Question:
I am 3 1/2 weeks out and am on Pureed foods. Please give me some suggestions
on what to eat besides yogert and cottage cheese and eggs. I am so tired of cottage cheese and I don't think I can stomach putting vegetable soup and crap in the blender. Please give me some advice on what food alternatives I have. Thanks a bunch!!!!!!!!! — Judy W. (posted on August 9, 2002)
August 8, 2002
Hi,
2 l/2 post op here. You are only a few days away from regular food right?
My doctor said I could start regular food at 4 weeks. anyway, a few
things that I have enjoyed are: popsicles, liverwurst, chinese egg drop
soup and wonton without the wontons; mashed potatoes with butter; cream of
anything soup; jello; sugar free pudding; I also doctor my cottage cheese
with spices, salt and pepper, paprika, onion flakes to make it spicey for a
change (sort of a German thing) and cheese; refried beans. Hope this
helps. Good luck.
Monika Walls
— Monika W.
August 8, 2002
I was on a liquid diet for a week then the next 3 or 4 weeks (forgot which)
I was to be on pureed. Starting on day 8 I just ate regular foods but
chewed EVERYTHING until it was liquid... so it was pureed anyway. Then I
could enjoy eating. You must be very close to regular food so why not try
it. Just make SURE it is all water when you swallow.
— Danmark
August 8, 2002
You can have cream of wheat or oatmeal for breakfast instead. You can
have tuna fish with some low-fat mayo. I took the imitation crabmeat and
put some of it in a blender. You can add low-fat mayo or, as I did,
low-fat salad dressing for a little different taste. You can puree almost
any meat you want - chicken, turkey, ham, beef. Just add a little broth to
it to make it a bit moister. I push the proteins first, but you can also
puree veggies or fruit or eat unsweetened applesauce. My nutritionist
also allows post-ops to eat cold cereals at this stage if you let them get
soft in milk first. I never liked soggy cereal so that one was out for
me...
— John Rushton
August 8, 2002
I love cottage cheese, but also got sick of it after awhile. If you blend
it with sf jello or canned fruit it it's own juice, it gives it a new
flavor. I also sometimes will add splenda and cinnamon to the cottage
cheese, that is really good too. sf pudding is good and you can also add
non fat dry milk or protein powder to give it even more protein.
— Kelly T.
August 9, 2002
Canned soup is so soft and mushy I never did puree it. I really didnt puree
I just chewed "soft" food choices really well. This is a short
phase of the process just remember that. Best of Luck!~
— Sassy M.
August 9, 2002
I couldn't stand the pureed food stage either. I ate Chicken noodle soup
or vegetable beef soup and that helped, although now, at 6 mos post-op, I
am sick of soups too! Good luck!
— [Deactivated Member]
August 9, 2002
Hi Judy, Boy do I remember that feeling. I am 12 weeks postop and my doc
had me on pureed for 8 weeks. What I did was eat a good bit of cream soups
like chicken and mushroom. I also took mini ravioli and 'mushed" them
up, I ate that the most. If you would like more suggestions please feel
free to e mail me ok?? Best to you!
— Gina D.
August 9, 2002
One of my favorite things on pureed was Italian Beef! I slow-cooked it all
day in the crock pot and it was very nice and tender. I just pureed it with
some of the broth and YUM! That way you're cooking something you and the
rest of the family can eat. My recipe for easy Italian Beef is: 2-3 lbs.
chuck roast, 1 packet Good Seasons Italian Dressing, 1 tsp. Italian
Seasoning (or your own mix of herbs), garlic powder or fresh garlic if you
wish, and 2-3 cups of broth or bouillon. Before surgery I used to add about
1/4 cup jalapeno peppers for extra flavor but I'm leaving those out til I
know my tummy can handle it. Another good thing is pork chops pureed with a
bit of gravy. You can puree just about anything, just need broth or liquid.
I did not, however, do well with steak pureed with A1 as a friend suggested
- I think the tomato in A1 did me in. Best of luck to you! (((HUGS))) -
Anna LAP RNY 7/3/02 -45lbs.
— Anna L.
August 9, 2002
Hi Judy, I know your chomping at the bit to get to real food, aren't ya?
You should be very close...I skipped the pureed stage-couldn't stand the
thought of taking good food and pureeing it. So I went to the soft stage.
In addition to what you are already eating, tuna salad on crackers, crab
or chicken salad, steamed white fish, refried beans with cheese, crab
cakes, were all early favorites, as was all sorts of soups-especially egg
drop.
— Cindy R.
August 9, 2002
Hi there, I hated this stage. I ate mashed potatoes, cream of wheat,
cottage cheese, and refried beans with cheese melted in them. I also tried
(before I had lactose troubles) low fat frozen mac and cheese. Once you
cook that in the over, its very very soft. Also Progresso makes a very
tasty low fat cheese and potato soup that I used a stick blender on and
that was filling and very tasty. I was at my Doctor's about two days prior
to the end of my pureed stage and he said if I wasn't having any trouble I
could slowly go to the next stage, one meal at a time. You might check
with your doc on that. I had very little food trouble with the exception
of a little lactose intolerance that disappeared quickly. Good luck, this
will be over soon, I promise. Oh.. sugar free/fat free pudding.. it comes
in great flavors and is yummy.
— Lisa C.
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