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Does anyone have any sample menus for this stage??

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Try this website. .. www.lapband.com ---> they have excellent menu ideas under recipe link and you can search by stages (example: liquid or mushies, etc.) good luck

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Thank you!!

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I couldnt stand the mushies... I wasnt about to eat baby food or pureed anything so I pretty much ate mashed potatoes, applesauce, tuna, chicken salad, chili, yougert even thought I dislike it and bananas. Veggies were hard during mushies but I managed to eat mushed up peas and carrots chewed to oblivion... Lol

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Does anyone have any sample menus for this stage??

I preferred to keep everything simple during that stage...but just about anything healthy in the way of lean Protein and fresh fruit that can be put in a blender will work.

I made egg, tuna, and chicken salads, and had fresh cantaloupe, strawberries and nectarines. All of it went into the blender...

I was advised by my surgeon to have every meal consist of 3 oz of Protein and 2 oz of carbs. You can use different seasonings to make the meat salads taste different...but avoid super spicy things and keep the protein moist.

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I'm in the puréed stage now. Have mostly been using Perdue griller chicken strips chopped up finely in the mini-cuisinart. I will have ricotta, spinach, peas, sweet potato. All total 1/2 cup. I usually just mi it all together. Thought it would be yucky but It's actually pretty good!

I also do scrambled egg and cooked oatmeal made w/ milk, cinnamon and vanilla. Oh, and Water & Protein shakes in between meals.

Good luck!

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I made homeade chicken noodle Soup, froze some, and blended it up with my blender stick, ate about 3/4 c. Yummy!!! Ham n Beans, cooked in crockpot all day, then blended up, then add a lil ketchup, yummy!!!

Chicken soup I used chicken thighs boiled them, with carrots, celery and onion. Picked meat off bones, added it back to broth, bring to boil add egg noodles, cook until done. Tastes great even blended. oatmeal or over easy eggs mushed up.

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I am just entering the mushy stage tomorrow. I'm honestly petrified, I'm normally a very picky eater and have some sensory texture issues with food so I'm really not sure how I'm gonna pull it off for three whole weeks. The eggs I can do, and applesauce and yogurt but not sure about anything else. I could use suggestions too!

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To me if you chew it enough its mushy. No different then swallowing tuna.< /p>

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I am just entering the mushy stage tomorrow. I'm honestly petrified, I'm normally a very picky eater and have some sensory texture issues with food so I'm really not sure how I'm gonna pull it off for three whole weeks. The eggs I can do, and applesauce and yogurt but not sure about anything else. I could use suggestions too!

I was the same way... Baby food made me gag. I drank sodium free v8 for the veggies. Scrambled eggs, tuna, chili applesauce and lots of Soups. Remember anything is mushy if you chew it enough....that's advice from my dr!

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Today is my last day of mushies! I had lots of scrambled eggs, egg salad, cottage cheese, soft cheeses, yogurts, farina, mashed potatoes, Jello sugar free puddings and Tilapia.

Here is a recipe from my Surgeon's office that I loved:

Noodleless-Lasagna

2 tbsp Ricotta cheese

1 or 2 tbsp Marinara sauce

1 oz shredded Mozarella cheese

Mix together and microwave 1 minute.

Enjoy!

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