latido 178 Posted June 8, 2014 I am so excited. chicken wings, fries, ice cream, gushers…) Then, I spent the entire day yesterday cooking so that I have the six weeks of foods portioned and ready in my freezer. I bought 2 oz. condiment containers with lids (50 for $2.95) and used 1 liter bottles for freezing fresh chicken broth. Cooking from scratch, a six week supply of post-op food cost me $75. I also added 0% greek yogurt, chicken broth and almond milk to pretty much everything, so that there is Protein in all meals. Here’s the list: 7 2 oz. servings Refried Beans (3 cubes) 19 2 oz. servings Chicken Zucchini Souffle 17 2 oz. pureed Tuna 31 2 oz. servings Mashed potato 12 2 oz. servings Chopped Liver 23 2 oz. servings Chicken Puree 27 2 oz. servings Zucchini 14 4 oz. Protein Potato Broth (with almond milk, greek yogurt, and mashed potato) 4 Liters clear chicken broth (32 cups-256 oz) stored in four 1-liter bottles I will purchase fresh hummus and yogurt post-op, and will cook fresh yogurt and Jello too. Do you think this will do? Am I missing anything? 2 LilMissDiva Irene and Cupcake reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Cupcake 801 Posted June 8, 2014 Wow you are ready congrats on your prep as well as your choice to be healthy did you get sugar free popsickles to help with your Water intake? What about sugar free cool whip to take with your actigal and sugar free Jello and pudding, your on the right track and I look forward to your post. Good luck and sending you a speedy recovery. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites letsdothis2gether 9 Posted June 11, 2014 That is just amazing! I'm wondering how to do any of that now, let alone after surgery? Any pointers, recipes or directions would be welcomed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites latido 178 Posted June 11, 2014 I did all of that in a day, and it all cost me $75. First, I cooked a 16 qt pot of fresh chicken Soup (from scratch - chicken + root veggies). I also added whole zucchini to the pot. Then, I also cooked huge batch of minced onions and let it simmer with a bit of oil until they were golden. I drained the onions of the oil and pureed it. I used it to flavor all of the purees. I used clear broth to thin out the dryer foods as I pureed them. I added almond milk and greek yogurt to everything so that I had the added Protein to compensate for the added liquids in the mix. Measure EVERYTHING before you put it into the blender. This way, you can break it down to portion-size calculations of its nutritional content. Here's two ‘recipes’ from my list: 31 2 oz. servings Mashed potato 4 large Idaho potatoes = 4 lbs.(64 oz) 1 cup Almond Milk 4 oz. Greek Yogurt, 0% 1 cup sauteed onions 14 4 oz. Protein Potato Broth 1 cup almond milk 2 cups mashed potato mix (see above) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy! Register a new account Sign in Already have an account? Sign in here. Sign In Now Sign in to follow this Followers 6
Cupcake 801 Posted June 8, 2014 Wow you are ready congrats on your prep as well as your choice to be healthy did you get sugar free popsickles to help with your Water intake? What about sugar free cool whip to take with your actigal and sugar free Jello and pudding, your on the right track and I look forward to your post. Good luck and sending you a speedy recovery. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
letsdothis2gether 9 Posted June 11, 2014 That is just amazing! I'm wondering how to do any of that now, let alone after surgery? Any pointers, recipes or directions would be welcomed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
latido 178 Posted June 11, 2014 I did all of that in a day, and it all cost me $75. First, I cooked a 16 qt pot of fresh chicken Soup (from scratch - chicken + root veggies). I also added whole zucchini to the pot. Then, I also cooked huge batch of minced onions and let it simmer with a bit of oil until they were golden. I drained the onions of the oil and pureed it. I used it to flavor all of the purees. I used clear broth to thin out the dryer foods as I pureed them. I added almond milk and greek yogurt to everything so that I had the added Protein to compensate for the added liquids in the mix. Measure EVERYTHING before you put it into the blender. This way, you can break it down to portion-size calculations of its nutritional content. Here's two ‘recipes’ from my list: 31 2 oz. servings Mashed potato 4 large Idaho potatoes = 4 lbs.(64 oz) 1 cup Almond Milk 4 oz. Greek Yogurt, 0% 1 cup sauteed onions 14 4 oz. Protein Potato Broth 1 cup almond milk 2 cups mashed potato mix (see above) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites