Help: 1st Family Gathering Post Op

[MayMarie 349]

Saturday my family is having a get together and the headline reads: BYOB, bring a snack or dessert and chip in for pizza.

Obviously not sleeve friendly. The day of the get together I will be almost 5 weeks post op and in the soft food stage. Any suggestions on what I could bring to appear normal but also have something to eat?

Or am I stuck being the weirdo eating out of my lunchbox? I'm okay with it if I am but I'd appreciate recipes or suggestions!

[Nurse_Lenora 903]

It seems chili is a big hit with everyone here who is in the post op set.

[Emilie.Lancaster 189]

food processor chicken salad (whiz together chicken, ff cottage cheese, deveined cellery, salt pepper mustard), Jello salad or ambrosia, flan is a great choice, either for entree (eggplant flan is mostly cheese and egg= Protein bomb) or lightly sweet dessert (flan is less sweet than puddings)

For drinks, minute maid 15 cal juice blends look great in a wine glass.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

You could do a bean dip (or similar), chili as other's have suggested, or even something like a crock pot full of meatballs.

[Valentina 2,642]

How about a crockpot stew---meat heavy, no starch, with fresh veggies added? Cook until real soft and tender??? (do not thicken it. Just leave au'jous )

[MayMarie 349]

Ambrosia is a great dessert idea and I know my family likes it. They won't know it's sugar free cool whip in there

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

You might also want to check out the blog The World According to Eggface for recipe ideas.

[NewSetOfCurves 1,553]

For drinks, minute maid 15 cal juice blends look great in a wine glass.

You can pretend you are drinking Mimosa's!

[2goldengirl 2,076]

Deviled eggs. I taught my DSD when I taught her to make them that whomever brings deviled eggs is automatically the most popular person at any gathering.

[MayMarie 349]

I think I'm going to make meatballs! I thought about deviled eggs but I need to get one of those fancy egg pans so they don't end up a mess. Lol.

Thank you all for the suggestions! There are so many options but I just couldn't think of any.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

Yeah! I won. Am I invited?

[Emilie.Lancaster 189]

I think I'm going to make meatballs! I thought about deviled eggs but I need to get one of those fancy egg pans so they don't end up a mess. Lol. .

So, the trick to traveling with Deviled Eggs is don't assemble them till you get there. Put all the egg white "cups" in a big zippie bag, and mix your filling up and put it in another zippie. When you get where you are going, arrange the cups on a plate, cut the corner of the filling bag, and pipe the filling into the cups. Takes like 30 seconds and takes a ton of hassle out of Deviled Eggs.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

I think I'm going to make meatballs! I thought about deviled eggs but I need to get one of those fancy egg pans so they don't end up a mess. Lol. .

So, the trick to traveling with Deviled eggs is don't assemble them till you get there. Put all the egg white "cups" in a big zippie bag, and mix your filling up and put it in another zippie. When you get where you are going, arrange the cups on a plate, cut the corner of the filling bag, and pipe the filling into the cups. Takes like 30 seconds and takes a ton of hassle out of Deviled Eggs.

Thanks! I learned something new today.

[Emilie.Lancaster 189]

How did it go???

[MayMarie 349]

It went really well. My dad had WLS surgery a few years ago so my family has been exposed to this before. When I first got there I got a couple "you look great" and "how are you feelings" from my aunts and a cousin, and one "how much have you lost". I answered and it was over within a few minutes and we all just went about our business. There was a veggie tray and cheese, cheeseball, and crackers in addition to my appetizer. Everyone else ate pizza later on and I just made two meals of the appetizers over the day.