Surgeon said I can do salads but.....

I think a month is too early for any kind of salad. I'm 10 yrs out and very rarely eat salad. If I do get one I get meat and cheese on top, eat most of that and a bite or two of lettuce. It's abig waste and according to my surgeon - very little protein. We are to eat protein forward or protein only meals for the first year or more - I still eat protein forward this far out. A salad isn't a good choice as it doesn't offer much nutritionally. Pasta salad will get stuck. I dont' know your surgeons' guidelines but most of us are told not to do pasta for many months. It gets stuck and hurts a lot!
It's also all carbs and we don't need that right now. Stick to protein forward meals, a bite or two of veggie with your meals and let the pasta go for a while. Lettuce salad won't stay with you very long either and you'll be hungry faster.
Jen 10 yrs post op RNY

Are you allowed Pasta? Most RNY folks try to avoid the white foods, pasta, rice, potatoes, bread, rice and sugar. I know that I got to the point of needing surgery by eating pasta and bread so if I were you I'd just forget about pasta forever!! You have to know your trigger foods but usually our "favorites" are one or two of the things we should not ever eat (white). Finely shredded lettuce went down fine for me pretty early and I could eat celery if I cut it so thin you could read the paper through it. Tomato skins still can cause me problems and cucumbers just blow me up like a balloon.
Good luck.
Lana

 I was allowed salads at 8 weeks.  I did just fine on all sorts of lettuce.  I love salads actually.  I throw in turkey, grilled chicken, or some shrimp.  I make sure to eat that first then the lettuce.  As for pasta, I only use whole grain pastas and like the salad, I eat the meat/protein first then the pasta.

mine told me I could do salad I'm 3weeks out .