Hungry for hospital food?

Hospital food has long had a less-than savoury reputation in the UK. 

It turns out it's a gripe shared by patients across the globe.

A scroll through Hospital Food reveals a broad selection nutrionally balanced dishes of protein, carbohydrates, vitamins and fibre that have never looked so unappealing.

Tales and photos of hospital mealtime treats are invited by the blog owner Reno Dehareng, a social worker from Brussels.

Visual delights include a dish made almost entirely of soggy, boiled carrots; unidentifiable meat; and a bacon and canned spaghetti combo that looks like it's made a two-way journey through a patient's intestines.

 It's not all bad though. The bacon wrapped carrot batons and green beans served in Greece look top notch and a three course feast served in a Paris hospital is awarded five stars.

Top prize for appetising grub must surely go to the pancake breakfast on offer in Michigan, USA.

Who wouldn't want to wake up to this when trudging the road to recovery? 

But part of a healthy, balanced diet? Well... perhaps not everyday.