Creamed Soups....

I bought the Gardennay ones.  My fave was the mushroom soup.  My sister made me a fantastic sweet potato soup. 

All these soups are low cal? i have to go out tomorrow and start stacking up on everything, i'm so confused, i love cream of broc and cream of chick but thought it was to high in calories. i was just at no frills and they have the egg creation on for 2 bucks, its fat free i was going to pick it up but doubt it would last long, my sugery is not until tuesday so i'm sure i won't be eating that for atleast another two weeks.

There are Low Cal varieties - you're going to get good at reading labels, so I won't tip you off beforehand.
Be sure to look forthe blue labels saying "reduced salt" or "low fat" or "sugar-free" - they're going to become very important to you.

But on another note - it is VERY EASY to make your own cream soups, and you can be confident of what you've put in them. The same applies to the pureed foods later.

We need lots of Vitamin A and D. Where do you find them? In sweet potatoes.
Stick a couple of sweet potatoes (washed and pierced) in tinfoil, then bake at 350 for an hour.
Cool, peel and mash. Add  1% milk til creamy. Done.

Same goes for broccoli. Steam or boil it til soft. Cool, mash, add milk. Done.
And squash. And carrots/parsnips.

SOOOO EASY!
And for added protein, you can mix your milk with chicken stock.
All of this freezes very easily (before you add the milk), so bake em, peel em, mash em and freeze em.

my centre told me that due to such low intake calories will not be an issue The only thing to watch was the sugars ......... goal 1000 calories a day reality not even close!

i buy the egg creations all the time and throw them in the freezer.  Just give them a shake when you thaw them.

I didn't like a lot of the bought cream soups.  In fact I think the only one that I like, actually really enjoy and find comforting, is plain old campbells cream of mushroom from a can.  I just blended up the mushroom chunks with a handblender because I don't actually like mushrooms.

Otherwise I just made my own.  I would boil any veggies I liked in chicken broth and then blend them to a smooth consistency and add a little milk to make it creamier.  Was very good.  I do really like homemade cream of leek and potato.  And I would even throw in a bit of chicken breast because once it was blended there were absolutely no chunks...only problem is it makes the soup really grainy.  But adds a bit of protein.  Otherwise unflavoured protein powder can be used.  Just make sure the soup isn't too hot when you mix it in. 

Ok question......are the soups not high in carbs?

 wow, such a good suggestion Gabygee. I never thought of making my own creamed soups using such a simple recipe.  I was thinking of home cooking more elaborate ones but now I'm thinking I should hold off.  I just assumed that I would want lots of flavour if I was eating so little, but maybe I will prefer a simple taste post-op.  I'm going to try the veggies cooked in chicken broth and blended with some skim milk and then add some more skim milk powder or unflavoured protein for a boost.