Mind you, some hospitals are lucky enough to have a Subway, McDonalds, and even convenient stores in them. Which is really nice I went to a hospital in San Diego that had both and a Starbucks and it was heaven.
For those of us stuck in a regular hospital with regular hospital food here are a few things to help you make more promising meals. Keep in mind for this to work you must be on a CF Diet that includes extra portions and ordering as often and as much as you want. Let's just go off of my menu here at WVU Hospital and some things I have put together.
Breakfast - The most important meal of the day or so they say! After a while the cereal, rubber pancakes, and eggs just get to be redundant. You need to think outside of the menu and make yourself a better meal.
★Cheerios, strawberry yogurt, and sliced bananas make for a yummy and unique breakfast that you would never think to put together while sitting in your hospital bed. Simply ask the nurse for an 8oz drinking cup, which you most likely already have with a water pitcher. Cut up the bananas, then layer the yogurt and cheerios and you have a simple parfait!
★Make your own breakfast sandwich on either a biscuit or toast by ordering scrambled eggs, bacon or sausage, and a slice of cheese. Put it together and you are good to go without even doing much.
★Grapes, cream cheese, and gram crackers make for a yummy and simple snack that almost every hospital caf has.
Who doesn't love the comfort food of tomato soup and grilled cheese? I know I do, however, not every day all day. So get creative with the food options that you do have.
★Cottage cheese and peaches (fruit in general) can be a great start to any lunch or brunch and is very easy to throw together.
★Ordering individually get chicken tenders, a dinner roll, swiss cheese, and a slice of ham and make yourself mini Chicken Cordon Bleu sandwiches. Something that seems so complicated is actually just as easy as ordering the ingredients and putting it all together.
★Grilled chicken with no bun, just the chicken. Provolone cheese, pasta sauce, Parmesan cheese, and a little salt and you have yourself a Chicken Pareman Dinner.
★For a fun little fatty snack order some fries, shredded cheese, bacon, and sour cream and make loaded cheese fries. So yummy and so easy. You can do the same thing with a baked potato.
★Take pretzels and break them into an ice cream cup and have a sweet and salty dessert that is effortless.
Now the list can go on and on however, I think you get the gist of what I am getting at. Don't make the hospitals bland and boring food make your long stay and worse. Just think about what you want and what the individual ingredients are and then order them. Yes, normally the person who is taking your order will get confused if you start ordering random things but oh well!
Eating yummy,
Sandi
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