Question:
Does anyone have some receipes & ideas for the Pureed stage.
I will be in this stage for the next two weeks. And i'm afraid that I'm not very creative. thank you — twinsplusone (posted on October 14, 2008)
October 14, 2008
baked chicken with chicken broth and your favorite seasonings is a good one
— ap2008324
October 14, 2008
you can puree most anything by adding a little milk or water to regular
meals. squash and sweet potatoe cassaroles are good and good for you. most
people tend to have a hard time stomaching the appearance of pureed foods.
also try fruits and baby food may help
— patty37
October 14, 2008
I would recommend the book "Before and After" by Susan Maria
Leach of BariatricEating.com. The first half of the book is her story, the
last half is sugar free, low carb, high protein recipes for each stage of
post op life after her RNY. It is very helpful and I haven't tried any of
her recipes that I didn't like.
Best of luck and congrats on your WLS,
Dawn Vickers, RN, BLC, CLC
— DawnVic
October 14, 2008
The recipe book "Eating Well after Weight Loss Surgery" has lots
of good recipes and tells how to eat them in each stage.
— jdmartin
October 14, 2008
I just started that stage too.
My doc said as long as we chew until a food is in pureed form there was a
lot we could eat (no red meat) such as seafood salad, chicken salad, egg
salad, tuna salad, salmon salad...
Use lowfat mayo and whatever seasonings your stomach can tolerate, add soft
tofu for extra protein if you need it - my doc says as long as the veggies
aren't raw... Steam them and puree them with a little fat free sour cream,
or plain yogurt, and/or chicken broth and seasonings - just a few ideas.
Good luck to you.
— sunsetinaz
October 15, 2008
I'm almost at that stage too and I've been looking for recipes too,
however, I remembered when my daughter was an infant and I didn't want to
give her the garbage in a jar so whatever I made for our family, spaghetti
w/meatballs, chicken in oven w/potatoes garlic onions carrots peas, just
about anything I pureed with a little water and put it in ice cub trays and
froze them until she was ready. Took them out, heated them up and ymmm.
She loved it. Pureed food is not soft food so I think you have to really
puree. I found recipes too on line. Just look up "pureed foods for
weight loss surgery". I found a ton I copied. One is to spray bottom
of casserole dish then put layer of ricotta cheese, layer of mozzarella and
top with spaghetti sauce (without lumps). Then bake it until heated
through. During the soft food stage you can bottom it with crushed
meatballs. Yum I can't wait to try that first. Haven't eaten real food in
over three weeks! We're almost there! Good luck
— Elaine .
October 15, 2008
You don't need to be creative. Pureed food is just simply anything
meat/protein and veggie with some liquid such as broth, water, gravy,
sauce. If I made my family roasted chicken with green beans and baked
potatoes or sweet potato , that is what I pureed with a little chicken
broth...I pureed it all seperate because I wanted to taste each flavor
seperate. If you puree meat too much it tastes gritty and dry...I had to
leave a little bit of consistancy and chew it myself...I would take one
tablespoon of meat...1 of the veggie and a teaspoon of white potatoes(since
it is a white carb) I still consider natural food okay to eat in moderation
since it is not a processed food. But that is me and my opinion. If I made
my family spaggetti and meatballs...I would puree the meat balls and sauce
and didn't eat the pasta (processed white carb) I would also add a cooked
veggie...They have little tiny cans of veggies or frozen if you have more
time and don't mind the effort...Frozen is closer to fresh than canned and
no salt or extra ingredients...But for simplicity...canned is fine! Often I
would make up little snack baggies of pureed veggies...meats and freeze
them for mix and matching! Be careful with soups though...Sometimes they
have random chunks of beans and stuff that can get lodged...If I bought
say, "chili and bean soup" fromt he grocery store, I threw it in
my mini food processor for a sec and gave it a whizz. I ate a lot of sups
and stews my first year...They were the most flavorful of the pureed foods!
(Split pean and ham....lentil...16 bean soup with ground meat and
veggies...chili and beans...Sometimes I would get a can of veggie soup and
add one of my frozen pureed snack baggies for extra protein and
flavor...It's easy! You can do it! Good luck!
— .Anita R.
October 15, 2008
I found the site and there are 79 recipes of pureed foods. The site is
www.recipezaar.com. Then do a search for "pureed foods 79
recipes". What a blessing it was to find that site.
— Elaine .
October 15, 2008
Here's one that is dessert like, but good protein. I just discovered it as
I'm on soft/mushy foods due to 2 recent surgeries. Sugar-free jello (I
used cherry, but any would be good) 8 oz fat free cream cheese, 8 oz fat
free no sugar added yogurt. Mix it all together before jello sets. It is
almost mousse like and yummy! I think I'm going to make lime next.
— Jeannie W.
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