginataang vegemeat

Soft rice

Ripe mango

Day 2

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

Papaya

Slightly fried vegetarian tocino

White bread with jelly

Soft rice

Warm milk, no sugar

Lunch
11:45-12:15

Soft sweet-and-sour gluten

Soft-boiled chayote (vegetable pear)

Soft white rice

Juice

Supper
6:00-6:30

Soft sauteed mongo beans

Soft white rice

Soft gulaman delight

Day 3

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

Apple without skin

Soft tempura chunks

Pandesal with cheese

Champorado

Salabat

Lunch
11:45-12:15

Soft vegetarian apritada

Soft white rice

Macaroni salad

Soymilk

Supper
6:00-6:30

Soft beans

Soft white rice

Fresh buko

Note: This is a modified soft diet. Cellulose content has been reduced.

Soft Diet (Food Selection Guide)

2012-09-09T21:02:00.002+08:00

Foods Allowed

Carbohydrate-rich Foods

White or polished rice

White bread

Crackers

Noodles

Pastries

Root crops like potato

Oatmeal

Dry cereals

Protein-rich Foods
For Vegetarians

Tokwa or tofu

Gluten

Vegetarian products

Cooked legumes and nuts

For Non-Vegetarians

Meat and fish without tendons and ligaments

Vegetables

Chayote (vegetable pear)

Carrots

Upo (bottle gourd)

Squash

Eggplants

Radish

Cucumber

Fruits

All, (preferably soft) without skin or seeds

Beverages

All, except those that are not allowed (see below)

Desserts

All that is not so fatty

Foods Not Allowed

Carbohydrate-rich Foods

Unpolished rice

Protein-rich Foods

Fatty meats

Bulalo (beef marrow stew)

Litid (ligament e.g. beef)

Tendons

Vegetables

Limit intake of leafy vegetables

Fruits

Pineapples, hard fruits and those that have fibers or roughage

Beverages

Coffee, tea

Soft drinks

Alcoholic beverages, wine and liquor

Dessert

Fatty desserts

What is Soft Diet

2012-09-08T09:13:00.000+08:00

What It Is
A diet that allows fruits and vegetables with low-cellulose content as well as fish and meat with no or very little connective tissues. This diet aims to reduce the work load of the digestive system. Proper food selection will provide both the person's nutrient needs together with the rest of the digestive system's needs.

Some Tips:

Choose fruits low in cellulose content like banana and apple.

Choose vegetables low in cellulose content like chayote (vegetable pear), carrots, green papaya, upo (bottle gourd), and squash preferably without skin and seeds.

Choose fish and meat with no tough connective tissues.

Choose polished rice and white bread rather than whole grain cereals.

Avoid foods that have caffeine, alcohol and pepper.

Avoid spicy foods like instant noodles, chips, spicy nuts, sauces, and fatty foods. They can cause discomfort and irritation.

Observe your tolerance for eating. Since food effects vary from one person to another, master your digestive system. Fresh fruits and vegetables, whole cereals, nuts, and grains may negatively affect some patients.

Macaroni Salad Recipe

2012-09-07T20:34:00.000+08:00

Ingredients:

250 grams elbow macaroni
1/2 cup grated cottage cheese
1/2 cup hard-boiled eggs, cubed
2 tablespoons raisins
1/4 cup pineapple tidbits
1/2 cup light mayonnaise
Salt to taste
Onion leaves (as needed)
Lettuce leaves (as needed)

Procedure:

Boil macaroni until cooked. Drain and allow to cool.

Mix macaroni, cheese, raisins, pineapple and mayonnaise. Season with salt.

Place in a salad bowl lined with lettuce.

Garnish with cubed hard-boiled eggs and onion leaves as desired.

Chill. Serve cold.

Good for 6 to 8 persons; 1/2 cup per serving.

