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can anyone tell me how i can eat fruit and v:tongue2:eggies--banded 14 months and i am missing these in my diet

Well Im not sure what kind of fruits and veggies you like or can tolerate, but I love eating the can peaches thats in splenda..and I eat that with cottage cheese.. or get the fruit cups and for veggies try squash and zuchini..slice them up thin..saut'e them in light butter..they should be alot easier to swallow then any other veggies..hope that gives you a bit of idea...

That's scary. I hope I can eat veggies later. I love them. I was planning on mushing them until real food on Jan 8. I was a vegetarian for 13 years and had friend who were veg but hated veggies. Here are some ideas for you:

V8 (they make it in fruit fusion now if you don't like the tomato version)

pea, squash or carrot soup (very creamy and yummy)

Add them to everything! Get a slap chop (or similar) and chop a little green onion, colorful peppers, tomatoes etc) very very small. Keep the chop mix in the fridge. You can sprinkle the mix in eggs, soups, tuna or chicken salads (try grapes in your chicken salad!)

Mash veggies that you might not normally think of mashing: sweet potatoes, turnips, carrots (with splenda brown yum), smashed peeled eggplant (top with canned tomatoes and a little parmesean to make a light italian- style casserole)

Choose fresh over dried over frozen over canned for more nutrition bang for the buck.

If you can tolerate breads, use whole-wheat flour and bake a homemade banana or zuccini bread (easy).

Get baby-food veggies and add them to other dishes---baby squash in curry dishes, baby vegs in any soup, baby fruit and yogurt in hot cereal. You can get in an extra serving and won't even notice they are there.

Make oatmeal with apple juice instead of water. It is good and I hate oatmeal.

Add lemon to your water and orange or lemon or grapefruit to your tea.

Avocados are amazing and you can use them in many ways: guacamole, in a dressing with greek yogurt to top chicken or fish, atop refried beans, on veggie burgers, to add a creamy texture to soups

Try tomatoes and s/p with cottage cheese

Smoothies! (yogurt, frozen fruit, milk, blender) (My favorite smoothie in the world is banana/blueberry) Yoiu can add your protein powder and other packaged nutrients to these.

Try juicing. Buy a juicer with a money-back guarantee in case you don't like it, you can send it back.