My NUT told me I can eat anything that can be blended in a blender on a full liquid, but I'm still questioning somethings. Did anyone blend chili and if so did it cause problem? At this point I've been living off of pudding and don't think I can do another bit without getting sick. I can't to soups they make me gag I'm very picky so I'm running out of options and I have a week before I go on to soft food so I really needs some ideas.

I'm just 3 weeks out and just tried chili the other day while I was still on pureed foods. It went down well, but I couldn't eat too much of it due in part to the spiciness of it (and it was a little thicker than I had been eating).

So does purred foods come after full liquids or is it the same as full liquids?

Mine was at the same time. Some however, have it at different times - depends on the surgeon/dietician.

Do ALL soups make you gag? Surely there has to a soup you can tolerate...? (Pureed chili would basically be soup) What kinds of foods do you like?

I couldn't have meat on full liquids, but could on mushy/purees. All the soups had to be strained and thinned out on full liquids.

Unfortunately there's really not a lot of ways to make the full liquids part of the diet better. It's just difficult, especially if you can't eat soups.

Some people can do cottage cheese on full liquids, maybe that is an option for you?

I blended chili after I got to the puree stage at 3 weeks. During the full liquid stage I couldn't eat any blended food with solid particles that can't fit through a strainer. Hope this helps.

full liquids are:

milk, Protein drinks, pudding, creamed soups w/o chunks (have to strain out), applesauce, and yogurt. NOT MUCH I KNOW!

I would not do chili because of the chunks. I was allowed chili on pureed foods, but it still could not have the chunks.

Kelly