Fun with Pureed Food - Asian chicken

There's been a couple of posts asking what we can eat in the pureed food phase.  I'm having a lot of fun thinking up things my husband and i can both enjoy and thought I'd post some of the things that turned out especially well.

Tonight was Asian Chicken,.

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts
steamed rice (I didn't eat any of this)
1 can sliced carrots
1 can sliced water chestnuts
1 half medium oniion, diced
a few tablespoons of olive oil
small can chunk pineapple (I didn't eat any of this)
3 cups chicken broth made with lots of garlic and ginger
6 oz Greek yogurt

Instructions

You'll need 2 skillets, one large and one small.

Dice chicken into small chunks.  Set aside 4 oz.  Because I knew my husband would appreciate some ingredients I can’t eat, I cooked two separate batches:

My batch – in small skillet ·        

sauté ¼ cup of onion in olive oil ·        
add 1/3 cup carrots and ¼ cup water chestnuts ·        
add 4 oz finely diced chicken breast, continue to sauté until chicken is cooked through and onions are transparent
add 1 cup of chicken broth and let simmer until broth is fully absorbed ·        
put mixture in blender with Greek yogurt and puree

Family’s batch – in large skillet ·        
sauté rest of onion in olive oil ·        
add rest of carrots and water chestnuts ·        
add rest of chicken breast, continue to sauté until chicken is cooked through and onions are transparent ·        
add drained pineapple ·        
add 2 cups of chicken broth and let simmer until broth is fully absorbed ·        
spoon over steamed rice

(note – this made 4 servings)

Estimated Nutritional Values for “my batch"

Whenever I come up with a new recipe, I immediately divide it out into 2 or 3 oz portions in Tupperware containers. I then use the Create a Meal option in the My Plate section on the LiveStrong site and list how much I used of each ingredient. After the meal is created, I add it to My Plate for the day and then change the portion size based on how many little containers were created. 

For instance, because I put the recipe below into three containers, I said that I ate .33 of a serving of the Asian Chicken meal. This is my own approach;  I’m not a math whiz by any means  :)

Based on this approach, each of the 3 servings created by the recipe below have these nutritional values:

Calories: 110
Fat: 2g
Cholesterol: 18mg
Sodium: 379mg
Carbs: 5g
Sugers: 3g
Fiber: 1g
Protein: 14g

 

you are so creative...  wanna come and cook for me..I am so sick and tired of the same old things.. I think Im going to go crazy... I had a bad reactiont o fish.. now Im sad.. and Im not losing as fast as I was.  are you???

 

That creativity was spawned by a growing disgust with protein powder and liquid diet  :)   I also am fortunate to have a good friend who got excited with me about the options and not only helped me brainstorm but then also did all the necessary shopping for me.   I’ve also slowed down the losing this week -   I’ll gain a few ounces then lose a pound.   I’m sure part of this is that I’m pre-menstrual. Considering that I used to gain about 6 pounds of water weight during this time I figure I’m still ahead of the game. I’ll see my surgeon on Monday for my first post-op check-up and ask whether my weight loss is in line with his expectations…but I’m sure we’re fine.

Yummers! Thanks for sharing. I need creative ideas like this. My mind is focused on simple things like egg salad and chicken salad type stuff. I can't wait until Tuesday. I'm dying for something other than liquid.