Soft Foods No clue what to eat or where?

Hey All,

Excited that today I move into soft foods but really have no clue what to eat, any advice would be helpful. What do your meals usually consist of? Any good recipes? Also any quick places I can grab something from now?

Thanks

I was told that it's anything you can easily mash with a fork.  Like salmon, moist chicken chopped into tiny pieces, tuna, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, tofu. eggs, soft cheese.  Google The World According to Eggface for some ideas.  Maybe try a bite of the chili at Wendy's?  Or grilled chicken nuggets at Chic fil a?  Not sure about either of those.  Or a grilled chicken patty at other fast food places, just plain w/ no bun or anything?

SALMON, CHICKEN, TUNA are not considered SOFT foods in any hospital I know of, so I'd not be trying them if you are recently post op. The eggs...soft boiled, maybe but not scrambled, as they will have the same difficulty as the fish and chicken to pass. 

Does your surgeon not have a Nutrition person in his office that you can work with? Some surgeons want their patients to stick close to THEIR post op diets, so I'd check there first. 

Per The Cleveland Clinic's SOFT DIET, the ONLY way you can have chicken or fish or meat is if you can PUREE it...which is baby food consistency. I have a hand food pureer that would get it to that consistency but I still would begin with foods like mashed potatoes, poached eggs, that go down really easy. You DON'T want any foods feeling 'stuck' and having to vomit them back up. Some of us cannot vomit...which is another side effect of some of the RNY surgeries. I'm one of those UNlucky persons....I get nausea and need to vomit but whatever RErouting was done will not allow me to vomit any longer. 

I did scrambled eggs with mild salsa added to thin it out.  My surgeon progresses us quickly,  so by 4 wks I was eating almost completely normal again. Just not raw veggies. 

I did tuna in the blender or food processor with mayo. My nutritionist said crackers,  because you can chew them to paste. But THANK GOD for OH, I stayed away from them early on, mostly.  

Basically,  if you can chew it into a paste in your mouth, may work for you.  But like another poster said, checkout the world according to eggface. Her ricotta bake is to die for, and I still like it. 

If you want to be successful you need to meet with a nutritionalist. Grilled FAST food is NOT soft food. I ate baby food at this stage. Soft boiled egg. I see people mention eggS and even after 13 years I would not dream of eating more than one . I just can't believe your surgeon doesn't have a plan for you. Soft is all they said? I drank milk, yogurt and baby food meat. Please believe me fast food is your enemy. 

Thanks everyone, yes I have a nutrionist and was given a while packet and sample meal plans for starting this phase. Contrary to what some have posted chicken and fish are soft foods and the rules say anything that is fork tender or can be chewed to the consistency  of apple sauce. A new phase and food can sometimes be overwhelming  I didn't say I didn't have any information. This is a forum and I wanted to know what other people do or eat to gather information and maybe substitute for things that aren't working for my tastebuds. Didn't realize it would bring so many negative comments. I guess from now on I will be more careful in what I ask. 

Not sure what you are reading. I do not see one negative comment. Just people trying to answer your question. You started this post saying you had no clue what to eat or where. perhaps you could have worded it better.

Soft foods are pureed foods. which means you can't cut up chicken really tiny and eat it. you could puree it with gravy.

If you don't already have a food processor I would try to get one.

Here are a few ideas:

Fat free refried beans, a tiny bit of salsa or sour cream

turkey bacon and low fat gravy (pureed of course)

google world according to eggface and go to the pureed stage page.

Sounds like this is a difference between surgeon' instructions and not such a big deal.  My instructions are:

1.  Clear liquids (day 1 post op)
2. Protein shakes (for the next 1-3 weeks)
3. Pureed Foods (the following 2-3 weeks).  These are defined as refried beans, or other things listed that can be pureed in the blender (like chicken, tuna).
4. Soft Foods (the next 1-2 weeks).  These are defined as proteins soft enough to mash with a fork and include tender meats like chicken, hamburger, fish, tofu, etc. in very small pieces.
5. Then start introducing regular foods one at a time as tolerated.

Sheesh...