Soft Food Idea's????

I'm three weeks post op and they told me I can start on soft foods as long as I can handle it.  Does anyone have suggestions?  I've had real issues getting in my protien.  I'm having issues with milk, it is making me feel really sick.  I can handle chesse.  I've tried the protien bullets and I can drink them, but they make me sick and leaves a nasty taste all day long in my mouth.  Any help???

Here is a list of what I ate. It might be too soft but you never know. 

NOTE- About protein powder-make sure you take scoop of protein powder and mix in two tablespoons of either milk or water until totally blended prior to adding to any of the following. It will taste and look much better.

 

 

 

Low-Fat cream soups were the base for a variety of pureed foods that I ate as follows:

 

 

Low-Fat cream of-

 

Mushroom

 

Celery

 

Broccoli and Cheese

 

Chicken

 

Etc.-whatever your store carries

 

 

Mix in a blender with canned

 

Crab

 

Shrimp

 

Chicken (all white meat packed in water 5 oz yield )

 

Tuna

 

Salmon (boneless, skinless)

 

 

Add (lactate free) skim milk to reach desired consistency

 

 

Add to this if you want for extra protein

 

Unflavored protein powder

 

Dry non-fat milk

 

 

Heat and serve

 

 

Part Skim Ricotta Cheese

 

 

Mix ¼ to ½ cup ricotta cheese to taste with the following-

 

 

Canned

 

Crab

 

Shrimp

 

 

This can be done in a blender, or you can smash the crab and shrimp almost as fine with a fork. Then mix into the ricotta. Tastes like a dip. Thin with milk if needed.

 

Oatmeal

 

 

¼ to ½ cup cooked oatmeal

 

Scoop of unflavored protein powder

 

Add milk to desired consistency

 

 

 

 

Egg Drop Soup

 

 

Take 1 to 1 ¼ cup combination of low or no fat, low sodium chicken and low or no fat, low sodium beef broth-mixing the two gives a richer taste to the soup

 

 

Heat to boiling

 

 

Add one egg in a stream while stirring soup constantly

 

 

Once egg is cooked-enjoy

 

 

 

Super Protein Chicken soup

 

 

3 Cans of canned chicken (all white meat packed in water)

 

2 cups of low or no fat, low sodium chicken broth

 

 

Put in blender and blend to an apple sauce consistency

 

 

This has a whopping 75 grams of protein, with minimal carbs and fats.

 

 

I ate this is ¼ to ½ cup servings and it felt good in my tummy

 

 

 

Soft Scrambled Eggs

 

 

½ cup ricotta cheese

 

1-2 eggs

 

 

Put ricotta in frying pan and get it all melty

 

Add beaten eggs

 

Cook till done

 

 

Should give you very soft easy to digest eggs chewable into a pureed consistency

 

Some of these are puree, which I ate before soft foods - I am still in soft foods now.  Cottage cheese works well when I can make myself eat it, and cream of wheat is ok but hit or miss in my case.  I have starting making some smoothies with protein powder, banana (as long as it isn't super ripe because then its too sweet for me), milk (you'd want lactose free probably) and ice.  They are good and the icey cold is soothing for me.   Jello makes a low-cal sugar free pudding that tastes decent.   Mashed potatoes are ok (non-fat milk, sneak in some plain protein powder if you can stand it) and baked potatoes w/ salt/pepper and a little low-fat sour cream or cheese - tastes good but not much protein.  (Also, no skins!)  I like cooked carrots, which is new, I hated them before surgery.  I lived on milk and peanut butter for a while, so I am probably not going to have too many suggetions.  Some people mix pasta sauce, ricotta, and mozzerella - microwave- and its like lasagna filling.  I like sugar-free applesauce, and I am also ok with veggie soups pureed.  Rosarita makes a fat free refried bean that go down ok with cheese. Like you, I haven't had much luck with protein varieties - I tried a bullet yesterday and all I can say is that I am sooo glad I didn't buy a whole case!  Yuck!  My favorite things now are guacamole (no chips!) and homeade popsicles (pureed mango thinned a bit with water and frozen in ice trays with a toothpick in each (when then are half hard, insert toothpick) - I eat 2 or 3 of those each day and just save the rest in a freezer bag. My dietician listed tuna salad and egg salad on soft foods, but I found tuna salad difficult to tolerate and I haven't tried eggs in any form.  Soft scrambled eggs were also on the list, as well as baked flaky fish.  Best of luck! Jenn

Nonfat Greek Style yogurt, Traders Joes brand is the one I buy, but some love Fage. I mix in some splenda, and then when you can - fruit. Cottage cheese pancakes! Refried beans with cheese. SF fudgecicles SF NonFat latte's iced or hot, great at any stage Homemade smoothies with protein powder added in

I ate a lot of fat free refried beans with cheese melted on it.  Yummy!

One of my favorite things during the soft foods phase was instant plain Cream of Wheat (I made mine with milk, but you could just as easily do so with water) cooked in a covered container in the microwave (be sure to vent the lid).  The second it comes out of the microwave, throw in a handful of shredded cheese and put the lid back on until the cheese melts.  Stir, and eat. It kind of reminded me of cheese grits.  I liked it a lot better than pureed tuna.  I also ate Instone pudding at every meal. Kix