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I am currently on day two of my pre-op diet, and I am in the full liquids phase.

I had the most amazing black bean Soup for dinner. It was so delicious, even without things like sour cream or avocado or tortilla strips. I want to make a big batch tomorrow, but it was so good I am now wondering if it is allowed because it has a bean base, even though I blended it and then ran it through the fine mesh strainer.

The ingredients are: low sodium black Beans, vegetable broth, diced green chili’s, cumin, onions, garlic,and lime juice. When I ran it through a recipe generator it was like 100 calories per serving with 1 gram of fat and 2 grams of sugars but with 30 grams of carbs.

My handbook says to make sure that per serving the liquid needs to have less than 6 grams of sugar and less than 9 grams of fat. When I asked about an overall carb count restriction she said there wasn’t one, assuming I’m as close to the 800 calories as possible.

I know know I can call the coordinator and ask her thoughts but I’m wondering if I’m just overthinking it. It’s clearly within the sugar and fat restrictions, it’s just the overall high carb count that has me conflicted. What are y’alls thoughts?

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I am currently on day two of my pre-op diet, and I am in the full liquids phase.

I had the most amazing black bean Soup for dinner. It was so delicious, even without things like sour cream or avocado or tortilla strips. I want to make a big batch tomorrow, but it was so good I am now wondering if it is allowed because it has a bean base, even though I blended it and then ran it through the fine mesh strainer.

The ingredients are: low sodium black Beans, vegetable broth, diced green chili’s, cumin, onions, garlic,and lime juice. When I ran it through a recipe generator it was like 100 calories per serving with 1 gram of fat and 2 grams of sugars but with 30 grams of carbs.
My handbook says to make sure that per serving the liquid needs to have less than 6 grams of sugar and less than 9 grams of fat. When I asked about an overall carb count restriction she said there wasn’t one, assuming I’m as close to the 800 calories as possible.

I know know I can call the coordinator and ask her thoughts but I’m wondering if I’m just overthinking it. It’s clearly within the sugar and fat restrictions, it’s just the overall high carb count that has me conflicted. What are y’alls thoughts?
Pureed is not technically permitted on full liquids. Only the broth. But if you're unsure I would check with your NUT.
Thinned out creamy Soups, any broth... key is you want to get an early start on your Proteins.

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Two Protein Shakes and one Protein heavy, low carb meal was all I was allowed on pre op diet. The amount of carbs in that Soup would have not been accepted.

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So are broth based Soups with chunks allowed on full liquid if all chunks are strained out (no pureeing)?
Yes, the broth less the chunks is permitted.

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3 minutes ago, MargoCL said:

Yes, the broth less the chunks is permitted.

Thank you! I tried the kettle and fire Thai curry Bone Broth for lunch (thinned out with some homemade beef bone broth because 1 serving is about a gram too high in fat so I did 3/4s a serving) and I was surprised to open the container and find chunks. I strained it all out but I figured I would check. It was super tasty!

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