To meatball or not to meatball?

I am going to make ricotta and spaghetti sauce for dinner and my husband bought some meatballs. I was hoping to have one pureed because I am on the puree stage. But then I remembered that a lot of people have trouble with them AND my surgeon said no red meat for a whole year.

Thoughts?

I waited 3 months before I tried to eat hamburger meat.  Then I was sick as could be everytime I tried to eat red meat.  My stomach hates red meat.

I make my own meat balls.  Or actually Nik's meatballs http://bariatricfoodie.blogspot.com/2010/10/niks-magic-meatb alls.html

You could always use lean ground turkey instead of ground beef.  I like making my own because the store bought kind tend to have bread crumbs as fillers.

you answered your own question:       my surgeon said no red meat for a whole year

i'm too chicken to go against the surgeon.... plus your still on puree.... be gentle with yourself !

Maria

K thanks everyone for telling me what I needed to here! Especially maria!

 I had a really bad experience the first time I had a meatball but now I stick to turkey meatballs and I"m fine. Trader Joe's sells prepackaged turkey meatballs in marinara sauce that are soooooo moist and tasty. I can usually only eat half of one but it goes really well chopped up finely in the ricotta and sauce.

I'm so glad my surgeon didn't tell me no red meat for a year! He did recommend not trying it for three to six months but a full year would kinda suck! Especially since my pouch doesn't handle chicken well. When it doesn't get stuck, it makes me sick to my stomach. :(

I use the Swedish meatballs from Ikea.  They are a very fine textured meat, and will slide down easily when cut into small pieces.