ff refried beans with melted cheese = PUREED?????
Thanks for your response! I could see how american cheese would probably melt into a liquid. I'm not a big fan of american cheese, though. It seem too processed to me. But, maybe towards the end of the puree stage, I could give it a try. Honestly, even though I don't like american cheese, at this very moment your first meals sounds delish! (I'm sort of sick of my shakes and broths!) Thanks so much for that idea!
Can the blender puree basically anything to the safe consistency? Specifically I am wondering if I could take ricotta, mix it with marinara (hopefully low sugar, if that exists), some fresh parmesan and italian seasonings and then blend it like crazy. We have an industrial quality blender, so it does a pretty good job... but my worry would be the parmesan. There might bit tiny bits of it, and it's a hard cheese. Still, I imagine it would be the consistency of applesauce. Opinions?
I am also wondering if I could take these vegetarian meatballs, which are pretty soft to begin with, and throw them in the blender with low-carb ketchup or spaghetti sauce.
I imagine both of the above might look kind of creepy, but I would think they'd taste pretty good.
Thanks everyone for helping me. This is making more sense to me now.
I am also wondering if I could take these vegetarian meatballs, which are pretty soft to begin with, and throw them in the blender with low-carb ketchup or spaghetti sauce.
I imagine both of the above might look kind of creepy, but I would think they'd taste pretty good.
Thanks everyone for helping me. This is making more sense to me now.
Everyone is different and what you body can tolerate is different. Weeks three I started with a scambled egg, yogurt and refried beans. I added salsa/cheese/sc just for flavor. I still could only eat 1/3 cup. But like I said you have to try different things. I am on week 6 now and still can't eat a lot of things they suggest on the board, or that was in my plan.
Good luck
Good luck
That's a really good point! It's hard to know what you will tolerate until you try it and everyone is so different.
Was the scrambled egg considered pureed or soft? Did you have to put it in the blender?
I'm nervous about experimenting and I want to "follow the rules" to the letter as much as possible. It's sort of my personality to follow the rules (I know... I'm a square.) I'll ask my nut before I try anything that is sort of on the border between puree and soft food.
Thanks for your response! It's always so interesting to hear what other people are eating (or ate) when they are as far out from surgery as me. It's really varied.
Was the scrambled egg considered pureed or soft? Did you have to put it in the blender?
I'm nervous about experimenting and I want to "follow the rules" to the letter as much as possible. It's sort of my personality to follow the rules (I know... I'm a square.) I'll ask my nut before I try anything that is sort of on the border between puree and soft food.
Thanks for your response! It's always so interesting to hear what other people are eating (or ate) when they are as far out from surgery as me. It's really varied.
my instructions say : any puree thinned to the consistency that can get through a straw..pureed meats canned or cooked veggies or fruit blended down. low fat ice cream, puddings with low or non fat milk, lower calorie smoothies, soupy cream of wheat (chocolate is pretty good) mashed potatoes with no lumps and any soup that has been blended to a puree, smooth apple sauce, pureed and thinned refried beans.......
I am on purees right now and will be until I transition to "soft foods" on Friday. My doc's definition of purees is also the same as the others - hold the spoon up and it should be runny enough like applesauce, falling off the spoon. I have been thinning my Greek yogurt with ff milk and Torani sf raspberry syrup... but I just wanted to add one delicious puree I ate this week - I was at my parent's house and they had small meatballs (the frozen kind) in marinara sauce for spaghetti - I took three little meatballs and a lot of sauce, sprinkled some parmesan cheese on it and then blended really well. It looked like dog food but tasted so delicious!! Try it, you'll like it!!