The Dysphagia Cookbook: Great Tasting and Nutritious Recipes for People With Swallowing Difficulties

By Elayne Achilles

Book Overview

The Dysphagia Cookbook is the foremost specialty cookbook for people with difficulty chewing and swallowing.

Add joy and routine back into your meals with nutritious, great-tasting soft food recipes that still emphasize flavor, presentation, texture, aroma, and color. Discover healthy, easy-to-prepare meal plan options for:

Vegetable, fish, and meat dishesSoups, salads, and saucesDesserts and fruitAnd more

It's accessible, practical approach provides flexible instructions and suggestions for adapting recipes to fit your personal needs. With tips and advice on ingredients, consistency levels, and kitchen supplies, this easy cookbook is a lifesaver for anyone who doesn't want their happiness put on hold for dysphagia.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1581823487
• ISBN13: 9781581823486
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Cumberland House
• Length: 161 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good recipes for those with and without dysphagia

The recipes in this book are for real food, not just a puréed version of a dish. Helps me feel a little more dignified while I struggle to adapt to this difficult lifestyle and eases the stress of constantly trying to think of new foods to eat other than just soup… again. Best dysphagia cookbook I’ve found so far.

He is not alone

My Uncle was just released from a hospital where he experienced a swallowing problem. I ordered this book for my aunt and she has found it extremely helpful and creative. Simple and easy to follow, it has made meals more interesting and tasty for my Uncle. Thank you.

Awesome book

This book is awesome,very helpful and comes at a great price! There aren't many good quality books on this topic that include tasty recipes + pertinent info about swallowing difficulties. Highly recommend.

Very helpful

My mom has Multiple System Atrophy, which combines the worst of Parkinson's and ALS, among others. Not only can she not swallow well, she really cannot chew at this stage of her illness. This book recognizes both problems, unlike some other similar cookbooks I've tried. And I love the fact that healthy folks can enjoy the recipes as well. All in all, a big help when I was fast running out of tasty ideas.

wonderful recipes for als patients and their families!

I really found this cookbook helpful since it was written by people who know first hand what ALS victims are experiencing. I was pleased with the types of food offered in this cookbook, it was nice simple ordinary style of meals just like we have always eaten. This is a helpful cookbook for the families of ALS patients. I highly recommend it.

good food, good mood

This book enabled me to keep my sanity and enjoy family mealtime again! My son was recovering from jaw surgery. I was fixing a meal for the family and preparing something separate for my son. He grew weary of the blandness and monotony. I became tired and frustrated. The whole family was cranky. The solution was The Dysphagia Cookbook. The food was easy enough for my son to eat, palatable to the rest of the family, and I had only one meal to prepare! The recipes offer variety and flexibility. I found recipes for mature tastes as well as meals for a child's delight. I was pleasantly surprised to find a few new cocktails as well! Swallowing difficulties or not, anyone could use this cookbook.