Question:
What was your most successful first solid foods after surgery?
I am about to start adding solid foods. I have not had any problems with liquids or purees. Everyone is different, I know, but I would like to know what people have found that has agreed with them (and tasted good!) when they were first allowed solid foods. Thank you — Gail J. (posted on November 25, 2001)
November 24, 2001
My dr considered creamy mashed potatoes and runny cream of wheat full
liquids, so not counting those my first solid would have been a soft
scrambled egg. I'm not much of an egg eater but after a month of liquids
and another three weeks of puree that egg tasted great! My next solid was
canned of tuna, then chicken. I have read a lot of people have problems
with chicken, but I've had no problems with it at all. Good luck and Good
eating!
— Becky K.
November 24, 2001
Chili. Tim Hortons chili. The meat is so ground up - much more than I could
do myself. And it has the most protein in it. I think it is almost 30grams
for a little bowl. It took my 2 meals to eat it. But it isn't real spicy.
Then I also ate shredded chicken mixed with cream of chicken soup on top of
mashed potatoes. What ever you try, make sure it is small to begin with
then chew, chew, chew. Rice and pasta kicked my behind. I still can't do
them. But they don't have enough protein in them anyway.
— K T.
November 24, 2001
Soft boiled eggs and Wendys chicken nuggets... not sure of name, but they
are 4 for a buck, and when prepared propewrly are moist and tasty,
espically with sauce,.
— bob-haller
November 25, 2001
Cottage cheese, if you count it. But the first true solid was baked potato.
Just baked, buttered, few bites, slowly. Hmmmm. Tasted MARVELOUS after
weeks on clears!
— vitalady
November 25, 2001
I had a cracker with natural peanut butter on it. Smuckers has a great
natural PB. I also added teensy tinsey little bits of 'all fruit' jelly. I
also liked mixing the canned 'chicken of the sea' with a little mayo and
put on a cracker. Be careful, use the reg. mayo as the light or fat free
contains more sugar. Both of these have your protein. I also mashed some
beans and melted cheese on them. Good protein. Enjoy!
— Cheri M.
November 25, 2001
chicken breast (baked)
— paula B.
November 25, 2001
Without a doubt it was Beef Jerky. I was to be on pureed foods for several
weeks and could'nt stand the thought of it. So I very carefully tried (and
chewed the heck out of) beef jerky at around 8 days post op. It went down
great and stayed down. And of course it's a great protein.
— Danmark
November 25, 2001
My first "solid" food was no fat cottage cheese. Then, I tried
baby peas and mashed them up. They were wonderful. I've also added tuna
packed in water with no problems. I mix 2 T. tuna with 2 T cottage cheese
for a satisfying meal. Plan to add green beans tomorrow and see how they
go. Never thought I would be adding one food at a time, but this is
intersting to say the least. I'm learning to eat healthy foods again.
— [Anonymous]
November 25, 2001
The Chef-boyardee Spagatti and Meatballs microwave cup for toddlers. This
stuff was great, real mushy and had a lot of flavor, I loved it as a child.
I could only eat about half of it, but it was a real treat.
— Lisa J.
December 5, 2001
Baked potato with chili and cheese on it. MMMMM. Also, beefaroni in the
little microwave cups. And Dinty Moore beef stew. Baked chicken and stuff
like that did not go well for me (and still doesn't) unless there's a sauce
involved; too dry seems to equal stomach problems for me. Enjoy your
new-found freedom!
— Julia M.
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