What did you eat in the Puree stage?

I FINALLY get to graduate next week to puree.  I swear it seems Iike I have been on liquids for months LOL  I think that's only because I've really dealt with a LOT of head hungry these past couple days.  My 2 weeks will be on Monday which is Memorial Day and my Nut is closed so I have to go in on Tuesday.  Well I FEEL like I'm getting screwed out of a day I could have started puree.  I'm just curious what you ate during the puree stage and how many ounces at a time?  I know I've heard talk about refried beans and sour cream and also someone said Wendy's chili? I just want to be able to stock my cabinets and frig this weekend to be ready! :) Thanks!

I lived off refried beans with a little cheese and sour cream, YUM!  Yep pureed Wendy's chili works too.  I also liked cottage cheese and creamy soups (like cream of mushroom, etc). I know it sounds gross, but pureed clam chowder wasn't too bad and it has protein.  My doc suggested pureeing split pea soup or lentil soup but I don't really care for those.  They do have protein though. And though I never tried it, Bekah's ricotta-bake is supposed to be great for pureed stages!

I lived off of pureed tuna salad and chicken salad, along with pureed shrimp salas, made like tuna salad only with shrimp instead of tuna...I took shrimp, a tbsp of lite mayo and some seasoigs and pureed and ate with my baby spoon

I had Bekah's ricotta bake and it was good. If you go to www.theworldaccordingtoeggface.com she has a lot of great ideas. I ate a lot of baby food meats..beef chicken and ham. It was pretty good and each one has 8 gm of protein. I also made the pot roast that is on eggfaces web page. Depending on what you like she has a lot of good idea. Another good thing is Fage yogurt. It has 17 g of protein but when I was on puree I could never finish a whole one. I just put some splenda in it. I also had baby food veggies. I could usually eat one meat which is about 2 1/2 oz and the veggies are 3 oz I think. I also had the Wendy's chili. It seemed like 4 oz at a time was about all could tolerate. Hope that helps!

My second stage was called pureed and soft foods. We ate Refried beans with lots of cheese Chili cottage cheese with sugar free jams Bekah's tofu lasagna Bekah's Macafoni Bananas All creamed soups never pureed anything we ate. Canned chicken with little mayo Tuna with little mayo RF oatmeal carbwise tortillas with ff luncheon meat eggs egg salad

Ugh... I heard such great things about refried beans & how WLS patients can tolerate them but they did not work AT ALL for me.  I only mention that so you just b/c something works for someone doesn't mean it works across the board.  My pureed diet was pretty much the same every day:  oatmeal; scrambled egg substitute w/ cheese; light & fit yogurt; cottage cheese; SF pudding & split pea soup.   Really not a bad few weeks. 

After being on liquids anything more solid is like heaven! I had a lot of mashed fish - salmon especially because it seemed to go down easily. I cooked 'soft' meat like fillet steak and pork tenderloin in soup and pureed them to up the protein count.

Liz,  I had my surgery a week ahead of you and have had a similar experience. I don't know if it's head hunger, but my mouth wants to eat :)  I got so tired of "sweet" liquids -- my kids are now working their way through the jello and pudding that I could no longer stand.   I started purees about 6 days ago and am slowly adding new things. So far I've had -hummus -cottage cheese (it's chewable and creamy) -refried beans with a bit of cheese on top (one of my old Taco Bell favs anyway) -chicken and mayo (made with canned chicken because it's definitely moist) I think eggs or oatmeal will be next for me.  I've only had a 1/4 cup at most, eaten over 30 minutes. My Nut guide says to keep to the 15 min per oz.  Some of the portions on the sample menu are 1/2 cup. Best of luck! Christine

I know the liquid stage was torture.  I looked forward to my chewable vitamin every day, just so I had something to bite into.   My favorite mushie food is ricotta cheese mixed with a splash of vanilla, some splenda and cinnamon.  I had some today again because my pouch was mad at me for over eating at lunch.  I also keep boiled eggs in the fridge and then I can make a quick egg salad. I love the Fage yogurt.  I use sugar free jam (I like raspberry) a little SF Torani vanilla syrup (found in the coffee section of the grocery store) and some splenda mixed up.  You can even freeze this and its a great treat and helps you to slow down when eating.  I think this stage went fairly quick.  It is also the time when my pouch started to wake up.  I never felt any type of fullness while on the liquid stage which made me always feel hungry. I do not have the problem any longer. 1.5 - 2 oz. is my limit. Dominique

I have been loving pureed chili the past few days. Initially I didn't think it would taste good but I needed some flavor and after I tried it I realized that most of what I like about chili is in the spices more than the texture.

Even better, for the first time this morning I tried adding unflavored whey powder to the chili. I was hesitant to do this as everything else I have added it too has tasted horrible, but I don't taste it at all in the chili. The spices completely cover the taste.