So I am officially two weeks out from my December 6th surgery. I've managed to survive 16 days of liquid diet and I am down 12 pounds.

I start on soft foods after I get clearance from my doctor tomorrow and I'm wondering if anyone has any recipes that the particularly loved. I'm trying to put together a cookbook that I can pass on to friends that are considering the surgery.

I sorta created a self imposed challenge that I'm calling "Around the Whirled in 14 days" I'm going to try and create an ethnic or regional dish that falls into the soft food / pureed food category so if ya got any I'd love to try them.

So far I have:

Thai Land - Tom Kha Kai Soup

Italian - Creamy Polenta with Eggplant Parmesan

Mexican - Chile Relleno Casserole

Ethiopian - Kik Alicah (Yellow Split Pea with Berbere)

Irish - Colcannon with Corned Beef

Argentina - pumpkin Stew Puree

Persian - Fesenjan (Chicken Pomegranite Puree on Pureed brown rice)

French - Potage Bonne Femme (Carrot, leek and potato soup)

Oaxacan - Chiles en Nogada (Stuffed Peppers deconstructed in Walnut Cream cheese sauce drizzled with Chile Pomegranite reduction)

Japanese - Sashimi Tower

Louisiana - Etoufee

I need more suggestions.

Roasted red pepper hummus! Lentils! Tofu!

Roasted Red Pepper Hummus is one of my favorites. I also make it with white Beans without the tahini and it's great.

Lentils is a great idea and Tofu I add to everything to bump up the Protein grams.

Lentils would be great tonight actually. To bad I'm stuck at work with no food on my first puree night.

Roasted red pepper hummus! Lentils! Tofu!