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I am in the soft/mushy stage. I was told no Pasta, breads, rice, fruits (other than bananas), sugar, honey, sherbet, ice cream. I have been eating eggs, refried Beans, chili, yogurt, cheese, deli meat. I was told I could have fish/shrimp but that hurt and I don't wanna try that again! I have never been one that is good at being creative or cooking so any suggestions would be nice since I still have 2 more weeks of this and I'm already getting bored.

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How about white Beans and pesto sauce? Meatballs in marinara sauce? Shrimp salad (maybe chopped won't hurt?) Flavored cream cheese rolled up in turkey slices? Cottage cheese and chives, or bananas, or Tomato sauce? A yogurt smoothie with bananas?

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I am thinking about making sloppy joes tomorrow for my mushy--my list also includes the meat out of a taco, spaghetti sauce with some meat in it, and meatloaf. I had chili with cheese today and it was awesome!!!

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Taco meat with sour cream is really good too. You can melt cheese on top.You should be able to have chicken salad too.

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two weeks out I just started on solid foods, my doctor didn't seemed concerned. The whole purpose of soft stage is to build you back up to solids but doctor said after two weeks internal staples are healed and as I told him, he sorta agreed, chewing something like meatloaf, chicken, even pieces of steak 50 times is like putting it in the blender.

Just try small amounts of things and see what stays down and doesn't come back up :)

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tuna salad (tuna, pickle relish and lite miracle whip), salmon patties (eat the soft insides, not the crust). taco meet with queso, cottage cheese with salsa, pureed hot and hour Soup (until it was in small chunks), chicken salad, chicken chooped fine mixed wth salsa, roast beef cut really fine mixed with gravy.

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Have you checked out the recipe sharing section of this forum? There are so many ideas, you could have something different every day for months. :)

Good luck!

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I still eat a lot of eggs, just in different ways. Remember you can poach, fry, scramble.... not to mention egg salad or deviled eggs. Each one tastes very different.

Try some blended Soups as well... I have an Thai flavored edamame posted in the recipes section. But you can make white bean with rosemary or a nice butternut squash. The flavors are so different that you can't get bored. I like to freeze my Soups in 1/2 cup portions in the freezer and just grab one out the door when I go to work.

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crab cakes! scallops, meatloaf, tuna salad, taco without a shell, chicken with broccoli and cream cheese all blended together (yum) Use more cream cheese and less chicken at first until your stomach gets used to it. It acts like food lube when it gets warm and melts.

Honestly, I almost just blended whatever the Protein part of the family meal was. I even tossed some eggplant parmesan into the blender one night. It was to die for after living on liquids for so long.

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Thanks for everyone's help! Unfort my NUT said no red meat or raw veggies so the taco meat is out. I will check out the recipe section also. THANKS!

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Thanks for everyone's help! Unfort my NUT said no red meat or raw veggies so the taco meat is out. I will check out the recipe section also. THANKS!

You could use ground turkey for taco meat. With the seasonings, you can make it taste really good. At that stage, I made it soupy with a lot of sour cream, some mashed up avocado and melted cheese. very yummy

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