Help me cheat on my homework

So, my surgeon has giving me some homework for my first post-op appointment.  I'm supposed to come up with a two week mushies menu, and a two week menu of regular textured foods.  Of course, they've given me a baseline idea, but I'm stumped for the mushies.   For some reason, I've gone blank and all I can think of is eggs.  I love eggs, but the NUT has limited me to three per week, so yeah, that ain't gonna cut it if I'm eating 3 meals a day.  I've also thought of mashed sweet potatos, which I love (just the potato, plain with a little I can't believe it's not butter spray - she said I could toss in the blender with a little brown-sugar sugar twin and a enough chicken broth (adds protien) to make it really smooth.  I'm also thinking re-fried beans (homemade - my mexican husband would kill me if I bought canned).

What were your favorite mushies that got you through??

Help me Obi-Wan...you're my only hope!

ricotta cheese
cottage cheese
tuna or other pureed fish
hot cereals (oatmeal, cream of rice, cream of wheat)
pureed bean soup
refried beans with cheese
crab mashed with old bay and light mayo

You took all my answers!!!

Ummm...greek yogurt?

sometimes what i did was take my protein, put it in a soup base, and puree it. not really sure what types of foods you like. I used ground turkey, chicken and beef and would put it in tomato soup.

Here's what I've come up with for some other friends:

Okay, keep in mind that essentially, anything you can puree, you can have.  That being said, you SHOULD check labels - IMHO - only for the protein count and sugars.  I was always told to keep the sugars below 5-7 g.  As far as protein, well, I try to get the most bang for my buck, protein wise.

Here's some ideas, but I don't know what you like/dislike, so don't smack me (unless you're pulling my hair):

Cottage cheese with s/f preserves or nsa (no sugar added) apple butter

Greek yogurt - You can sweeten with Splenda and add the s/f preserves, or, if you leave it plain, it tastes like sour cream and can be used that way.  I use it plain to top chili, black bean soup - anything with a little bit of heat.

Ricotta cheese - You can, again, make this sweet or savory - Sweeten with Splenda, add cocoa powder - chocolate cannoli filling.  You can add cinnamon, too or the s/f preserves.  If you want it savory, you can make a noodless lasagna - season the ricotta with Italian seasonings and/or garlic salt and top with spaghetti or pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese. 

Refried beans - Top with salsa, cheese and Greek yogurt

Pureed shrimp salad - Saute some shrimp in olive oil and seafood seasoning or garlic, puree with some mayo

Pureed chicken salad - Use a rotisserie or canned chicken, add some mayo and seasonings and puree.  Also, for a Mexican twist, add salsa and shredded cheese.

Ham salad - Same as above

Bean soups - Just puree the chunks out of them.  Black beans are especially high in protein.

Taco slop - Ground beef seasoned with taco seasoning, add salsa, cheese and Greek yogurt.

That should keep you going for a little bit.  As I think of others, I'll let you know.  But like I said, basically, on pureed - if you can puree it, you can eat it.  NOT DORITOS, NOT BIG MACS, NOT JUNK!!!  LOL!!! 

But you get my drift.

Hope this helps!!!

LY,

Tia

OMG this stuff sounds sooooooo good :0)

Now you can start eating these dishes after a couple of weeks out right? Because I assume everyone is on liquids for a period of time after surgery.

I really wish all this paperwork would hurry up.  I'm so ready for this surgery!!!

Once you get approved and get a date, you'll get guidelines from your surgeon and nutritionist.

Every surgery type has different criteria, and every surgeon has different criteria. 

Yeah, waiting sucks, but it'll happen!!

Hugs,

Tia

From the looks of my paperwork, as long as the surgeon clears me, I'll be able to go on mushies at 7 - 10 days post op.

MMMM...pureed doritos...

greek yogurt is good.  use plain  mix it witih either SF syrups or I like it mixed with the syntrax nectar fuzzy navel protein powder...

we were told to puree all meats with gravy...

so chicken with low fat gravy
ground beef with low fat beef gravy

mashed carrots?
smashed peas?