pureed food?

hi friends.. i "lurk" more than i post, but i do keep up with this virginia board. i had my surgery one week ago with dr schweitzer at johns hopkins and am doing the dreaded "pureed" diet for a month. would anyone have any good ideas for me? thanks, dee

Be thankful, Dee....I had my surgery Dec 16 and still on clear liquids!!!! I am looking forward to the pureed stage. I want low fat cottage cheese and babyfood fruit! Can't wait...get creative...I sure am going to. Good luck and hope you do well. Hugs Betsy

Hey Betsy! Just wanted to warn you. The baby food fruit is high in sugar (11-14 grams in one little jar). Please double check this with your nutritionist before you start it. It might be better to puree fresh fruit. Courtney 3 1/2 weeks out 305/280/155

Betsy, Baby food doesn't have enough nutrition for what it is worth. The cottage cheese would do you much better! I was lucky...I managed to do well with pureed meats (not beef though - I avoided that for quite a while) - chicken, pork, turkey, etc. and fish too. I did great with pureed tuna salad and chicken salad. They were staples for me early on - key is that they are moist and protein dense! Hugs, Kathy

Hi Dee, About a week ago I typed up puree recipes from the required-reading book MCV patients are given, and sent them to Melissa Smith. When she returns fromt he hospital maybe she will forward them to you. i just checked to see if I still had them in my "sent" box, but I cleaned it out this weekend. Lois

I kinda liked pureed Chick-Fil-a nuggets. Just put a few ina blender with some chicken broth and its pretty good.

Hi Dee. I puree lots of different things. Chicken, beans, pork chops, shrimp, pot roast, turkey, for protein, as far as vegetables I have done green beans, lima beans, zuchinni, yellow squash, broccoli. You just have to watch out for starchy things, and breaded things, be careful of different sauces. A lot of people use some gravy (just a little) with their meat so that it is moist. cottage cheese (low fat, small curd) apple sauce, fruit, scrambled eggs are also good choices. Courtney 3 1/2 weeks out 305/280/155

Hello Dee - If it's high in protein, not too high in fat and carbs and can fit in a blender - I ate it! At the EARLY PostOp stages - you'll be lucky to get a couple of bites in before feeling full. Or at least that was the case for me. With that in mind, I was not overly worried about the excessiveness of carbs/fats/or calories, since my daily grand whopping total was a mere 300 to 500 calories. LOL - one thing I stayed CLEAR of was anything that came in a babyfood jar. I used to feel SO guilty feeding my son that as a baby and it was all I could do not to barf as he was spitting it up, there is no way in hades I was about to shovel that stuff into my mouth. Granted, once you puree stuff like tuna, chicken, 'sgetti, veggies - it tends to look like babyfood, but I "knew" better, which made it DELISH! Good luck - Lei

thanks, guys.. believe me.. i don't do baby food.. yuck! i didn't even give it to my own son.. so it's definitely not going into me!! i've only pureed "real" food i've pureed a lentil soup that a dear friend made, (delish and lots of protein!) cottage cheese w/ no sugar applesauce, ..eggs didn't do very well, so i'm waiting a while for that... and let's see chicken w/ lowfat cream of chicken soup... everything is very soupy, very pureed and so far, so good! also.. i'm getting in two protein shakes a day.. so i'm pleased! thanks for all of the advice! dee