About the menu
This menu is suitable for anyone that has been advised to follow a Level 5 (minced and moist) diet by their speech and language therapist or their medical team.
If you have been advised to follow a Level 4 (puree) or Level 6 (soft and bite-sized) 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)
Porridge (healthy option, renal) No loose milk thick and creamy yogurt (gluten free, vegetarian, renal).
Weetabix (healthy option)
Snacks (vegetarian)
- Chocolate pudding pot
- Puree fruit (healthy option, vegan, renal)
- Thick and creamy yogurt (gluten free, renal)
- Custard pot (cold) (vegetarian, renal)
- Rice pudding pot (cold) (vegetarian, renal)
Starter (vegetarian)
- Tomato soup
- Mushroom 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 and lentil casserole with potato, cauliflower, sprouts and carrots high energy, vegetarian, vegan, renal)
- Chicken and vegetable Casserole with mashed potato, carrots and sprouts (high energy, gluten free, renal)
- Creamy chicken pie with mashed potato, carrots and broccoli (gluten free, renal)
- Fisherman’s pie with broccoli (high energy, gluten free, renal)
- Sausages in onion gravy with parsley mashed potato, carrots and broccoli (high energy, gluten free, renal)
- Cottage pie with mashed carrot and swede (gluten free, renal)
- Macaroni cheese with parsley mashed potato, carrots and broccoli (vegetarian, renal)
- Chicken curry with white rice, broccoli and cauliflower (high energy, gluten free, renal)
- Chicken in gravy with mashed potato, carrot and swede (healthy option, gluten free, renal)
- Salmon in Dill Sauce with mashed potato, carrots and broccoli (gluten free, renal)
- Pasta bolognaise in tomato herb sauce and with carrots (healthy option, renal)
- Shepherd’s pie with mashed carrot and swede (high energy, gluten free)
Cold desserts (vegetarian)
- Thick and creamy ogurt (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 or 4 thickened fluid
Hot desserts (all renal, vegetarian and Gluten free)
- Sticky toffee pudding and custard (high energy)
- Apple sponge and custard (high energy)
- Rice pudding and summer Fruits
The above desserts must be thoroughly stirred before serving