Need Protein?

I am in Pureed food stage and mae this (altered it from a recipe I used pre-op and made it WLS freindly. My pouch really likes this and you will get a lot of protein and calcium!)

Smiling Belly Salmon Salad
1 sm can salmon (red or pink) do NOT drain liquid or bones.
2-3 TBS of NO-Fat Mayo
1-2 TBS of cottage cheeze
Salt/pepper/ to taste (I also like to use CURRY powder! YUM!)

Mix salmon and mu**** good with a fork. Just mixing vigorously with a fork will make it the right consistency. Add your Mayo and Cottage cheese, mix some more. Add spices mix some more.

For NEWLY post Ops (In stage 2-3) you can just eat it as is. Contains a good 31 grams of Protein and no carbs! For those who can eat regular food you can add this mixture to some salad greens or maybe a low carb bread or cracker or tortilla.
Curry or spicy Salsa or Thai/Korean spice can give this quite a kick if you don't like "bland" fishy flavor.

(Notes: This is Bariatric Friendly for stage 2+, basically as long as you can have pureed foods.) Below is the nutrition facts for a 3 oz serving.
Protein: 31 grams!
Carbs: 0
Sugars: 7g (This is from the nofat cottage cheese)
Calories: 165

Warmly,
Jackie

this looks yummy but question... why should we not drain the liquid or bones?
will it work with fresh salmon too?

In canned salmon, the liquid comes from the cooking process when they can the fish, so it contains wonderful nutrients and vitamins! Also, it helps keep the salmon moist when you are crushing it down with your fork. (the bones are soft like sardine bones and will crush up into nothing with your fork also, when you mash and mix it.) A great deal of calcium is there as well.

As for making it with "fresh" salmon, I assume you are talking baked, broiled or poached?  You could probably make it work. You'd need more liquid/mayo/fat to make it into a "salad" and the nutritional stats may change slightly. However, the MOST important think is to work with what makes YOUR pouch happy and what you can eat. So if fresh (cooked) salmon works better for you, by all means ad-lib! Just make sure to smoosh-puree it down well. :)
Warmly,.
Jackie