Anywhere to eat out on post op liquid/pureed diet???

I was just wondering if anyone found anywhere to go out to eat with their friends/spouses during the post op diets? Maybe somewhere with suitable mashed potatoes or soup??

Most every restaurant has some sort of soup. I'd stay away from mashed potatoes, that's empty carbs you don't need. Go for a good chicken noodle or vegetable soup. If you're still on liquids just eat the soupy part but if you're on purees/mushies, everything in the soup is soft enough for you to chew.

I ate at a pretty nice restaurant while on pureed foods.  I had a side dish of mashed potatoes.  Ate about three bites of it.

Kelly

 We have a Jason's Deli in San Antonio that has just about the most amazing potato soup.  I would get that and not eat the big chunks out of it.  They also have a cheese broccoli soup-  again I didnt eat the big chunks while on the puree diet.  

My anniversary was during that time after my surgery and I called our local applebee's and spoke to their manager.  Bless his heart, he said I could come order anything and they would put it in the blender for me.  Sounded good till I got there and then I think I just ended up with mashed potatoes or something like that.  But so nice that they were willing to do that for me. 

I had one woman tell me that while she was on the pureed/soft food diet she went out to eat with her husband and she ordered a chicken breast, mashed potatoes and cooked carrots.  She smashed the carrots with her fork and she said the chicken breast was moist so she was able to cut a couple really tiny pieces off and sort of smash them with her fork too.  Obviously she only ate a couple tiny bites of everything but she said it worked out great because she was able to smash everything.  I would the same would be true at Red Lobster or anywhere with fish.   You could flake off some fish and smash a soft vegetable.....I'm new at this, but wouldn't that work? Heather  (That question is for people with experience......I have my soft diet coming up in a week and I'd like to know too! lol)

We have a place called Fresh Choice here. They have a variety of soups and salads, some pasta and breads. That might a good choice with some healthy options for both parties. A mexican place would be a decent choice as well because they have refried beans. Yum! Or a BBQ place that has some chili beans. Panara is a bread place that has great soups too.

I was just thinking the same thing i told my husband we r going to Ruby Tuesdays this week and i am getting a crab cake!!!

You had surgery a day after me...can I go with you?

Heather

I went out to eat with husband while I was on the pureed/liquid diet and I just ordered a side of refried beans and they had a little melted cheese on top. He got guacamole dip and I put a tsp of that on my beans and a tsp of sour cream.  It was delicious!!

One of the things specified on my list was "soupy" mashed potatoes, and grits.  I had grits once at a Waffle House with a slice of cheese on top and asked for them to be thinned with a little ho****er and they were happy to accomodate me.

Good Luck!