Question:
What is your favorite item you used during your pureed stage?
I am looking for ideas for easy to use, cost effective, as well as multi-useful equipment to use during my pureed and soft foods phase post op. What is it called? Where did you purchase? How much did it cost? Mainly the ease of use is my biggest factor. I am just curious as to what you have all used to give me some ideas of what to purchase. Thanks all. :) — bicngillette (posted on July 20, 2008)
July 20, 2008
A "Magic Bullet" helps with pureeing little things and I use it
to make shakes today. Look for it on sale at Target. I use it almost
everyday.
— azreggie
July 20, 2008
I went to target store 3 weeks ago and they said that they don't sell the
Bullet anymore.. You can go to Walmart for $16.00 and get a very similar
one made by hamilton. I found out that Costco sells them for about $60.00.
— [Deactivated Member]
July 20, 2008
I like to mash up half a banana.....applesauce with no added sugar was
good....cottage cheese....ricotta cheese....I like the shakes from Trader
Joe's....called "worldwide" 32grams of protein....no after
taste....hope this is helpful to ya...? your friend, Linda
— LindaA
July 20, 2008
If you have the time and the means to order the Magic Bullet online (if you
can't find it in a store), I've heard that is absolutely the best. I saw
one for $45 in an ad, but I can't remember what store it was.
— lauren_marie
July 20, 2008
i ate refried beans alot
— jmas24
July 20, 2008
I absolutely love my hand held mixer. I would make a batch of butternut
soup and use the stick mixer to puree it all together. The one I have is by
cuisinart and it goes for $79.99 but I got it at a good deal of $49 at a
discount outlet store near me. I also have a Magic Bullet type thing that I
bought from Avon for $29. It works great and not as expensive as the Magic
Bullet itself and has all the same components the MB has.
— Karen M.
July 20, 2008
If you want versatility without a ton of cost, you can buy a good,
inexpensive blender (which gives you the blender function) and a small
"chopper" addition, which you use in place of the blender to
function as a small-size food processor. They puree beautifully and easier
to get small quantitities of food out than from way down the bottom of a
blender. The advantage over my wand is that you can "pulse" the
blender/chopper as your diet moves from puree to chopped, etc. Can't
really do that with the wand which is meant for pureeing. Cheers from
Canada. /Mike
— mountainmike
July 20, 2008
I used a blender and pureed pot roast or roast beef with beef broth. This
worked better than baby food from the store because the store bought stuff
is low in protein. My mom pureed some pork chops and applesauce for me
& it was delicious. You can put some squash in with the beef.
— Susan C.
July 21, 2008
The Bullet is the best . Get it at walmart.
— stanwalker
July 21, 2008
For protein drinks/smoothies and HOT coffee with protein and milk I use the
http://www.cuisinshop.com/cuisquicprep.html (Quick Prep) It puts a foam on
top of your coffee like a cappucino machine! It is high powered and whips
the chunks right out of the powders and if you don't hold onto the cup, it
will spin right off the counter! That little thing has power!!!!
And for pureed foods I LOVE LOVE LOVE my
http://www.cuisinshop.com/cuisminplusp.html
(Mini food processor). You can find these for about 24-30 bucks each at
Target or Walmart or Costco....I use BOTH of these daily even 4 years
later...They are soooo easy to clean...Just rinse (unless it's meat or
oily...wash with soap) and store in a draw or small space. I use the food
processor for chopping onions, celery carrots...whatever....You can make a
paste or crumbly meat in a few seconds flat...I use to make berry puree for
my unflavored greek yogurts, or unsweetened applesauce with
cinnamon....It's priceless to me...Both items have totally paid for
themselves over and over again....
— .Anita R.
July 21, 2008
I used the magic bullet several times a day. It came with several cups, so
I didn't have to keep washing all day. Just rinse off the blade. Worth the
money. It did a great job pureeing.
— corky1057
July 22, 2008
I agree w/everyone else...Magic Bullet is the best thing I bought...you mix
it up in the 'cup' you drink it from, just adding the little ring, so
there's one less thing to wash up. I bought mine about 3 months after my
surgery, but was in the process of packing up and moving from Belgium to
Indonesia, and didn't actually use it til I arrived in Indonesia. I LOVE
it. I make my protein drinks in it and I use it for my regular
cooking...it's great for pureeing canned tomatoes into sauce, things like
that.
My favorite protein drink...a frozen banana, a little milk, a spoon of
natural peanut butter, a small spoon of 'phoney' sugar of your choice, and
a scoop of Any Whey unflavored protein powder. Mix it all up in the MB and
it'll come out like a banana milk shake. If you add a 2nd banana and a
little more milk, it can make a serving for your significant other or a
child....and is even a little thicker to be like ice cream w/o all the fat,
calories and sugar of ice cream.
— Hollywog
July 22, 2008
My Magic Bullet was my best buy and used almost daily since my surgery in
Feb, 2006. I tried a few other products and none came close. About a month
ago I purchased the Magic Bullet Platinum from HSN.com ($79.95 plus
shipping, though shipping was free when I bought mine.) It is more powerful
than than the original (which still works as well as the day I got it!) The
jars are larger and it comes with a full-sized blender attachment. So far,
I've only used it to make protein shakes and grind coffee beans, and the
packrat in me wants to buy another one for if and whenever in the future
this one stops working, it works that well! This is the one item I would
recommend, hands down! Good luck!
— packrat
July 23, 2008
I used what I call the "baby" cuizinart. It's a smaller version
of the well known cuizinart but it was only $26 in my local costco store.
It would have been much easier having two of them, one for protein and one
for vegetables, but I just washed it all out and then pureed the next food.
It helped to add the 2 tsp. of olive oil and a little organic chicken
broth to the chicken when I pureed it. Best wishes in your wls, Regina
([email protected])
— Bigwyfan1964
July 26, 2008
I am still pre-op at this point, but I have to agree with alot of the
others. The Magic Bullet is AWESOME!! I bought mine at Kohl's for $50. I
had the Hamilton brand from Wal-Mart. It lasted about 2 weeks. The lid
cracked and the motor burned up in that short of time. The MB has so far
lasted 2 months!! Still working great.
— Billie R.
July 26, 2008
UPDATE: I purchased the Magic Bullet yesterday at Walmart. I used it
today to make myself a banana chocolate protein shake. It worked great so
far. Thanks everyone so much for all the responses.
— bicngillette
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