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Cooking for Braces: Big Pot of Soft Foods

Posted in Diet & Nutrition, Nutrition For Braces on March 7th, 2010 by iHealthyFitness – Be the first to comment

When you have braces, your are limited in the types of foods you can eat. However, you can still eat healthy by softening nutritious vegetables with a variety of ingredients in a large pot style meal.

This style of cooking can incorporate your favorite foods. Here, I will be using the follow ingredients:

  • Baby carrots (several large handfuls)
  • Skinless chicken drumsticks (3)
  • Whole kernel sweet corn (1 can, no salt added)
  • Russet potatoes (5)
  • Broccoli heads (few handfuls)
  • Yellow squash (1)
  • Rotini pasta
  • Liquid egg whites (16oz)

These ingredients were selected for their taste, consistency, and nutritional value.   read more »