Fruit

Melon

With care — Allowed by some hospitals and not others, or allowed only prepared a particular way.

A bowl of cubed melon and sliced banana topped with yoghurt and a drizzle of honey. — A photograph from Melon and ripe banana with smooth yoghurt and honey, one of the recipes that uses it.

How to prepare it

Remove the skin and all the seeds.

Recipes using it

Swaps

Instead of Pineapple, use Melon, or well-drained tinned peach: Pineapple has a tough fibrous core that runs right through the fruit, so a softer fruit like melon or tinned peach takes its place.

Sources

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