Hi, i had my surgery 20 days ago and craving everything out there. can anyone tell me what you had when you were on phase three. did you have beef and chicken?

Is your stage 3 mushies? I have been eating cottage cheese and sometimes I put a couple of teaspoons of mashed potato to give it a little umpf. Canned tuna, chicken, refried black Beans, cheese, chili (homemade), and eggs. I am still on Protein shakes but down to one a day. Then Soups broths and creamed ones, plus yoghurt.

Is this what you were looking for?

I don't know what phase 3 is, but I was scared to try beef, but felt I needed some. So I did the following: I took the already-ground beef and ran it raw through the food processor a LOT until it was nearly like a paste, then instead of browning it like normal, I cooked it in a bit of liquid (Water with a very small bit of bouillion in it) to ensure it all stayed tender (even slow browning toughens it up a bit) and not clump up into bigger pieces again. Then I used it in chili -- worked like a dream. It stayed in very, very small pieces throughout the chili and I was easily able to chew and swallow it. The Beans I don't have a problem with anyhow.

I also eat a lot of refried beans with cottage cheese melted in them, to increase the Protein, also it tastes very nice. And tuna fish (I eat the olive-oil packed kind, so I just drain it well and don't add mayo). And of course, loads of yogurt.

thanks guys, yup, that's what i was looking for.

I was Sleeved on 1-11-11 and I use to LOVE BEEF...ONLY thing I would eat BEFORE surgery. Now I eat chicken and Fish!! Beef hasn't sat too well yet....REAL HEAVY!! I am planning on trying it again tomorrow night at steak nigh with my friends! LOL Just can't get much down and it HAS to be SMALL BITES!!

I do Yogurt when I want something sweet and LOVE THEM NOW...didn't before. My Taste has CHANGED a lot but for the better!!! I make a LOT of Chicken salad...Rotisserie Chicken, boiled eggs, relish and LIGHT mayo! I could live off this...oh wait I do! LOL Egg whites with cheese and low sodium honey ham in the mornings! I LOVE Baked Cod!!! You can do instant oatmeal with sugar free syrup...it's YUMMY!!!

Hope this helps!!!