How do you cook for others after you have WLS?

OMG!  Spaghetti Squash Casserole, it's our favorite meal!!!  My tall drink of water husband tasted it the first time I made it for myself and ended up eating half the casserole in that "taste test"...LOL!  Now HE requests it every week.

How do you add protein to that?

It has ground beef in it, but you could substitute ground chicken, but up chicken or ground turkey.

Yes, it does have ground beef but it's 90+% lean beef.

It has meat in it and shredded cheese on top.

Congratulations on your surgery. I had my surgery on December 4th, I'm 11 months post op. I wasn't able to cook for the first 2 weeks after surgery, but once I started feeling better I was able to continue cooking for my family. I even cooked a Christmas dinner while I was on puree foods. I had no desire to eat much and even today when I cook for the family I will sometimes eat what they are eating but its usually 4 oz per meal. When eating with the family, once I get full I have no desire to continue eating or feel hungry even though my family is still eating. I also make sure I weigh all my food before meals. You'll be fine, just try and make healthier choices and always weigh your food. Christine  PS: come join us on the Vertical Sleeve Forum.

since my husband is kitchen-impaired, I cook whatever I can eat and that's what he eats, too.  During the pureed stage, I'd just take a small amount of whatever I cooked and puree it for myself.  Now that I can eat pretty much anything, I just section off a small amount for myself and he can have the rest.   If he starts missing things like pasta or pizza, he can have it when we go out.  Otherwise, he seems to be fine with whatever we're eating.

Like Hala said, I too don't cook low fat, I cook low carb.  I will make a big pot of brown rice and freeze it into individual servings.  If I make a stir fry that would be good with rice, I defrost it for mom and she's happy :)  When I roast veggies, I'll add a potato to it so she can have that with her vegetables.  I can honestly say I don't miss it (right now) and it hasn't been too bad watching her eat stuff I choose not to eat.

I feed two other people and cook on a daily basis. They get what I am eating as an entree with an added carbohydrate. I make cakes and homemade bread (my biggest weakness) on occasion. When I do I slice them and freeze them. Same  goes if I cave and make them a baked pasta dish, freeze in single servings. Pizza, I will make a small one on a low carb tortilla for me. It will do me two meals. Generally it is not too difficult. My husband is also kitchen impaired/ challenged and is on a low salt diet. Easier to cook for him than take care of him after another stroke. pec 21 I don't find food as tempting as it once was, though I do enjoy it. It takes a while to get over the surgery and really want to eat and by that time hopefully you will be used to the changes and he will work with you and make some adjustments in his habits. Good luck with your surgery.

I cook more now than I ever did.  I always was a order out person before.  Now I make everything homemade.  I make whatever I want and find a recipe for it.  I tend to stick to high protein low carb.

I find recipes close to what I like but change it to make it healthier.  Like turkey burgers...instead of regular burgers.  This more than curbs my cravings.  If you can find something close enough than I don't crave it.  Oven "fried" chicken instead of fried chicken.  In time you will find suitable substitutions for most things and the others will be things you can eat on occasion.