What was the first real food you ate after your DS?

 Six days post-op I ate cream of chicken soup and watermelon. I think day 7 I added some really soft scrambled eggs. Day 8 I ate a couple small bites of chicken from a chicken sandwich, which I chewed, chewed, chewed to mush. My rule was just anything soft, that I chewed up a lot! 

 Scrambled eggs with cheese
Tomato soup with cheese melted in it
Refried Beans
Chicken broth with soft noodles
Cheese sticks
Ricotta cheese
Baked ricotta with tomato sauce and melted mozzerella
Cottage cheese
Saltines with peanut butter

 a scrambled egg with a bit of cheese was first for me.  I did have refried beans thinned way down with some broth and sour cream.  It looked gross but it took care of the taste factor which is what I was after anyway.  :)

My post-op protocol called for pureed foods for two weeks, then two weeks of 'soft'---i.e., easily mashed with a fork---foods, then I could try anything I wanted to.

I was exactly two weeks post-op on Christmas Day, and my mom made cornbread dressing and giblet gravy.  Nearly eight years later, I STILL think that was the best food I've ever tasted. (*grin*)

And yes, I'm a 'bad' girl---the day I was four weeks post-op, my brother and his wife were down, and we made...PIZZA!!! Home-made, very thin crust, lots of meats and cheese. I ate a very small slice, and it was HEAVEN.

My soft foods diet started last week at 2 weeks out.  I'm allowed cottage cheese, re-fried beans, Greek yogurt, protein shakes.  I tried a shake cake today, but it was really hard to fini**** 

The NUT gave a recipe for a no noodle lasagna which is actually really good.  It's 3/4 cup cottage cheese, 1/4 cup spaghetti sauce (I used a low carb vodka sauce), 1 egg, Italian seasonings.  You mix it all up and bake at 350 for about 30 minutes.  Then top it with Parmesan cheese.  It was really filling, I got 4 servings out of that. 
Amazing to me because before surgery I would had ate the whole thing and still been hungry.

At 4 weeks I'm allowed to start adding in soft meats and cheese, I did try a little thin sliced roast beef this week with a little cream cheese on it.  It tasted so good. 

Mmm....I'm going to try that, but layer it with browned Italian sausage and mozz cheese.....sounds like you're doing great, Meredith!

Julie, you made it sound way better with the meat and cheese.  I'll have to try it that way in a couple weeks when I'm allowed to have that. 
Yep, so far, doing really good.  I expected the recovery to be harder than it's been.  1st week was rough, but it's gotten much easier.  Even went back to work today. 

The first thing I ate was refried beans (pintos) and cheese from Taco Bell! Oh and I ate it ALL!   LOL I had just over a 3 hour drive home from my surgeon's office, so it was justified!    Later that day, I got a chili cheese omlet from coney island...it was 3 meals.

 These all sound delicious!!! I think this was a mistake for me to  ask though because now I'm *really* hungry as I sit here drinking my protein LOL  6 days to go and I'll be eating all this yummy stuff. I can't wait to try the baked ricotta!! Keep it up y'all...I love trying new things

Chocolate Ricotta Fluff
Egg

At 2 weeks post op I had a (1) homemade meatball, it was heaven!

I was cleared on soft foods when I left the hospital. This is why I had these things.


Ruby