Confused!! What is "Mushi" Foods!!

[Lilika 0]

I am starting my week 3 post op and now I am allowed to eat "Mushi" foods!!!

What actually is the Mushi foods?? What is the difference of Mushi and soft!!????

Please help !! Have no idea what to eat !!

Thankkk you guys

[JerseyGirl80 12]

I am starting my week 3 post op and now I am allowed to eat "Mushi" foods!!!

What actually is the Mushi foods?? What is the difference of Mushi and soft!!????

Please help !! Have no idea what to eat !!

Thankkk you guys

I would ask your doctor or nutritionist this question, as every Doc does things different.

I was told by my nutritionist that mushy was anything I could mash up easily with a fork and to stay away from "anything that walked on land" for a few weeks. She said eggs, tuna, flaky fish, over cooked veggies, mashed potatoes, even Pasta was ok if I over cooked it, basically according to my Doc just about anything but meat was ok as long at it was "mushy" mushed up first and then chewed really well. I was advised to not puree anything and not to eat Soups because they are "too easy to eat and you need to get used to food".

[happygirl65 5]

My nutritionist described it as the consistency you would feed a baby when you first start feeding them anything other than milk....you can mash it with a fork, but you have to really be pureed kind of ....like really mashed,...smashed bananas, apple sauce, malto meal, mashed potatoes, overly steamed veggies etc.

[momtofourredheads 1]

I like your question! I am about to start mushy food stage tomorrow and reviewed the food guide my clinic gave me and I had to laugh because they went into grave detail about the liquid phase and the mushy phase...but said hardly anything about the soft phase...and so it is really hard for me to tell by this guide what exactly the difference was lol!!! Good luck!!!

[HeatherinCA 10]

For me: my book says

pureed says things like: cream of wheat, or cream of rice, pureed oatmeal thinned with skimmed milk, grits thinned with skimmed milk, non fat milk, cottage cheese, smooth sugar free yogurt, non fat ricotta cheese, sugar free plain puddings, sorbet applesauce, Gelatin, popsicles and custard. juice diluted with Water, baby food fruits, Protein shakes, baby food meats or pureed meats, pureed nonfat refried Beans, pureed lentils, strained lowfat cream Soup, broth bullion, consomme, thinned mashed potatoes

Then Soft foods: All things above plus scrabled soft cooked or poached eggs, egg substitute, egg salad, mashed banana, pureed fruit, cooked pureed beets, carrots, pumpkin, squash, dried Beans, peas or lentils, bean Soups or lowfat chowders, lean ground beef, pork, chiken or turkey, fish, tuna, soft low fat cheeses, pureed bean dishes, powdered soy, baby shrimp, low fat creamy Peanut Butter, imitation crab meat, mashed potatoes w/o skin, plain crackers, toast

For me it was pretty much pureed was anything that was REALLY small pieces or could be mushed up really well in your mouth (I ate a lot of chili and oatmeal). Then soft foods, things with a little more substance, I mostly ate things like chicken and egg salad, it's pretty much normal eating, but just things that are easy to digest, no red meat, no hard veggies.