Hello all!

So I'm scheduled for surgery on June 16. But I have a foot surgery on June 28, and we are moving into a new apartment on June 27. So I'm trying to pre-make Soups and stuff now and then divide them up into portions and store them in the freezer. Here's the thing though.

First. I'm in Sweden, and my doc seems to view the diet a bit differently then American docs. I don't have a special pre-op diet. And according to some of the paperwork, I will be doing liquid/soft diet for 4 weeks. After 4 weeks it says I can try to eat potato and rice.

So...I'm planning to make a creamy broccoli and potato Soup, where everything would go through the food processor at the end and be pureed. But I'm concerned that the soup will be useless until 4 weeks. But I'm wondering if that is more like eating cubes of potato or baked potato or something. Has anyone had difficulty eating pureed potatoes while on the smooth/liquid/soup diet section?

Any other vegetables I should avoid? For example, I made a celery root & pear soup the other night. I'm wondering if those will be an issue too.

I won't meet with the doc and his entourage again until June 10th. And I'm trying to get as many cooking days in as possible right now before the kitchen has to be packed up and before I have foot surgery that keeps me in bed for a couple weeks.

So any advice would be welcomed!

Thanks a bunch

-FXA

If pureed, it should not be a problem. It is the consistency that gets you. You might want to strain the broccoli, it can have fibers that cause problems.

Great planning ahead!

Best wishes for all that upcoming activity!

Oh, forgot to add, celery can be a problem with the strings. If you remove that before pureeing, it should be fine.

Thanks so much for the fast reply Coco!!

The celery, is the root thing instead. The big round white thing. Kind of like a funky coconut or something. :cursing: Sweden is really into the root vegs. Groceries as much more expensive here, and root veg is one of the cheapest options here. :cool:

Strain you say for the broccoli huh? Thanks for the tip! I hadn't thought of that. Thanks a bunch.

Yeah I'm trying to be as prepared as possible. Since 12 days after the lap band surgery I'm getting my ankle surgery and will be in a cast and in bed for a while. And my boyfriend will be working all the time. So I need to make it as simple and organized as possible. :w00t:

Any other tips?