Quick Simple Meal Suggestions
The food
suggestions on this page are intended for people with
Huntington's Disease, who have special nutritional needs. A
diet based on these suggestions may be inappropriate for those who
do not have these special needs.
Snack Suggestions
- Breakfast cereal with evaporated or high protein milk and
canned fruit and top with cream.
- Canned spaghetti, baked beans, creamed corn on buttered toast
with cheese.
- Canned salmon, tuna or sardines mixed with mayonnaise on
buttered bread.
- Canned cream soups made on evaporated milk or with added cream.
Serve with buttered toast or bread.
- Eggs - boiled, poached or fried, served with buttered toast or bread and
top with cheese.
- Scrambled egg made with extra milk or cheese, served on
buttered toast or bread.
- Omelette, eg cheese and ham, served with buttered toast or
bread.
- French toast (bread and margarine, soaked in egg then
fried).
- Potatoes - baked or microwaved until soft and filled with sour
cream, cheese, mashed baked beans or minced meat.
- Pasta cooked with cream sauces.
- Wholemeal sandwiches with fillings of choice include meat,
chicken, canned fish, cheese, baked beans, smooth peanut butter or
egg.
[These guidelines for meeting the nutritional needs of people with
Huntington's Disease were first published in the Association's Gateway
newsletter Volume 4 No. 5, September/October 2001. They were prepared by Karen Keast,
Dietitian, Huntington Disease Service (NSW), and include material
compiled by the Dietitians Association of Australia NSW
Gerontology Special Interest Group. The guidelines were reviewed and revised in August 2004.]
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