Your first "Soft Food" ?

Hey Guys and Gals!

Question is pretty straight forward. On Friday, I finally get to start in on my "Soft Foods" stage, no more Full Fluids (knock on wood) for me! I'm curious what all you decided to go with on your first attempts at trying to stomach something other than pureed soups and puddings. I'm planning on doing a mini shopping stock up this week.

I've been craving eggs like no ones business, but I know that bread, even toast normally isn't tolerated quite so soon, but that was my go to breakfast before I went onto Optifast per-surgery.

Look forward to hearing from y'all!

I haven't had surgery yet, but I feel like my first try would be scrambled eggs, chicken & rice soup, or maybe some baby crackers. They have a lot of yummy snacks in the baby food section, actually!

my centre didn't allow for scrambled eggs so soon. The only way we were allowed was soft poached. I loved them that way and often had it with a piece of melba toast with cream cheese on it. (my centre allowed for some melba toast in the soft stage).

I also ate a lot of chicken, and I was really craving pot roast, so i think that was my first 'soft' meal.

I made a "ricotta bake". It was delish. There are a ton of recipes on line. Search "egg face". Good luck

Oooh sounds great! Thanks!

Hi Synclair

Is pureed and soft foods the same? If so I start on Friday too! I heard from others that a soft poached egg and melba toast is a great go to - I like the ricotta option too! I am SO excited for pureed foods (who thought I would say that). Please keep me posted on food choices. My friend who had her surgery on June 27 said that she just stock piled what ever she was making for her family she portioned out for herself and then pureed it and froze it. Good luck with the change and enjoy!

My first soft food was a light cheese stick and it was the most amazing cheese stick ever ;) lol.

Be careful with eggs... My pouch was super temperamental about eggs. I'm usually fine now (2.5 years out), but back then they were too sticky.

I had to go to purees from full liquids, and then after 2 weeks of purees was allowed soft solids, so not sure if our stages were the same.

For purees, the first thing I tried were some refried beans; absolutely yummy after all of the sweet stuff on full liquids.

I also pureed all of the regular meals our family had, so pureed beef chunks from home made stew, pureed chicken mixed with some plain Greek Yogurt and hot sauce (yum); I even tried pureed ribs with sugar free BBQ sauce (also yum). I made some egg salad and tuna salad, pureed it, and enjoyed that too.

I bought a super cheap mini chopper from Walmart and it did a much better job at pureeing things than my blender did, plus it was easier to clean.

I couldn't do scrambled eggs; I tried, but they really hurt. I was OK with a 1 egg omelette with melted cheese and salsa though.