Awesome way to be prepared for the pureed stage

[BenisaMartim4 369]

I have been making home-made apple sauce tonight (golden apple) for my post-op mushy phase. I learned this technique when I had babies. food can be prepared (blenderized) and then placed into ice cube trays and frozen. This makes individual 1 oz. servings and cuts down on waste. After the food is frozen, label and date a freezer bag and place the food in it. Now you have a variety of food ready made to your specific taste. You can do this with anything that can be pureed; meat, fish, chicken, fruits and veggies, anything goes! I bought a Rival 1.5 cup food processor (under$10) to do my food. Not much clean up and no wasted food stuck to a large machine. BTW you can also make freezer pops (juice or pudding/yogurt) this way too. Just fill the trays with your desired product, cover with plastic wrap and then insert bamboo skewers (cut to size) and freeze. Voila! Now you have sleeve sized Snacks. Really hope this helps someone. It can be much easier to stick with a goal if you have a ready supply of necessities. I'm trying to plan. I know how easy it is to eat a Debbie cake when you are tired and don't feel like cooking. Happy pureeing y'all :0)

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

I have been making home-made apple sauce tonight (golden apple) for my post-op mushy phase. I learned this technique when I had babies. food can be prepared (blenderized) and then placed into ice cube trays and frozen. This makes individual 1 oz. servings and cuts down on waste. After the food is frozen, label and date a freezer bag and place the food in it. Now you have a variety of food ready made to your specific taste. You can do this with anything that can be pureed; meat, fish, chicken, fruits and veggies, anything goes! I bought a Rival 1.5 cup food processor (under$10) to do my food. Not much clean up and no wasted food stuck to a large machine. BTW you can also make freezer pops (juice or pudding/yogurt) this way too. Just fill the trays with your desired product, cover with plastic wrap and then insert bamboo skewers (cut to size) and freeze. Voila! Now you have sleeve sized Snacks. Really hope this helps someone. It can be much easier to stick with a goal if you have a ready supply of necessities. I'm trying to plan. I know how easy it is to eat a Debbie cake when you are tired and don't feel like cooking. Happy pureeing y'all :0)

hey beni - I love your applesauce directions. How long is the "mushy" phrase? I dread that the most. mushy green Beans, fish :confused5: is this done to get you ready for real food? could you skip it, and just do more shakes until your stomach is properly ready to carefully try real food? Chewed up in mouth of course one million times? huh, huh whats the good word. kathy

[ProudGrammy 8,322]

hey beni - I love your applesauce directions. How long is the "mushy" phrase? I dread that the most. mushy green Beans, fish :confused5: is this done to get you ready for real food? could you skip it, and just do more shakes until your stomach is properly ready to carefully try real food? Chewed up in mouth of course one million times? huh, huh whats the good word. kathy

P.S. me again - I printed your email to get your advice about the ice cube trays and the scewers. I have such a bad memory. I'm sorry.... what was i saying :biggrin:

[Lissa 2,631]

lika, I think that it's necessary to progress through the stages to get your tummy ready for solid foods. I've read that the stomach is a muscle, so it makes sense that the muscle needs to be worked out before going to the next step. First you give it liquids, then mushies, then soft regular food, then other foods.

I waited nearly 8 weeks before giving mine tougher foods like raw veggies and I'm still finding that some things bother my tummy. Rex (my tummy) still doesn't do well with raw broccoli, no matter how well I chew it. Also, very spicy things bother Rex and anything with vinegar in it makes me wish I'd skipped the pickle, olive or cole slaw. I'm sure this will improve as things heal more, but it does take time and effort for the tummy to be ready for the next step, IME.