The main complain from patients is in the immediate recovery phase of chemotherapy with the inability to taste.
Recipes
CWC Recipes
Spicy Curried Cashews
This is ideal recipe for the days of mucositis. As the pepper and curry will intensively stimulate the blood flow to the mouth, favoring healing; as well as cleansing the taste buds for flavoring.
Sautéed Melon with Cactus Fruit and Ginger Piquin Pepper Sauce
The reason for sautéing melon is to soften so the texture is easier to chew and swallow. The melon will provide fluid for hydration and fiber for better bowel function.
Roasted Pepper, Mozzarella Cheese and Bacon
Very simple recipe. Added to the collection because of its versatility; tremendously easy to prepare; added nutritional value by the content of fat and protein (cheese); cold product easy to swallow to minor efforts.
Roasted Beets, Blue Cheese. Rock Salt in Lime/Beet Juice
Beets provide nutrition and high fiber that helps intestinal rehabilitation which is also aided by lactobacilli from the blue cheese.
Plantain Croquettes
Plantain is a relative to the banana and has a significant effect on intestinal function, providing the body with help on days of hyper or diminished bowel function.
Papaya with Plantain Pepper Sauce
The current recipe adds large amounts of calories from carbohydrates without the overbearing sweetness.
Olive Oil Gel
Olive oil is a culinary and cultural legacy used over centuries and it is not only used for cooking, but used for health benefits.
Garlic Foam with Avocado
The relative new technique of foaming, allows for the production of multiple flavors. The texture is wasy for people to dissolve, distribute and swallow. It’s typically served cold and mixed with complementary or contrasting flavors, while avoiding excessive stimulation of smell.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.