Fruit
Lemon or lime juice
Allowed — On the allowed list of the leaflet this book follows and of every hospital compared.
Use the juice only, with no segments, pith or zest.
Recipes using it
- Avgolemono, the Greek lemon and rice soup
- Fish goujons with a smooth tartare sauce
- Greek lemon chicken and potatoes
- Lemon curd tarts
- Lemon posset
- Potted salmon on thin white toast
- Salmon in a paper parcel with butter sauce
- Salmon and potato fishcakes with lemon butter
- Frida Kahlo's smoked salmon bagel
- Lemon sole in brown butter with silky mash
- Strained melon juice
- Tuna mayonnaise in a soft white wrap
Swaps
- Instead of Citrus segments, such as orange or grapefruit, use Smooth citrus juice, lemon curd, or lemon juice used as a flavouring
- The pith and membrane in citrus segments are fibrous, so only the strained juice is used on this diet, never the flesh.