Recipes
Fennel Cold Soup, Blue Cheese and Sweet Peppers
Fennel is the main plat of anise know for it’s antispasmatic effect.
Dragon Fruit Plum and Rosemary Sorbet on Hot Cheese Basket
Dragon fruit is easily available in your local supermarket. The serves as a lubricant and adds needed fiber.
Deviled Eggs
Hard eggs are slick and easy to swallow, requiring very little chewing and lubrication; making them very appropriate for the mouth changes associated with radiation therapy, in particular dry mouth.
Creme Brulee with ginger and basil
Cold Beet Soup with Jalapeno Pepper Ice Cream
This recipe emphasizes the gastrointestinal difficulties related to chemotherapy and use of antibiotics during infection. Loss of taste and some hypersensitivity makes eating difficult.
Clove Granita
Clove is a tropical spice. It is the unopened bud of the tree and is known in the USA for braising hams. It contains large amounts of Eugenol, an oil which has significant antiseptic and analgesic effects. this helps relieve the mouth of pain incurred during chemotherapy.
Cinnamon Ice Cream with Guava Granite
Guava, a topical fruit, has a significant antidiarrheic effect. It will help during days when chemotherapy induced gastrointestinal problems.
Chipotle Soup
As the roasted pepper is modified it has a sweeter taste, but it still has Capsaicin. Capsaicin is a chemical in pungent peppers that has therapeutic value.
Chayote and Mozzarella Cake
Chayote is a green vegetable from Latin America called ‘guisquil”. It has high content of water, therefore great great for rehydration. The fruit is digestible and provides a good source of calories.
Braised Beet with Feta Cheese and Lime Juice
Beets are very nutritious as they contain heavy amounts of carbohydrates without tasting sweet. Lime juice becomes very stimulating o the taste while adding feta cheese helps the level of fat you body needs.
Blue Cheese and Fruit Terrine
Blue cheese is known for the beneficial use to replenish the microbial flora of the intestine. This is useful for the associated bowel problems during chemotherapy or antibiotic treatments.
Blimi
This recipe is helpful when you are having a hard time swallowing. Blimi literally dissolves in the mouth making it easy to taste and swallow.
Black Bean Puree (refried) with Blanco Cheese and Tomato Sauce
The combination of cheese and gently spiced tomato sauce enhances the taste, while providing gentle stimulation to the large bowel function.
Basil with Tomato-Goat Cheese Terrine
As general rule with chemtherapy, the recommendation is to avoid hot, red and smelly food and advices rather, white, cold and non smelly food. The following recipe follows those recommendations. It will be cold, non smelly and white, as well as colorful. Quite rich in vitamins, and calories.
Artichoke, Green Olive and Balsamic Vinegar
Artichoke is one of the oldest plants known to have some therapeutic value through controlled studies. This has been a favorable helper to digestion.
Anise Ice Cream with Honey Vodka Caramel
This recipe will help colic (spasmic pains)not only during premenstrual syndrome (PMS) but also infantile colic syndrome. In addition, this recipe includes alcohol/vodka acting as a significant tranquilizer to help stimulate appetite.
Anaheim Pepper Jell-O with Tamarind Granita
Anaheim pepper is a dry pepper which has a mild sweet and bitter taste. It would excite the overall mouth, preferentially the middle and the back, bypassing the front and the lips. This is particularly important for ‘fever blisters’ or Herpes Simplex infection of he lips which causes painful and sometime disabling sores.