Question:
soft food diet

i will be 1 month out on Saturday (lap rny). i will be able to eat tuna,egg, and chicken salad, what i need to know is what can i put in these salads or do i eat them just with light mayo or whatever? thanks in advance.    — latreshar (posted on September 9, 2008)

September 9, 2008
Yeah, I wouldn't put any celery, onion or raw veggies until about 3 m/o. Just a little mayo, salt and pepper. Bet you are excited to be moving to stage two huh? Good luck!
   — lesleigh07

September 9, 2008
2 tablespoons of light mayo and 1 tablespoon of sweet pickle relish. I have ate alot of this and it is wonderful. Also you can do it with your tuna salad. I'm allergic to tuna so i dont know how it will taste.
   — StacyD

September 10, 2008
Hello, Congrats on your surgery and progress! Every program and Dr's opinion is different, I was able to eat tuna 7 days after surgery. My first bit of advice is chew chew chew! This is a habit you must force yourself to break! When I made tuna, chicken(canned/deviled) or egg salad, I used mayo, sugar free pickle relish (kroger/king soopers/ralphs-depending on where you live in the country) makes some that is sweetened with splenda, salt, pepper, garlic powder. I then mixed it in a mini food processer.(available at Target/Walmart etc. for around $8.00) And ate it with a saltine. Yummy! Just remember everyone is different and can handle things at different stages. If something does not agree with you today, try it again in a week or two and you might love it then! Best of luck!
   — wandajomorgan

September 11, 2008
I'm 71 days post surgery or you can call it 3 months and a day, and I had a wonder chicken salad this morning. I took cooked chicken breast and cut it into small cubes, added FINELY chopped celery and a little granulated onion, salt, and white pepper (black pepper is hard to digest in healthy people and it kills me now), stirred in a little Miracle Whip light and had a nice slow meal. I had enough to make two meals, and I had the second one today. I'm okay with tuna salad made similarly, but I can't handle egg in it now. Eggs hurt me for some reason. If pickle relish with the little pieces of skin from the cucumbers doesn't hurt you, celary chopped really fine shouldn't either. Everyone is different. Good luck. Dusty @};-
   — Dusty Ray Vaughn