What was your favorite mushie?!

[Jean McMillan 2,973]

Do I need to purée everything? Yogurt and cream of wheat?

You should puree all animal/fish Protein, fruits or veggies that aren't already of smooth, moist consistency. You don't need to puree stuff like yogurt and cream of wheat - they're already of puree or mushy consistency. But you really need to check in with your nutritionist and/or surgeon to find out what foods they consider to be puree/mushy. Some bariatric clinics have different rules (wondering why that's so is basically a waste of time, but I can give you a Cliff Notes version if you like). For example, one clinic might allow small-curd cottage cheese in the puree phase, but the clinic across the street might tell you to puree the cottage cheese. (Cottage cheese pureed with sugar free pudding mix and/or pureed fruit and your sweetener of choice is pretty good, or you can use ricotta cheese instead of cottage cheese).

[Terry Poperszky 2,784]

Home made refritos (refried beans), with cheese.< /p>

[jcrosland 48]

My favorite thing so far has been cinnamon Jello applesauce:

Boil Water, melt a handful of redhots in the Water (yes, I realize these contain a small amount of sugar)

Pour in your Jello (1 large, or 2 small boxes) into the boiling water

Mix in No-sugar added applesauce instead of the cold water

Soooooooooo yummy

[GodsTyro 63]

Gonna venture out to buy things for tomorrow!

This is gonna sound disgusting but I swear it tastes like a flipping dip

chicken

Guacamole

Sour Cream

Tomato Salsa (Pico de gallo)

cheese

Blended it all together in my ninja and was the bomb.

[LapbandLo 294]

Refried beans! Mmmmmm! I made a few trips to Taco Bell.

[kbrown465 8]

That actually sounds phenomenal! I'm finally past my "mushy" stage, but never had any issues with any food so far. Keeping my fingers crossed.

This is gonna sound disgusting but I swear it tastes like a flipping dip

chicken

Guacamole

Sour Cream

Tomato Salsa (Pico de gallo)

cheese

Blended it all together in my ninja and was the bomb.

[hiddnstar 167]

Gonna venture out to buy things for tomorrow!

yams with a little butter and salt

~hiddn

[carol285 145]

oatmeal was my favorite, comes in many flavors for variety!

[dsferfeargregrhgttrhht 49]

ground chicken with buffalo sauce and a little blue cheese (either crumbles or the dressing)

It's still a "comfort" food for me now. It made me feel like I was eating real food with real flavor.

[ccjll 177]

I found Peace Love and Low Carb on-line and made her Low Carb meat sauce - and then I took cottage cheese and the meat sauce baked in the oven and added a sprinkle of low fat mozzerella on top - noodleless lasagna and very comforting.

[FLORIDAYS 3,040]

My favorite mushy food was and still is mashed potatoes. I could eat them every day. 1/4 cup is all I allow myself. And I savor every bite.

[kimk1999 450]

I was so looking forward to this mushy phase, but my first attempt was way too dry and essentially a paste. I could barely eat any of it.
Day 2 has gone much better. I had scrambled eggs, with ham and cheese. (The ham was finely diced).

Tonight we had what I would call chicken cordon bleu (official title chicken Breasts Stuffed with Ham and Cheese) but without the breadcrumbs. Actually both were from a recipe I found in a book called Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery by Patt Levine and Michele Bontempo-Saray. This book offers good healthy recipes and ways to prepare it for various stages (puree or whatever) and even for band, gastric bypass, BPD-DS, or 'others'. The others are the rest of your family not on the restricted diet. They have a lot more variety than ham and cheese stuff but that's just what spoke to me today.

[focused 36]

Made a great zucchini potato soup.sauté 1 onion in olive oil add 6diced zucchinis and 2diced potatoes add 1cup Water boil for 1 hour blend with hand stick blender add salt and pepper to taste. Its great and goes down well