pureed/ soft food stage

[TawneyEverett 0]

I am on my fifth week post op and have not been given much guidance on what I can eat. I was told to think of anything a toddler would eat, things that are soft a mushy. If anyone could give me a list of foods they ate on this stage of the diet it would be very helpful. Thanks

[Bufflehead 6,358]

My puree phase was all high Protein stuff - dairy, eggs, Beans, tofu, meat, and fish. The things we were allowed to eat without pureeing: eggs (scrambled or poached), refried beans, yogurt, cottage cheese, soft tofu. Everything else had to be pureed, so I would do things like puree tuna with Sriracha sauce and a little olive oil mayo, or chicken with low carb BBQ Sauce, or turkey with marinara sauce and then heat the pureed turkey in the microwave with a little mozzarella cheese to melt on top. Refried beans heated up with melted cheddar was something I really enjoyed.

I'm on soft foods now and can eat high protein foods, non-starchy veggies, and fruits as long as they can be cut easily with a fork. Some things I like:

--poached egg over 2 T. great white northern beans with some hot sauce

--bonbel mini lite cheese

--single serve packets of tuna (the sweet & spicy is my favorite flavor) for lunch

--sauteed or baked fish such as mackeral, grouper, halibut

--cottage cheese with a spoonful of Peanut Butter or "Naturally More" (peanut butter with extra soy protein and fiber) mixed in

--chicken salad made with ripe avocado instead of Mayonnaise

I haven't tried ground beef yet -- maybe this weekend!

[TawneyEverett 0]

Thanks, this helps a lot. Only thing is I'm vegetarian, but I can do some of this.

[Bufflehead 6,358]

the vegetarians (non-vegan type) in my program are encouraged to eat lots of tofu, Beans, lentils, dairy (esp. greek yogurt and nonfat cottage cheese), eggs, and the products made by Morningstar Farms as well as things like Boca burgers.

[TawneyEverett 0]

Thanks so much.