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I am transitioning off soft foods and have been eating a lot of shredded chicken. Just chicken. And I was wondering if anybody had any suggestions of what to put the chicken with? Or any soft-ish food recipes? ? I can't handle eggs still for some reason, but the only thing I can think to put with the chicken is potatoes or something - which is a no go, too many carbs...

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I always like buying a low carb dressing like balsalmic or italian and just letting the chicken marinate in the fridge overnight, and then baking it. It is always really juicy that way. I always eat italian dressing chicken thighs with things like green Beans or spinach.

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My surgeon's office said we could use low - fat mayo or low - fat Miracle Whip to mix with it to moisten it up. Perhaps if you can tolerate carrots or something similar (non-starchy veggies), mix some in to make a "chicken salad".

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I'm still on liquids post op, but we use a lot of this stuff called True Lemon on chicken/fish. I love lemon so yummy! Mix it with salsa? Light mayo? dressings. A1... go lookit the condiment aisle and let your mind get creative LOL ;)

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I second the true lemon. It's just like squeezing lemon juice on. So refreshing during the summer. Just mix it with ANY type dressing.

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Have you tried Frank's Red Hot sauce? Mmmm I just love the mild heat and tangy flavour it adds to the chicken. I bake it in the sauce and then have more on the side to dip my chicken into.

For a side dish have you cooked cauliflower and then pureed it into a pseudo mashed potatoe?

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I had shredded chicken breast for dinner, I put a couple of teaspoons of guacamole on it and it made it moist and tasty, with a little taco sauce too. And I had 2 T of non-fat refried Beans with a sprinkle of cheddar cheese on top. This is one of my favorite dinners.

I love international foods...how about pairing chicken with some hummus next time, or some Palak Paneer from Trader Joe's. (If you're not familiar with PP, it is an Indian food: pureed spinach with chunks of cheese in it, it is a bit spicy, but that's the way I roll!)

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Thank you sooo much for all of the ideas! I will be trying all of them, very tired of plain chicken.< /p>

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1) Mix with Salsa and a little shredded low fat cheese.

2) Marinate chicken in soy sauce based marinade

3) Mix 3-4 oz chicken with 2 T. Dill relish and 2T lite mayo for chicken salad.

3) Get mustard (yellow or dijon) and add sweetener to make a honey mustard. Dip chicken cubes on toothpicks into honey mustard.

4) I have a lime chilli rub from Williams Sonoma that is tasty on chicken

5) Slice chicken very thin and cut into pieces about as big around as a cucumber. Make "sandwiches" using two thin slices of cucumber with a piece of chicken between them.

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I would layer that shredded chicken with some fat free shredded cheese and refried (canned or home made) Beans, layer it up put in in the oven in a casserole take it out of the oven put some fat free greek youghurt and salsa (and perhaps some guack) and have a nice high Protein (and high fat so be careful, although avocado is good fat) mexican bake - mmmmm:)

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