Food ideas during the soft stage

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I have gotten a bit creative in this stage, since I love bread and sandwiches and the like. I have found new "holders" for my dips and spreads and things.

For tuna, chicken, ham & turkey salad, spinach dip, hummus, guacamole, I use the following:

• Thin slices of zucchini or yellow squash
  
• Whole wheat "pitettes" cut in half to make 2 rounds (my dr. allows some types of bread items - pita, tortillas, whole wheat toast)
  
• Cracker-sized cheese slices
  

For hot items, like poached eggs, I get the polenta in a tube, slice it into thin rounds, and fry it in some cooking spray, flattening it a bit as I go along. Then I can put whatever I want on top of it, like chicken stewed in Tomato sauce and shredded.

I also made some very thin zucchini pancakes and put some goat cheese in-between two and made a very gourmet-ish and grown up grilled cheese!

Instead of boring mashed potatoes, add an egg, a tablespoon of flour, and some herbs, and make some potato pancakes to put food on.

Hope these ideas help someone out there who is getting bored and frustrated.