Ok people

I went on my 2 week appt today. All is well...I lost 12 lbs. I asked questions about my mushies. They told me that I am on pureed foods for the next 4 weeks. My first fill is on 9/7. Since for the next four weeks I will be on purees(honestly...will be doing a few soft meals in between). I want to make sure I am full and that I am getting my Protein and enjoy eating it. If anyone has any ideas or recepies, they will be so appreciated. Mind you...I dont do yogurt, oatmeal, grits, porridge, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese. I know that is alot...But I just wanted to let u all know...But your help is so appreciated!!!!:thumbup:

I want some recipes too! Low carb if possible

If you search through the other forums here, there is a nutritionist one that has a lot of great recipe ideas.

Baked Ricotta Mush

1/2 cup FF ricotta

some tomato sauce (jar or can)

Garlic , salt, pepper

Shredded FF or LF mozzarela (if you can tolerate it)

Mix it all together and bake or microwave it until it is all warm and melted together.

Heavenly.

I also like refried Beans, egg salad

Baked Ricotta Mush

1/2 cup FF ricotta

some tomato sauce (jar or can)

Garlic , salt, pepper

Shredded FF or LF mozzarela (if you can tolerate it)

Mix it all together and bake or microwave it until it is all warm and melted together.

Heavenly.

I also like refried Beans, egg salad

Did you blend the ricotta bank together? Also, did you puree the beans and egg salad?

I just stirred everything together for the ricotta. I guess a spin in the food processor wouldn't hurt it:tt2:

I always take out most of the yolks when I make egg salal ( a left over WW habit. I have a mini food chopper and run the whites and a yolk or two through that so it is really fine. I use light or FF mayo and put in some regular mayo to cut the taste. I HATE light mayo.

The refried Beans (FF) in the can are very mushy already, so no additional mixing. They can be a little dry (if that makes sense for a soft food) so a bit if salsa can make it wetter. Or sometimes I throw a little FF cream cheese or sour cream in with it.

These were my staple items. Now I do eggsalad once in a while. Some of the mushy foods, like baked/mashed potato, were approved on mushy stage but not for after that b/c of carbs. Sometimes after a fill I revert back to those for a day or 2.

I have been making soups and blending them for myself. I make sure the ingredients are low carb and high protein. Just use your imagination. Just about anything that you cooked prior to band surgery can be pureed. Just keep out the carbs.

Check out the sub-forum in the "FOOD AND NUTRITION" FORUM

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f82/mushies-stage-recipes-17637/

Also, u can take any one of your favorite meals and blend with a little chicken or beef stock an make a mushie out of it. One of my staples is a baked sweet potato

Edited August 13, 201015 yr by joecs1

I am starting mushie stage tomorrow and my first fill is Sept 7th too!

You can find all kinds of recipes, for each of the various postop stages, at bariatriceating.com. They have a definite low-carb slant.

Thanks Betsy! There are some tasty looking recipes there.

I made this "soup" that I ate a lot of when I was in the puree stage and I made it again yesterday after I got my second fill. It's very filling and tastes great and you can get about 10 grams of Protein.

Steam a head of cauliflower and one potato until their soft.

Mash them well, add about 1/2 cup of veg. broth (I'm a vegetarian, you could use chicken broth) and an ounce of shredded cheese.

Put it back on the stove till the cheese melts and it's hot.

You can add more broth, depends how soupy you like it. This will make enough for 3 meals.

Good Luck!