Done with Mushies... week 5, any meal suggestions?

[littlebylittle 0]

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I am on my 5th week diet, "anything you can eat with a fork"... I am wondering if you all that have been at this stage (banded, 9/30/08) could give me some tips on what to avoid, as well as some things that I can now toy around with eating. Suggestions, please!!!

[jmegirl 2]

there is a fabulous thread in the food and Nutrition forums that can really help you with ideas. it gets probably 30 posts per day from people with their daily menus. here's a link.

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f9/share-ideas-what-did-you-eat-today-36828/

[Losing_It_In_Texas 0]

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I am on my 5th week diet, "anything you can eat with a fork"... I am wondering if you all that have been at this stage (banded, 9/30/08) could give me some tips on what to avoid, as well as some things that I can now toy around with eating. Suggestions, please!!!

I have lots of tuna salad, chicken salad (with shredded chicken), lean beef chili, baked fish. I made reduced fat King Ranch chicken casserole last night that was yummy but I was wary of the chicken chunks even though they were very tender and I ate very slowly and chewed like crazy. I know you must be excited to be on normal foods again...just take it slow and enjoy!!

[vballmom 0]

Try the squash casserole at Black Eye Pea, it is so good and very mushy.

[kimmyv 0]

i made a casserole--no yolk egg noodles (cooked, half a bag), can or 2 of Tomato Soup, 1 can milk, sliced mushrooms, chopped onion, ground beef (browned w/onion, salt, pepper, garlic salt and italian seasoning), reduced fat cheese. combo it all and cook it until heated thru and cheese is melted. lasted me all week..... and it is a combo of mushy/protein/carbs. I did less noodles than normal to make it more about the meat and mushrooms.

i don't have an issue with meat or chicken-- but I am just only on fill #1.. i also make sure I eat them very slowly. I took chicken cutlets, pounded them really thin. Salt and pepper to season. Then put fresh spinach, a half slice of ham, a half a slice of swiss cheese and rolled it up (secured with a tooth pick or 2). I rolled up all the cutlets in the package and then put them on top of the rest of the bag of spinach. I cut up 2 cloves of garlic and poured 1/8-1/4 chicken stock in the bottom and baked the whole thing covered for like 30 minutes. I uncovered it for 15 minutes or so. At the very end I put the chicken rolls on a cookie sheet-sprinkled some italian bread crumbs on top with a little grated parm (like a total of 2 tbls) and broiled for a couple minutes to brown. Tasted like it was breaded and the spinach at the bottom of the baking dish was out of this world.