This pureed phase really sucks out loud!!

I am a picky eater...so this has been the most difficult phase for me by far. I tried a recipe that everyone suggested during this phase with pasta sauce and cheeses, it made me sick. the pasta sauce was too acidic. i thought i was dying. there is no way i'm blending meat, eeewwweee.....i hate tuna too...i hate fish...barf / gag

is anyone else like me? if so what the heck did you do during this phase? I've only got 4 days left so i guess i should stop complaining right?  

 

I browned lean ground beef.  Put it in the food processor with fat free brown gravy.  My husband ate it with mashed potatoes.  He loved it!!

I was using canned chicken blended with some chicken broth in a blender, tuna blended with mayo, turkey chili (cooked ground turkey blended with chili sauce and some melted lf cheese) laughing cow cheese wedges,  sf pudding w protein powder, I was allowed to eat any soup so I got low fat low carb lentil soups... it will get better when you can eat solid food. Good luck!

i love the laughing cow lite cheese wedges, I melt them on everything. I poach my chicken breast, with chicken broth or even salsa and then puree it. It is not bad at all. I eat a lot of soups and I have pureed some veggies that are god when I feel hungry.  I am on this phase for at least two more weeks and I am a little nervous to go to the next phase, soft foods. Hoping I remember to chew a lot and eat slowly!!  Good luck!

Jen

I too had a hard time in this stage.  I tried every baby food out there and didn't like any of them.  I ended up eating applesauce and stuck to soup and jello.  It doesn't hurt to stay off solid food longer.

Now I'm eating cottage cheese, omelets, and think deli meats and I'm two months post-op.

well, I WISH I was at the purreed stage, I am so hungry for something other than broth, yogurt and pudding! If you have only 4 more days to go, it shouldnt be too long!!!

Lots of the foods I relied on then have already been mentioned:  canned chicken, cottage cheese, the LC reduced-fat wedges, hard-boiled eggs mixed with a small amount of mayo, applesauce. 

I know what you mean about tuna.  I completely lost my appetite for tuna during pureeds and won't touch it or shrimp now.  Maybe someday.   Couldn't touch Greek yogurt then, either, but now it's a favorite, especially with some Torani sugar-free syrup mixed in for flavor.

Hang in there!  It gets better!

Thank you so much for posting this. I haven't had my surgery yet but I was wondering what I would eat during this phase as well because I am so picky. The thought of blending meat makes me gag. I'm interested to see what some will say so I can have ideas myself. I don't even like cottage cheese but am willing to try it again after the surgery since taste does change. 

so far i've stuck with thick soups, like broccoli cheese (w/out broccoli pieces) low fat refried beans with sour cream and cheese, scrambled eggs and then everything i could ear during the prior phase. I know it's a short period of time and really I'm afraid to switch to regular food next tuesday so I've decided I'm going to embrace these last few days of this phase like a trooper!!

Thanks for the tips, I will be sure to remember them. Yeah these few days will go by so fast for you! You got this!