Eggs and dairy

Cream cheese

Allowed — On the allowed list of the leaflet this book follows and of every hospital compared.

Toast fingers spread with a thin layer of Marmite under a thick layer of white cream cheese. — A photograph from Cream cheese and Marmite toast fingers, one of the recipes that uses it.

Choose plain cream cheese, not the ones with chives or garlic pieces.

Recipes using it

Swaps

Instead of Hummus, use Whipped feta with olive oil, or a smooth cream cheese and garlic dip: Chickpeas are excluded everywhere on this diet, so the same creamy, savoury dip comes from cheese instead of pulses.

Sources

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Department of Nutrition & Dietetics — Low Fibre Diet (Low Residue Diet), DIET-002 v2