Question:
Help! I need more idea's for the pureed stage!!

I am 13 days out and need more idea's of pureed foods. I have had refried beans, mashed potatoes and cottage cheese. Anyone have some good idea's???    — Angela Q. (posted on September 21, 2003)

September 21, 2003
Chicken was a staple for me. So were chunky soups. Vegetables were cooked well, and pureed too.
   — defatbroad

September 21, 2003
Small nancy quiches, the inside of a deviled crab with a little coctail sauce, pureed yams, ricotta cheese with marinara sauce, egg salad, deviled eggs, creamed spinach. Just remember, chew chew chew and NO CHUNKS!
   — ~~Stacie~~

September 21, 2003
I am 6 weeks post-op, so I am out of the pureed foods, but soft foods can probley be worked into your intake. I ate alot of tuna fish and maynasise, potted meat, vinnia sausage, peanut butter and crackers.
   — cindy

September 21, 2003
I needed to get as much protein from my foods as I could because I could not tolerate the protein shakes....they would sometimes make me dump. I pureed meats...but couldn't stand the texture so I added my pureed meat with mashed potatoes and added cheese and powdered milk for extra protein and it worked well. It tasted like sheppards pie. I also found my favorite soup to be egg drop. If you want to control the nutrition, you can make it at home by using either chicken broth or chicken boullion and adding an egg. To increase the "healthiness" just use egg whites due to the fact that the fat and cholesterol comes from the yolk. I hope this helps. Good luck on your journey....Rose lap rny 12-27-03 down 105 lbs
   — rwormington

September 21, 2003
You can puree almost anything your family is eating by just adding some liquid and putting it in the blender. Today I pureed a 1/4 of a hamburger with tomato sauce, I've done turkey burger with V8, Stofers spinach soufle, and chicken with canned gravy. Split pea soup and bean soups are good because they are high in protien. Sweet potatoes are good too. Hope this helps. I still have two more weeks of pureed food and it does get to be a drag. The more variety the better.
   — Gail L.

September 22, 2003
Please please ditch the potatoes!!! Empty white carb starch junk. Lots of other good foods out there. Good luck!
   — Deborah M.