Mechanical Soft Diet (3-Day Sample Menu)

2012-09-07T13:07:00.002+08:00

Day 1

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

Mashed banana

Mechanical soft sauteed potato-egg

White bread with jam

Oatmeal with milk

Soy coffee

Lunch
11:45-12:15

Mechanical soft tokwa adobo

Mechanical-soft sauteed squash

Soft rice

Gelatin delight

Supper
6:00-6:30

Arroz caldo

Warm milk

Soft fruit salad

Day 2

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

Papaya

White bread with peanut butter or mashed potato

Champorado with milk

Warm milk, no sugar

Lunch
11:45-12:15

Mechanical soft sweet-and-sour gluten

Mechanical soft boiled chayote (vegetable pear)

Soft rice

Juice

Supper
6:00-6:30

Sauteed mongo beans

Lugaw

Soft fresh fruit

Juice

Day 3

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

Scraped apple

Chopped tempura chunks

Champorado

Salabat

Lunch
11:45-12:15

Mechanical soft vegetarian apritada

Pureed malunggay

Lugaw

Soymilk

Supper
6:00-6:30

Mechanical soft chili beans

Lugaw

Fresh buko

Note: The modification of this diet is simple. Balanced diet is cooked with added, water and is either mashed, chopped, pureed, blended or osteorized.

Mechanical Soft Diet (Food Selection Guide)

2012-09-06T07:48:00.000+08:00

Foods Allowed

Carbohydrate-rich Foods

Soft Rice (if tolerable to patient)

Oats

Lugaw

Mashed potato, mashed camote (sweet potato), mashed saba (banana)

Soft bread

Soft cookies

Protein-rich Foods

For Vegetarians

Well-done legumes cooked with sabaw (soup)

Chopped or ground vegetarian products

For Non-Vegetarians

All well-cooked chopped, flaked or ground lean meat and fish

Flaked fish

Poached egg

Vegetables

Diced string or Baguio beans

Diced chayote (vegetable pear), carrots

Mashed squash

Well-cooked eggplant

Fruits

All soft fruits

Crispy fruits which can be scraped like apple, pear

Any fruits, blended

Beverages

Fruit juices, milk, fruit shakes, milk shakes

Foods Not Allowed

Carbohydrate-rich Foods

Hard-cooked rice and cereals

Hard crackers

Protein-rich Foods

Litid (ligament e.g. beef)

Vegetables

Raw or half-cooked

Fruit

Hard

Beverages

Alcoholic beverages, coffee, tea and cola drinks

What is Mechanical Soft Diet

2012-09-05T18:20:00.000+08:00

What It Is
A diet which follows the principle of the balanced diet but includes only foods that are easy to chew and swallow. This diet is prescribed to persons with chewing difficulty or disability. Depending on the patient's tolerance, food is broken down to smaller particles by mechanical means such as grinding, mashing, chopping and pureeing.

Some Tips:

Choose foods that could be mashed, ground, chopped, pureed or blended.

Cook rice and other cereals until soft.

Work with clean hands, equipment, utensils and containers to minimize contamination and spoilage.

Mechanical Soft-Boiled Chayote

2012-09-03T09:32:00.000+08:00

Ingredients:

2 small chayote (vegetable pear), diced small
1 small tomato, sliced
1 small onion, cut into quarters
1/2 small ginger, sliced
1/2 tablespoon vegetable oil
3 cups hugas bigas (water from the washing of uncooked rice)
Salt to taste

Procedure:

Boil ginger, tomatoes, and onion in hugas bigas.

Add chayote and vegetable oil. Season with salt.

Cook very well. Serve hot with broth.

Good for 6 persons; 1/2 cup per serving.

Soft Fruit Salad

2012-09-02T18:29:00.001+08:00

Ingredients:

3 slices ripe mangoes, diced small
3 ripe bananas, diced small
1/4 cup fruit cocktail, canned
1/4 cup cream

Procedure:

Mix all ingredients gently. Chill.

Good for 6 persons. 1/2 to 3/4 cup per serving.

Soft Sauteed Squash

2012-09-01T17:00:00.000+08:00

Ingredients:

3 cups squash, cut into medium-size strips
1/2 piece medium-size onion
1 clove garlic
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Salt to taste
1/2 cup water

Procedure:

Saute garlic and onion.

Add squash and water. Season with salt.

Cook until very tender. Serve hot.

Good for 6 persons; 1/2 cup per serving.

Mechanical Soft Tokwa Adobo

2012-09-01T12:16:00.000+08:00

Ingredients:

3/4 kilo tokwa (tofu), diced
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 head garlic, minced
2 pieces garlic
1 bay leaf
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon cream of mushroom powder
Salt to taste

Procedure:

Saute 2 pieces garlic. Add tokwa. Mix gently.

Add lemon juice, soy sauce, cream of mushroom powder, and bay leaf.

Bring to a boil for a few minutes. Season with salt.

Add minced garlic before removing from fire. Serve hot.

Good for 6 persons; 1/2 cup per serving.

