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My wonderfully delicious Meatball recipe
Ingredients:

1 lb. ground meat (I use 93% lean) 2 slices of whole wheat bread 1 cup fat free milk 2 egg whites 1 TBS. dried parsley ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese ½ tsp. salt ( to taste)

Place the bread, milk, egg, parsley, salt, and cheese in a food processor and pulse untill well incorporated . It will be a very runny mixture Place mixture in mixing bowl and mix in ground beef The mixture will feel soft and moist. Shape into balls Bake meatballs in a deep baking pan @375* for 35-40 minutes with some olive oil cooking spray once your meatballs are cooked they are ready to be put into your favorite sauce( I use my own homemade) P.S. these are so soft that i place one in a bowl with some sauce and blended a little with my hand blender and was able to eat them as a mushy

My wonderfully delicious Meatball recipe
Ingredients:

1 lb. ground meat (I use 93% lean) 2 slices of whole wheat bread 1 cup fat free milk 2 egg whites 1 TBS. dried parsley ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese ½ tsp. salt ( to taste)

Place the bread, milk, egg, parsley, salt, and cheese in a food processor and pulse untill well incorporated . It will be a very runny mixture Place mixture in mixing bowl and mix in ground beef The mixture will feel soft and moist. Shape into balls Bake meatballs in a deep baking pan @375* for 35-40 minutes with some olive oil cooking spray once your meatballs are cooked they are ready to be put into your favorite sauce( I use my own homemade) P.S. these are so soft that i place one in a bowl with some sauce and blended a little with my hand blender and was able to eat them as a mushy

In another topic string, I found this comment and it sparked my desire to create my own post in response. Thanks for listening
<br /><br /><br /> Hi Frenchie! I can't tell you how grateful I am to hear someone else speak honestly about the "trial and error" that you've been experimenting with. That's sort-of where I'm at. I was banded 12 days ago, too. I followed the liquids, and then purees after surgery. I realized that I was feeling TERRIBLE after the first 5 days or so. I started adding in more substantial food (mashed potatoes, chunkier Soup, etc) and noticed I was feeling MUCH better. (I think the pain meds I was on were too strong to be taken on a stomach filled with Jello only... I was given liquid Percocet because of the pain I was having after surgery). Since then, I've slowly been trying all sorts of other things in small amounts. I chew everything to a pulp before swallowing, which basically makes it a "mushy." Don't get me wrong... I'm not going out and eating a whole Port of Subs sandwich (which I would literally kill for right now, lol). Even for me that's crazy, and pushing it waaaay to far, I know that. But with all the small amounts of things I've tried, I've had NO restriction. I have encountered NO esophageal pain, NO vomiting, NO reflux... no signs of anything going awry. I've even tried toast (OH MY GOD, I'm crazy, I know! Lol), and had no issues. (Granted, it was chewed to liquid before I swallowed it. But still.) I'm just glad to hear that someone else has done the same, and is actually willing to admit it in this forum. Every time someone mentions eating a bit of anything remotely solid, it seems like they are crucified. I didn't even want to ask questions or talk about things that I've been feeling so alone about, for fear of people tearing me apart. And that makes me sad that I feel like we have to audit our honesty sometimes, because we're not 100% perfect all the time. I didn't have this surgery because I have tremendous willpower where food is concerned, and I don't think I'm alone in that. We're all human, and we had the surgery to make positive, healthy changes in our lives. That being said, I am NOT sabotaging my surgery. I'm not out gobbling down fast food, or drinking frapuccinos. And it's not something I'm trying to hide... I plan on discussing my diet with my doctor tomorrow at my post-op appointment. I'm just feeling everything out and discovering what's okay for me (and not) as I go. Personally, I've had no issues at all with soft foods, and because of that, I've been comfortable with cutting a few days out from the purees to move on to the next level. I've just felt so alone, and scared to come here with my feelings because I don't want to be judged or yelled at or lectured. I'm really just looking for other people who have had similar experiences to talk to. Am I alone here, too?
(Sorry to ramble... I've been holding all this in for days, searching the archives for posts that might relate, but having trouble finding them. I finally broke down and am taking my chances with posting, hoping for the best. Hope this wasn’t too defensive, too… Isn’t that bad that no one has even responded and I’m already on the defense? **sigh**)