Sorry, I'm confused. I start pureed foods in a few days and I want to go shopping for what I need this weekend. I'm super confused. Its seems that the lines are blurred for pureed and mushy foods. I am starting just the pureed stage. What do I age? Do make a regular dinner for my family and puree the food for myself? Sorry, I find that the foods that we can / can not eat seem to the be the most confusing thing.

I'm with you. I start pureed on Tuesday. I was supposed to start tomorrow but since my follow up appt isn't until Tuesday they said to wait until then.

I'm so ready for something other than liquified Soup.

i was told basically anything that you could theoretically drink through a straw.

I was told pureed drip off the spoon..mushies stay on and fall off in a clump...you can also think of it like this pureed = baby food mushies are like ground up tuna fish...hope some of tha helps!

Purees are...well, pureed. They have to be blended in a blender. (I like the Magic Bullet--it's small and easy to clean.) Mushies are foods that are soft by nature, and do not require pureeing. You can puree mushies...and need to, during the puree phase.

I never threw anything in the blender that I normally wouldn't ..... just gross. I found plenty of things to eat that were already in that form like apple sauce, yogurt, cream of wheat.........

I'm with you on that, Hummingbird--though ground beef wasn't bad pureed, just more ground

Hi, I was banded five days ago. My brother is a chef and I asked him for help on the thick liquids phase. He made me a soup with all kinds of veggies, lots of grilled chicken breasts and then he pureed it all. It was delicious and easy to swallow. I was so inspired that today I made my own soup using whole peeled tomatoes and crushed tomatoes, carrots, basil, peas, and a few potatoes( to add thickness without using creams) and 96% lean ground turkey. When it was finished I pureed it in a blender. Turned out excellent. And I did this while making a regular dinner for my family. So yes, regular food for them, but stick with your pureed food. Best of luck!!

Hi,

Basically think baby food- no chunks, fairly liquidy. If you're okay with that you can move on to mashed sweet potato with lots of milk mixed in, then maybe pureed carrots. I tried mashed potato- huge mistake! Yes, it is a pain to cook one meal for your family and then puree everything for you, but remember, this is temporary! In time, you will be able to eat just about anything (perhaps not bread, but for some reason, Cookies go down really well). Ah, the irony! Stick with it!