Daily Post 10/22

What's your favorite post-op recipe?  WHY do you like it so much?

Mine is beef stew.  I don't make it any differently, but I do double the meat.  I cook it in a crock pot, and it's super soft and just falls apart, so it's very pouch friendly.

1-2 pounds of beef cubes
3 medium potatoes
1 medium onion
1 c. carrots
1 c. corn
1 1/2 c. green beans
2 c. vegetable juice
2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp beef bouillon
Spices to taste

Brown meat.  Layer meat and veggies in a crock pot.  Mix vegetable juice and other ingredients and pour over top.  Cook on high for five to six hours.

Oh I have found so many post-op recipes that I enjoy.
Right now my favorite is spaghetti pie w/ spaghetti squash:

1 spaghetti squash
1 8 oz container of ricotta
1 egg
1/3 cup parmesean cheese, grated
1 jar low sugar spaghetti sauce
1 cup mozzorella cheese, shredded

cut spaghetti squash in half, de-seed, place in microwave dish w/ 1/2 cup water and microwave for 15 minutes (or bake for 45 minutes).  Scoop out spaghetti when cool
Mix, egg, ricotta, parmesean & 1/2 jar sauce together.  Add spaghetti and put in 8X8 baking dish.  cover w/ 1/2 jar of sauce bake at 350 for 20 minutes add mozzorella cheese and bake for an additional 10 minutes.

I don't have any special recipes - I just put together whatever sounds good...  lately, I've been doing a "no pasta lasagna" - I just warm up marinara sauce, shredded cheese, and pepperoni, then after it's warm and melty, I add a spoonful of cottage cheese...   it solves my craving for italian food, and there's nothing horrible in it...  

I love this snack food:

1 small box SF jell-o - any flavor
1 small box SF white chocolate pudding
1/2 (or 4oz) of SF cool whip

Make the jell-o as directed on the box.  Add the pudding and stir with a whisk to make sure it's well blended.  Set on counter and let cool for 15-20 minutes.  No less than 15.  Add the cool whip and stir with a whis****il smooth.  Pour into containers and put in fridge for at least an hour.  MMMMMM just like mousse.

To make it a dessert for people without WLS, add fruit before putting in fridge.  I like mandarin oranges in orange jello, or strawberries in strawberry or another flavor jello.

I've never been good at choosing. lol

Filet mignon (because I love red meat, always have and it's low fat and tender enough to go down and stay down).

and

Mock Danish (because it's so sweet and flavorful.  Recipe on my profile.)

---jan---