Question:
Has anyone come across some recipes for the blenderized diet after surgery?

I am 2-weeks post op, and just wondering if anyone knows of any good combinations of high-protein shake recipes, or maybe some good blenderized food. I am getting a little frustated, even though I only have 2 more weeks of this. :) Thanks!    — Krista C. (posted on September 4, 1999)

September 3, 1999
Ok, Here are my best recipes and I am still preop but a number of the gals on teh MGB site enjoy them:) TUNA, CHICKEN, SALMON SALAD I take one of the above and use my mini chopper to super chop it, I add mayo, and pecans or almonds with a little salt and pepper and lemon juice for zip you can eat it out of the minichopper or use it to mix with rice or pasta. This is mostly when you are towards eating solids: ROASTED GARLIC AND PEPPER POTATOs. roast garlic and red pepper in a 350 degree oven until browned. peel the pepper and chop coarsely and squeeze the garlic out of their cloves and add both to your mini chopper.add peeled and cooked potatos to mix and blend. Pretty and flavorful. FRUIT AND TOFU SHAKE add a cup of frozen berries to a blender add 1/2 a carton of silken tofu to blender add on scoop of unflavored designer protein add some juice til blends smoothly sweeten to taste with nutrasweet or sweet n low this could last all day! CREAM OF CHICKEN SOUP Use 2 cups of broth and add 1/2 a carton of tofu and a bit of canned chicken or cook your own to taste and use it.blend tofu and chicken and then add warmed broth to blender, use a slow speed as adding hot liquid to a blender can be dangerous so use the slowest speed and blend til smooth. OATMEAL WITH PROTEIN I use slow cook oatmeal and make one serving but I add a scoop of unflavored designer protein and an another amount of water( if one serving is 2/3 cup water and 1/3 oatmeal , I would add 1 1/3 cups of water and 1/3 cup oatmeal and the protein)I also add toasted almonds but you will want to chop them first to make them small. If you do this one day you may get three days of breakfast from it. TIPS use your imagination, if you like broccoli, cook it chop it and add it to potatos tofu is blendable and can be used a lot, it also picks up what ever flavor it is mixed with. ( I happen to hate cubed and cooked tofus texture but will eat it blended any day!!!!!) Use tofu( good proteins and flavinoids!) where you would maybe use milk or yogurt. Cook your favorite flavors together( peel veggies and fruit first) and then blend them into a smooth blend. Use chicken or veggie stock intead of water to get it smooth. If you roast veggies and then chop them you will get great taste and texure. I also use tofu in the place of some milk in pudding and also in Jello( it tastes like those jello salads with whipped cream, I also usually add a bit of vanilla too)Instead of two cups of milk I use one of milk and one of tofu. I like the silken soft for use in pudding but use the firm with jello due to it sets up better. Now how many times have you yuckkkked when I said tofu???? Try it and then we can talk LOL It really is not that bad!! :) and hugs Paige squeeze the
   — Paige W.