What are your favorite food go-to's ?

[Candace76 212]

Hi Everyone 👋

I am currently on the soft food stage & feel like it would be great to hear what everyone else's favorite go-to's are. It would be so helpful to get new ideas & see what has worked for others.

Share foods for whatever stage you are currently at, or various stages. Share any meal of the day or snack, or a number of your faves!

Looking forward to hear what everyone is eating!😊🍳🥘🍲

[Candace76 212]

Here are mine so far:

Liquid Phase:

Oikos Triple Zero yogurt, farina with almond milk to thin out, cream of mushroom Soup

Soft food Phase:

BREAKFAST- scrambled eggs, farina, Oikos Triple Zero

LUNCH/DINNER- tuna with avocado, canned chicken with salsa or hummus, chicken thigh with sugar free sweet baby ray's BBQ Sauce

SNACKS-Fairlife Nutrition Plan chocolate(only Protein Shakes for now)

*About to start week 2 of soft phase.

[Tomo 1,196]

pureed stage: Hummus, guacamole with melted cheese. Cottage cheese sprinkled with Taijin classic seasoning (yum). Mashed soft sashimi (tuna or salmon) with soy sauce, wasabi. Homemade Jello with diluted fruit juice like cranberry and beef Gelatin.

[Candace76 212]

19 minutes ago, Tomo said:

pureed stage: Hummus, guacamole with melted cheese. Cottage cheese sprinkled with Taijin classic seasoning (yum). Mashed soft sashimi (tuna or salmon) with soy sauce, wasabi. Homemade Jello with diluted fruit juice like cranberry and beef Gelatin.

Oh good idea, I think I might be going out for Japanese food next week, maybe I'll get sashimi! Thanks, Tomo!😁

Edited August 18, 2021 by Candace76
Clarity

[kellym1220 474]

This is a great thread for ideas...but be careful, not all items will appeal to everyone! I'm looking at you Parmesan Crisps!

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[Candace76 212]

37 minutes ago, kellym1220 said:

This is a great thread for ideas...but be careful, not all items will appeal to everyone! I'm looking at you Parmesan Crisps!

Favorite Grocery Products - General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions - BariatricPal

Thanks, I checked it out and got some ideas of things to try.😊

[SummerTimeGirl 582]

Regular food Stage: I've pretty much continued eating like I did several months BEFORE surgery (low carb/no sugar) only less.

Breakfast: scrambled egg & 1 turkey sausage patty OR a one egg omelet w/cheese and/or veggies OR a turkey sausage, egg and cheese on a whole wheat Thomas' English Muffin (can only eat like half to 3 quarters of it)

Lunch: tuna (with just light mayo, salt and pepper) along with 6 whole wheat crackers and a few cubes of cheese OR a few pieces of lunchmeat and cheese OR left over Protein from the night before OR natural PB with some sugar free jelly on whole wheat bread.

Dinner: When it comes to meat/protein it's almost always chicken (baked/cooked various ways)/shrimp/salmon/fish, etc. I TRY to also get in veggies but am usually barely able to fit them in once I eat my protein but veggies will be anything from broccoli, green Beans & mushrooms, spinach, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, etc.

Snacks: I don't usually snack at all during day. But if I still feel hungry after my meals I will take that opportunity to eat some sort of fruit or yogurt or cottage cheese. I usually make it a point of getting in at least two servings of fruit a day anyway.

My meals don't typically include starches (hell, if I barely have room for veggies then I almost never have room for a starch) but once in a while they do and it will be something like brown rice, protein Pasta, veggie pasta, potatoes, or the whole wheat/grain bread, whole wheat/grain English muffins, whole wheat/grain crackers. Stuff along those lines.

[ShoppGirl 5,061]

3 hours ago, kellym1220 said:

This is a great thread for ideas...but be careful, not all items will appeal to everyone! I'm looking at you Parmesan Crisps!

Favorite Grocery Products - General Weight Loss Surgery Discussions - BariatricPal

That’s an excellent thread but obviously all those foods are not for every stage. Just a heads up just in case.

[lekcir 19]

My go to on puree was chicken salad. Soft stage was buffalo chicken meatballs.

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[ShoppGirl 5,061]

7 minutes ago, lekcir said:

My go to on puree was chicken salad. Soft stage was buffalo chicken meatballs.

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The meatballs sound good for regular food stage. We’re they easy to make?

[Candace76 212]

On 8/18/2021 at 3:39 PM, lekcir said:

My go to on puree was chicken salad. Soft stage was buffalo chicken meatballs.

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Oh...the buffalo chicken meatballs sound good. Did you buy them pre-made or make them? Thanks that's something to try!

[Candace76 212]

On 8/18/2021 at 10:02 AM, SummerTimeGirl said:

Regular food Stage: I've pretty much continued eating like I did several months BEFORE surgery (low carb/no sugar) only less.

Breakfast: scrambled egg & 1 turkey sausage patty OR a one egg omelet w/cheese and/or veggies OR a turkey sausage, egg and cheese on a whole wheat Thomas' English Muffin (can only eat like half to 3 quarters of it)

Lunch: tuna (with just light mayo, salt and pepper) along with 6 whole wheat crackers and a few cubes of cheese OR a few pieces of lunchmeat and cheese OR left over Protein from the night before OR natural PB with some sugar free jelly on whole wheat bread.

Dinner: When it comes to meat/protein it's almost always chicken (baked/cooked various ways)/shrimp/salmon/fish, etc. I TRY to also get in veggies but am usually barely able to fit them in once I eat my Protein but veggies will be anything from broccoli, green Beans & mushrooms, spinach, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, etc.

Snacks: I don't usually snack at all during day. But if I still feel hungry after my meals I will take that opportunity to eat some sort of fruit or yogurt or cottage cheese. I usually make it a point of getting in at least two servings of fruit a day anyway.

My meals don't typically include starches (hell, if I barely have room for veggies then I almost never have room for a starch) but once in a while they do and it will be something like brown rice, protein Pasta, veggie Pasta, potatoes, or the whole wheat/grain bread, whole wheat/grain English muffins, whole wheat/grain crackers. Stuff along those lines.

I think many of these will be my go-to's later on. Can't wait to add a little whole wheat or low carb bread or Cracker options when my new stomach is ready to handle it!