hi! I'm getting ready for my preop diet and made a batch of Soup. Do you guys think this is healthy / appropriate for the liquid phase post op? I sorta made this up myself - it's thin and quite tasty.

1 tbsp EVOO, sauted 1 yellow onion and 2 minced cloves of garlic. Once onions nicely cooked I added 2 bags of frozen organic broccoli florets - cooked for about 10 minutes. Then I added 2-32 oz containers of fat free chicken broth and 2 (previously boiled) chicken breasts. I brought to a boil an let cook until broccoli is soft. Then I blended it really well. It made a huge batch which I thought I could freeze. Do u think this is post op friendly. The only problem is I don't have the nutritional information, although I could figure it out.

I was thinking of making a few varieties-mostly just switch out the broccoli for other veggies.

I also have some non flavored Protein powder that I could add to it. Any thoughts? I am just hoping to be well prepared but I don't want any cheating on my part.

Thanks everyone for your help and support!

Thx, Teri

If you like the taste, then it sounds pretty good. You should really check with your nutritionist for specific guidelines...and the broccolli in the soup might cause gas issues after surgery. You will have to experiment and see once you have the surgery what your sleeve will tolerate.

Good luck with your journey!

I reread my book from the doctor and I think this might be more for post-op - after the first 2 weeks. And good point - thank you for mentioning the gas issue. =)

It is pretty tasty - I had it for dinner tonight.

=)

you could plug it into myfitnesspal.com or sparkpeople.com and get the nutrition information.......I have a similar recipe from my very old and favorite cookbook, Good Housekeeping. They call it cream of vegetable and have a table on what to add to the soup for the various veggie used. And I love any type of broccoli soup

my doc said any kind of soup so long as it is blended into nothing but liquid........no pieces.......he even said cream Soups were ok.......right after surgery though you need to concentrate on just getting enough liquid....don't worry about cheating too much.....you WONT prob be able to get enough Protein in (they started me off at 40 grams.....but now have me on 80 grams of protein a day)

just stay hydrated!!!!!half the battle.....until about week 3.....good luck....one of the best decisions I ever made

I think it is great you are planning ahead. If I had any tips for others.....I am mom and wife....and was really hard making meals for family when I did not feel like eating or could not eat what they were eating. I wish I had planned ahead and made some meals (like your soup) that EVERYBODY could eat.

Again....good luck!!!

Would be okay for the mushy stage or you could strain it (so the flavors are in the broth) for the clear stage. I wouldn't worry too much about nutritional info. All those things you are putting in there are good for you and at that point in post op you will be good to eat much at all.

Thank you all so much for your input and support. I have some nice thin soups ready and in the freezer for probably the mushy stage of the game. =)

The big day is 2 weeks from Wednesday - it's finally starting to feel real!

=)

Teri