Baby Food - Pureed stage

After almost 4 weeks of post op Carnation Instant Breakfast, I get to have some real pureed food on Thursday. I ordered some baby food- chicken/beef veg and fruit from Grocery Gateway - It looks disgusting- especially the beef and chicken.
So - did any one eat baby food at pureed stage or did you puree your own? ( not too interested in cooking and blenderizing chicken and broth- ugh)

Thanks
BArb

Hey Barb, I just chopped everything really tiny, and mixed it with cream soups.  If I could ma**** with a fork, I mixed it with gravey or sauce and ate itl.  I could never get more that a few bites in.  I started adding friuts to my protein in the blender and to my yogurts and cottage cheese.  Just make sure you chew, chew chew,  don't let anything go down your throat that is more solid than apple sauce.
I took a look at baby food and was grossed out.  If you can stomach it, it will be the easiest thing for work.  Soon you'll be able eggs, and it will be like having a feast.
Nancy

Thanks for the advice Nancy. I am going to try and not look or smell the beef baby food when I want to try it. Its the same color as the chicken- scary stuff
- if not I will be eating alot of cottage cheese and fruit

Barb

Actually my nutritionist said no baby food. Perhaps yours gave different instructions? I don't know the reason--lord knows it wold have been easier--except that baby food has no salt so is VERY bland!

I had that book "Before & After" & the woman says pureed chicken is nasty. She's right.  I tried it a couple times but couldn't eat much because I hated it. Then I tried just mincing it really fine and mixing it with either lowfat mayo or Cream of Mushroom or Cream of Chicken. That's better. Breast meat is too dry so try dark meat--skinnless boneless thighs.

Eggs were my lifesaver. Some people can't eat them but I had no problms. Whites only the 1st couple times and then it's ok to start mixing in the yolks. I made deviled eggs with Lowfat mayo for my hubby, and then took one half egg and put it in the Magic Bullet.  It was, at the time, the best thing I'd ever eaten!

Some people can do tuna--mixed with mayo in the Magic Bullet. I had problems with tuna--so bad in fact that I'm still a bit cautious of it. (No problems now--I'm just a bit "off" tuna for awhile!

Those little yogurt cups were a staple. I could not have gotten through the 1st couple of months without them and in fact they are still a staple in my fridge.

Don;t worry too much about it. You can't eat much and this stage doesn't last that long! You'll be back to "real" food before you know it!

Cheers!
Tina

Good luck to you! Don't worry too much.

No baby food for this girl...YUCK!  I pureed a lot of soups and canned stews, chili, mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes!
All of that was like a HUGE treat after being on liquids for 3 weeks!  All the best!

EWWWW i would never eat baby food!!! eeeek!

thats gotta be really gross.. good luck with that.

i would rather a) stay on liquids for an extra week or go right to wendy's chili and mashed potatoes (pureed phase)

Oh Barb you must be soooo excited!  I'm only on day 5 of full liquids and I'm struggling already.  I can't wait to get to the pureed food stage too. 

I don't know about the baby food though, I don't think that I could do it.  I can barely stand it when I have to put that stuff up to my lips to make sure that it is not still too hot for the baby to have.  Some of that stuff is just gross (I have no idea why babies put up with it).  The meats are especially baaaaaddddd. 

I wish you well!  And hey, maybe you'll like the baby food! 

All this talk about food...I'm pretty sure that I'll be going to bed tonight with visions of whipped potatos and gravy dancing through my head.

Best of luck,
Jen

My daughter wanted some jars of baby food at the grocery store and hubby bought it for some crazy reason.   Of course she tried one jar and pronounced it gross.

I have one jar of bananas left, want me to throw it to ya the next time I'm passing through Burlington on the highway?

I didn't even give my own daughter baby food when she was little.  I made it myself.  I sure as heck wouldn't eat it!

Why don't you go to www.theworldaccordingtoeggface.com?  She has a section on her site for newbies, as well as recipes and suggestions for the pureed stage.

I made myself lovely carrot soup, with the Campbells ready made chicken broth, simmered with a thin slice of fresh ginger, and a stalk of celery. After the veggies were soft, I threw out the celery and the slice of ginger and separated the carrots from the chicken broth.  Then I could keep them in my fridge, blend the appropriate amount of carrots in my Magic Bullet, and add just enough of the broth so it was a nice, thick texture.  It was delicious.  I even heated it right in the Magic Bullet container in the microwave!

I had a hard time with the protein supplements, so I also cheated just a little bit, and would make myself Italian egg drop soup. ( I would try to spell the actual name of it, but I'd just embarrass myself. )  You just pour the chicken broth into the pot, beat two eggs in a bowl, and when the broth is simmering you dump in the eggs and give it a stir.  Once the egg is cooked, put the soup in a bowl with a TB of Parmesan cheese on it, and you've got 14 grams of protein in!  Just make sure you chew the eggs really well, but they'll go down great with the broth, as it makes them very soft.

Good Luck,

Nancy

When the family had chicken for dinner one night, I took a piece of chicken and put it in my blender with cream of chicken soup and liquidified it.  Then I would take that and freeze it into ice cube trays.  It was actually tasty.  For veggies I pureed them with vegetable broth and froze them in ice cube trays as well.  It worked and tasted good.  That would be my suggestion.  :)