Any ideas for stage 3 (puree) meals????

I recently reached stage 3. yeah. I am wondering if anyone has any meal ideas besides the protein shakes. mashed potatoes and cottage cheese. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

scrambled eggs are really good. i mixed a large egg with 1/4 scoop of protein mix (plain) and 1 tbsp of cottege cheese - it was a little of an odd texture but definitely tasty. also a hard boiled egg mashed with a bit of lite mayo. also, i ate a bit of what my son (16 months) eats - chicken carrots and potato cooked really well then food processed. lastly, i ate some tuna fish - again well mashed. oh - and tofu - a little soy sauce and it worked for me. hope this helps - i'm in stage three still and would love more ideas too. Deb

im lookin for ideas too i start stage 3 on fri and not really sure what to eat ... i tried a couple bites of stuff this weekend i just chew chew chewed it ... my pouch liked it just fine ... but i am talkin tiny amounts .... i am so sick of the cream soups they are soooo salty i cant take it anymore ... i havnt tried the low salt cream of chicken maybe ill try that tomorrow .... Missy

I had my surgery on the 12th and I was sick of soup on the 4th day. This past week I have had pinto beans and cheese from taco bell. Ive had cauliflower and broccoli with cheese....smashed all up with a fork. Ive even had philly cheese. Ive not had any problems. I havent eaten more than Im supposed to and Ive been very careful to follow my meal times and protein schedules. I had the RNY lap if that makes a difference. I was supposed to be on full liq for 4 weeks.... Ive lost 25 lbs so far so its not keeping me from loosing. Mariah

-tuna salad -egg salad -chicken salad -scrambled egg substitute -refried beans w/ ff sour cream & salsa -lean hamburger + ff slice cheese + 1/2 bun - puree it of course -grilled cheese sandwich pureed -mashed potatoes w/ canned chicken in it + ff gravy -soups -baby foods, stage 1 or 2 -dinty moore turkey stew pureed

Oh I forgot - Wendy's Chili too! dawn

I have been lucky to tolerate everything I have had so far. I have had: Tuna salad with 1 boiled egg and tbls of mayo. Hormel turkey chili with beans smoked pork tenderloin with a little milk and tbls of cream cheese pureed really well refried beans with meat and salsa refried beans from Taco bell a pork bbq rib with mustard pureed really well cottage cheese yogurt scrambled egg cheese grits mashed potatoes w/ gravy mixed veggies and cheese all pureed together I basically blend up what I cook for the family and eat with them at dinner. I normally have left overs for lunch the next day. That is if I really like it. I drink one protein drink a day and get the rest in from food. I use fitday.com to track my daily intake and it lets me know if I am on track. I eat between 400 and 500 calories a day with half the calories and protein coming from my shake. As I wrote all of this out it really seemed like I have been eating a lot but realizing it is only a few bites of something and I like variety. I just hope I keep tolerating things as well as I have been. I don't do throwing up very well.. LOL One thing I found out is that 2% milk is a no no. (didn't have skim wont happen again) I hope this helps some. If you tolerate most things well then just experiment with different things and remember to just puree everything really well. I am looking forward to moving on to the soft foods stage in 10 days. Kim