Elmira Peeps, Question 4U
hi chris,
i beleive that is full liquids.. right.............
Carnation Instant Breakfast Thin Cream of Wheat (VERY runny) Thin Malt-O-Meal (VERY runny) Sugar-free pudding with twice the milk so it is soupy Carb Countdown or other milk replacements NSA/Diet Hot Cocoa Yogurt Smoothies/Drinks Applesauce thinned down with Diet Apple Juice Runny Mashed Potatoes, mixed with double the fluid Some doctors permit saltine crackers on full liquids, but DO ask your doctor before eating these.
forgot to add. she will give you a paper with the list... this is interesting...
Typical Food Stages Postop (Follow your doctors diet protocol - this is a generalized guideline)
Clear Liquids
Clear liquids are typically any liquid that when at room temperature you can hold it up to the light and 'see' the light through it. These include the following (though not all may be acceptable to your surgeon):
Broth or strained soup Jell-O or Gelatin Jell-O Jigglers (recipe on box) Jell-O Water Diet Drinks: Crystal Light, Propel, Diet Soda/Pop, White Grape Juice, Diet Apple Juice, Tea, Coffee, etc.
Liquids
Some people are allowed protein shakes and yogurt drinks on 'clear' liquids. For those folks, I developed some Liquids With Texture recipes. that you might enjoy
Full Liquids
Full Liquids are thin liquids that you can drink. There is a lot of ambiguity in the medical field as to what constitutes a full liquid from a puree from a soft food. Full liquids are typically things that are in liquid form without the need to be blenderized and are not necessarily see-through. These include the following (though not all may be acceptable to your surgeon):
Carnation Instant Breakfast Carnation Instant Breakfast Kickers Thin Cream of Wheat (VERY runny) Thin Malt-O-Meal (VERY runny) Sugar-free pudding with twice the milk so it is soupy NSA Ice Cream Carb Countdown or other milk replacements NSA/Diet Hot Cocoa Yogurt Smoothies/Drinks Applesauce thinned down with Diet Apple Juice Runny Mashed Potatoes, mixed with double the fluid Some doctors permit saltine crackers on full liquids, but DO ask your doctor before eating these.
Pureed Foods
The biggest difference between full liquids and pureed is the need to blenderize or process the food to a thin liquid. The difference between pureed and soft foods are the consistency at the time it enters your mouth. More on that under soft foods. These include the following (though not all may be acceptable to your surgeon):
Pureed can be ANYTHING that you can put in a blender and make runny. Some items may need additional liquid added to them to make them thin enough that you could suck it up through a straw (meat is a good example). Some good things to blenderize are Soups, Roast with gravy, Chicken with gravy, Deviled Ham, Tuna mixed with mayonnaise, soft cooked scrambled eggs (add a tad of butter to puree), etc.
I'm going to be very honest. I never pureed anything. I chewed it to a pulp. Not necessarily something I'd suggest anyone else do, but if I can't be honest...then what's the point.
Soft Foods
Soft foods are any food that you can mush completely with your tongue. It can have soft 'pieces' in it that you may chew, but should still be soft enough you could mu**** with your tongue. These include the following (though not all may be acceptable to your surgeon):
Soft poached eggs, chopped fine, soft scrambled eggs - kind of runny, hot cereal, mashed taters, mashed yams, mashed turnips, tuna and egg salads (you can combine them too), sugar-free sorbet (have recipe if you want it), cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, moz cheese sticks, squeeze cheese, bananas, peanut butter, cream cheese, mashed berries, canned peaches - I mashed these - same with canned pears, chili (meat pureed, if need be), over-cooked broccoli/cauliflower to mushy, canned corned beef hash, watermelon, flan, custard, soft fish, crab, avocados, refried beans with or without cheese, cream of rice, grits (good with cheese, or sliced and fried with sugar-free syrup)...not all of these will be on YOUR doctors approved list and many are acceptable on the pureed diet. Please follow your doctors diet protocol, whenever possible.
First Foods
Some first foods you could try depending on your surgeons protocol:
Corned Beef and Cabbage, Toast, Granola, Nuts, Cheeses, Moist Chicken, Poultry Stews and soups, Crockpot cooked meats and Pressure cooked meats (they tend to be ultra moist and tender), Creamy Jell-O Salad, Cheese Crisps, Pepperoni Chips, Jerky, Postop Salad (aka Messy Salad), etc.
Foods That some have to avoid
There are some foods that you should eat with care and there are some people that find they have to avoid these foods all together. Your doctor can advise you better, but here's a short list of known sometimes troublesome foods:
Oranges, Grapes, Lettuce and other leaf-veined vegetables (I personally have no trouble with lettuce and other leafy vegetables), Celery, Coconut, untoasted bread, pasta, rice, bread-type products like waffles, pancakes and rolls, sugar alcohols and other artificial sweeteners, carbonation, caffeine, and high fat foods. This varies by postop. I only have trouble with the white of boiled eggs and have no problems with any other foods, though there are many I eat with care and I always chew well.
