This might not suit many of you, but "occasionally" I like a hot chocolate or some similar concoction before bed.  This has worked well for me and it is not too far out of line!

1 - Carnation instant breakfast chocolate (no sugar added) packet

1 cup of skim milk

1/2 capful of Miralax (optional) but I take a 1/2 capful a day in a variety of ways :-).  This just happens to be one of them.

1 tablespoon Crème de Menthe liquor (again optional, but ooohhhh so good!)

This provides me with 13 grams of protein, as well as keeping me regular!  The mint flavoring just puts it a bit over the top.  I'm sure you could use non-alcoholic flavoring and get the same effect.

This is an inviting warm drink in the evening . . . especially on a chilly night. 

Donna,

I am also a single and while I haven't had surgery YET, looking forward to it sometime after the first of the year. Yes, you can freeze in mason jars. I use the 4 oz jars for everything!! I made sugar free jello the other day and it said there were 8 servings in the package as made - I made 11 servings in the little jars - so I saved a few calories! Yay. You can microwave the jars as long as you remove the lid and rings. One sort of yummy meal I make in mason jars (and freeze) is a meatball with marinara sauce and parmesan cheese. Not sure if that equals the amount of protein needed in a meal but works great with a salad or other side dish of veggies.

I tend to stay away from anything plastic that will go in the microwave so keep that in mind when choosing your containers.

I also make things like meat loaf in muffin cups and freeze them individually. I have not tried them in mason jars - might work but I find it just as easy to make in the muffin cups - I use a silicon muffin "pan".

Hope this helps.

If you look up the world according to eggface site, she has a lot of great recipes. Good luck.

I have been on the Supervised Weight Loss diet since 8/5.  In the beginning I ate scrambled eggs and omelets for breakfast every day.  To say the least, I got burnt out.  

I spoke to my dietitian about my breakfast problem. She gave me a recipe to to try, individual egg fritatas.  They were just okay, still tasted like egg (duh).  So I turned to my Premier Protein shakes for breakfast.  

I can't have any white carbs so cereals of any kind are out.  Does anyone have a special breakfast recipe that can lift me out of my breakfast funk?  I only have 22 days until my RNY.  I prefer not to continue drinking my PP shakes during my remaining time since I will HAVE to be on shakes after surgery.

My 1st experience of cooking and eating spaghetti squash was in August.  I made "spaghetti" with meatsauce.  It was okay.

My 2nd experencing with spaghetti squash was this Spaghetti Squash Casserole.  I was awesome!  My husband even tried it later that night as a snack.  He LOVED it.  I have prepared it for dinner (at my husband's request) 2 more times.  This dish is definitely our favorite meal.  BTW, neither of us likes squash, so we just don't discuss that this meal is made with squash...LOL!!