Mechanical Soft Sauteed Potato-Egg Omelet

2012-08-31T13:26:00.002+08:00

Ingredients:

1/2 kilo medium-size potatoes, diced
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1/2 piece medium-size red pepper, chopped
1/2 piece medium-size green pepper, chopped
1/2 piece medium-size onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
3 eggs, well-beaten
Salt to taste
1 cup water

Procedure:

Saute garlic, onion, and red and green peppers in vegetable oil.

Add water and potatoes. Stir constantly.

Boil until potatoes are very tender.

Add beaten eggs. Season with salt.

Serve hot either with sauce or ketchup.

Good for 6 persons; 1/2 to 3/4 cup per serving.

Milk Shake

2012-08-29T23:05:00.001+08:00

Ingredients:

8 tablespoons milk, powdered
1/2 cup cream
1/2 cup ice cream, plain, no hard particles
1 1/2 cups ice, finely crushed

Procedure

Mix all ingredients, then blend.

Good for 6 persons; 1/2 cup per serving

Arroz Caldo Recipe

2012-08-27T16:44:00.000+08:00

Ingredients:

1/4 cup rice
5 cups water
1 piece medium-size egg, scrambled
1/2 piece medium-size onion, finely chopped
1 clove medium-size garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon kasubha (safflower)
1 teaspoon vegetable oil
1/2 piece medium-size ginger
Salt to taste

Procedure

In a kettle place water and rice, then bring to a boil.
Simmer until rice is soft. Set aside
Saute garlic, onion and ginger.
Pour boiled rice and simmer for 5 more minutes.
While stirring, add scrambled egg and kasubha.
Season with salt. Serve hot

Good for 6 persons. 1 cup per serving.

Cold Liquid Diet (3-Day Sample Menu)

2012-08-27T16:29:00.003+08:00

Day 1

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

Chilled mango shake

Cold thin oatmeal with milk

Morning Snack
9:15

Plain ice cream

Cold water

Lunch
11:45-12:15

Cold soup

Chilled gelatin

Mango-banana Icee

Afternoon Snack
3:15

Popsies

Cold water

Supper
6:00-6:30

Cold lugaw

Iced juice

Iced milk shake

Night Snack
(before going to bed)

Cold gulaman drink

Day 2

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

Cold milk

Cold thin oatmeal with milk

Morning Snack
9:15

Cold taho

Lunch
11:45-12:15

Cold soup

Cold thin arroz caldo

Soymilk

Afternoon Snack
3:15

Cold thin oatmeal with milk

Supper
6:00-6:30

Cold misua soup

Cold lugaw

Juice

Night Snack
(before going to bed)

Cold chocolate drink

Day 3

Breakfast
6:00-7:00

Cold champorado

Cold soft-cooked egg

Cold milk

Morning Snack
9:15

Popsies

Cold water

Lunch
11:45-12:15

Cold soup

Cold taho

Jello

Iced juice

Afternoon Snack
3:15

Cold thin arroz caldo

Supper
6:00-6:30

Cold lugaw

Soymilk

Iced buko water

Night Snack
(before going to bed)

Cold chocolate drink

Note: Try mechanically soft diet on the 3rd day, if tolerable, with physician's permission.

Cold Liquid Diet (Food Selection Guide)

2012-08-27T10:00:00.000+08:00

Foods Allowed

Fruits/Juices (cold or iced)

Fresh fruit juices
Commercial fruit juices
Blended fresh fruits
Fruit shake

Milk

All chilled
Dairy or non-dairy yogurt, chilled

Rice or Substitute

Cold thin lugaw or cereal
Cold thin oatmeal with creamer and sugar
Cold thin misua soup
Any cold thin soup

Desserts

Plain ice cream
Popsies
Plain sherbet
Cold soft custard
Cold jello or gelatin
Cold taho

Foods Not Allowed

All solid, hard, and hot foods

Beverages

All hot beverages
Wine and alcoholic beverages
Tea, coffee
Strong-flavored fruit juices

Note: Homemade desserts are preferable. You may use little honey instead of sugar.

Misua Soup Recipe

2012-08-26T22:28:00.003+08:00

Ingredients:

1/2 small bundle misua
1 egg, scrambled
1/2 piece medium-size onion, finely chopped
3 segments garlic, minced
5 cups water
1 tablespoon cream of asparagus powder (optional)
Salt to taste

Procedure:

Saute garlic and onion.

Add egg, water, cream of asparagus powder, and misua. Bring to boil.

Season with salt.