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Level 6 soft and bite sized menu

Here is the level 6 soft and Bitesized menu available at The James Cook University Hospital

Level 6 soft and Bitesized menu (423.26kB, PDF)

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This menu is suitable for anyone that has been advised to follow a Level 6 (Soft and Bite-Sized) diet by their speech and language therapist or their medical team.

If you have been advised to follow a Level 4 (puree) or Level 5 (minced and moist) diet, we have separate menus for these. Easy Chew options can be found on our standard menu. Please ask your nurse or ward host for assistance.

For lunch and your evening meal, please choose a main meal and dessert. Snacks will be offered throughout the day.

Breakfast (vegetarian, renal)

  • Porridge (healthy option) No loose milk
  • Thick and creamy yogurt (gluten free)
  • Weetabix (healthy option) (no loose milk)

Snacks (vegetarian)

  • Chocolate pudding pot
  • Puree fruit (healthy option, vegan, renal)
  • Thick and creamy yogurt (gluten free, renal)
  • Custard pot (cold) (renal)
  • Rice pudding pot (cold) (renal)

Starter (vegetarian)

  • Mushroom soup
  • Tomato soup

Only suitable for patients on normal fluids or thickened fluid Levels 1, 2 and 3. NOT suitable for patients on thickened fluid Level 4.

Main meals

  • Vegetable bake with fried potatoes and cauliflower (high energy, vegetarian, vegan)
  • Cheese and onion pie with mashed broccoli, carrots and swede (high energy, vegetarian, renal)
  • Chicken in gravy with boiled potatoes, carrots, swede and cauliflower (gluten free, renal)
  • Sausages in onion gravy with mashed potato and carrots (high energy, renal)
  • Cottage pie with carrots and mashed swede (high energy, gluten free, renal)
  • Shepherd’s pie with mashed root vegetables
  • Vegetable curry with curried spinach and Bombay potatoes (high energy, gluten free, vegetarian, vegan)
  • Fish pie with carrots (high energy, gluten free, renal)
  • Chicken in creamy Mushroom Sauce with fried potatoes (gluten free, renal)
  • Ham in Parsley Sauce with mashed potato, diced carrots and swede (high energy, gluten free, renal)
  • Pasta bolognaise in tomato and herb sauce with carrots and creamed spinach (renal)
  • Beef hotpot with fried potatoes, spinach in cheese sauce (high energy, gluten free, renal)

Desserts (vegetarian)

  • Sticky Toffee Pudding & Custard (high energy, gluten free, renal)
  • Lemon Sponge (high energy, renal)
  • Rice Pudding (gluten free, renal)
  • Thick and Creamy Yogurt (gluten free, renal)
  • Chocolate Dessert Pot
  • Strawberry Mousse (gluten free, renal)
  • Puree Fruit (healthy option, vegan, renal)
  • Ice Cream (renal) Ice cream for those on normal fluids only. Not suitable for those on Level 1, 2, 3 and 4 thickened fluid