Pureed /Soft food Ideas

[dspedosk 1]

Hi all,

I am struggling with what to eat for the stage 2 diet which is soft/pureed foods. what are some tasty things? fulfilling?

Let me know

Thanks!

[AmberFL 813]

deviled eggs, cottage cheese and skinless fruits, Soups that are usually chunky but purreed, greek yogurts, canned chicken or tuna with reduced fat mayo and mustard

[stacy1201 8]

I mix can of refried Beans and two cans of chicken, which is softer than regular cooked chicken) and mix it well, then I have meals for several days. I usually microwave have a cup and up with a tablespoon of shredded cheese. I add spices to taste, but nothing too hot. It's my favorite meal. Soooo good. 💕

[NickelChip 1,255]

I liked making a ricotta bake with one small container ricotta cheese mixed with 1-2 eggs and spread in a small baking dish, topped with a jar of marinara (make sure it's not chunky, so put in blender if needed) and a handful of mozzarella cheese. Bake at 350F until the cheese browns. Now that I'm beyond puree stage, I add a bag of frozen chopped spinach (thawed and drained) to the ricotta mix and layer in chicken Italian sausage that I remove from the casing and cook up in a pan first (placed on top of the ricotta and before the sauce). It gives all the satisfaction of a lasagna or Pasta dish without the added carbs, and pairs well with zucchini spirals.

[BeanitoDiego 153]

On 6/8/2024 at 9:59 AM, NickelChip said:

I liked making a ricotta bake with one small container ricotta cheese mixed with 1-2 eggs and spread in a small baking dish, topped with a jar of marinara (make sure it's not chunky, so put in blender if needed) and a handful of mozzarella cheese. Bake at 350F until the cheese browns.

Ooo @NickelChip this sounds great! I will be trying it very soon.

[JennyBeez 287]

Pea Soup, re-pureed to a smoother consistency with a dash of parmesan cheese.

I loved putting fat free refried Beans or ricotta cheese into anything I could, but I think I pretty much lived off of cottage cheese. I think I ate it every day, and just stirred in different seasonings (dill with garlic, chili powder, curry powder, rotisserie chicken powder. I even tried dill pickle popcorn seasoning!)

Depending on your program, you might also be able to have certain crackers already -- my team told me saltines or melba toast were good in small doses at this point, eaten slowly and with something wet -- ie. melba toast dipped in hummus.

Edited June 11 by JennyBeez

[Sleeved107 6]

On 6/8/2024 at 8:09 AM, stacy1201 said:

I mix can of refried Beans and two cans of chicken, which is softer than regular cooked chicken) and mix it well, then I have meals for several days. I usually microwave have a cup and up with a tablespoon of shredded cheese. I add spices to taste, but nothing too hot. It's my favorite meal. Soooo good. 💕

I'm still on a liquid diet and I never thought Refried Beans would sound SOOOOOO GOOOOD to me right now. lol.

[Arabesque 7,335]

I went the route of slow cooked Soups with meats & vegetables & stews/ casseroles. Slow cooked so the meat was ‘fall off the bone’ tender. Also ate a lot of minced meat dishes especially mince bolognese & rissoles (meat balls). Also I had a separate purée stage then followed by soft food. Go slowly and see how you go. You may find a few days of purée first easy on your tummy then jumping straight into the more solid soft food.

[NeonRaven8919 438]

I've been trying to puree tuna with some yogurt instead of mayo and I think it's just too much for me right now. (three weeks post op) But I I've definitely taken the advice about blended thick Soups so they are thinner and cottage cheese. I also had some cream of Tomato Soup and blended some cottage cheese into it and it enhanced the flavour of both.

I used to love cottage cheese when I lived in the US, but it doesn't have the same texture as the UK so I didn't like it anymore. Now, it's a godsend. Funny how life works. I'm really struggling with purees so I'm going to stay on liquids for an extra week.

[NeonRaven8919 438]

On 10/26/2024 at 5:08 AM, Arabesque said:

I went the route of slow cooked Soups with meats & vegetables & stews/ casseroles. Slow cooked so the meat was ‘fall off the bone’ tender. Also ate a lot of minced meat dishes especially mince bolognese & rissoles (meat balls). Also I had a separate purée stage then followed by soft food. Go slowly and see how you go. You may find a few days of purée first easy on your tummy then jumping straight into the more solid soft food.

I must invest in a slow cooker. My mum had a great recipe for slow cooked beef stew (she had gastric bypass so it was really soft beef) and I've been wanting to make it for a while. I don't quite know the recipe since she never wrote it down and I can't ask her anymore, but she always like to experiment in the kitchen so I think it's better I find out on my own anyway.

I'm hoping I can get a cheap one on pay day so I can start actually cooking in the soft food stage.