I got the " anything in a blender" point, but just want some meat if I can to eat. Friends told me about low fat healthy style chicken salad and tuna and egg salad. Any other suggestions. Post op day 7.

During my pureed stage, I would cook chicken thighs and breasts up in the crock pot until they were very tender. Sometimes, I would save the broth from the pot to puree the chicken with. Other times, I would puree the chicken (minus the bones and skin of course) with spaghetti sauce (I used some delicious sauce that I'd made at home). I would layer the spaghetti sauce pureed chicken with fat free cottage cheese in a very small bowl to take with me for lunch. It was somewhat reminiscent of lasagna.

I bought my pureed food from a company called Blossom Foods. They are frozen 5 oz containers of meals like pot roast, chicken enchilada, chili, cheese ravioli, etc. Depending on the actual food they range between 15 - 20 g of protein and 150 - 200 calories. It worked out really well for me cause I could take it anywhere with me and pop it in the microwave for 3 min and eat. I like it so much that I still eat them even though I am on solids now. They help me control my calories and portion size. www.blossomfoods.com

Wow!!!! I'm drooling already!!! Ready to eat!!! Thank you both for the help!!! I'll let you know how it goes? Just cleaned up my VitaMix blender and got blossomfoods.com on my favorites.

When I was in this stage I made a hummus consistency tuna. I had a bit of egg, relish (no sugar or fat in this surprisngly) and onion with low fat miracle whip (i'm not a mayo person) .. It was the best food I'd ever had especially coming from just liquids.

Thanks a lot for the tip about Blossom Foods. They sound great! I start on the puréed phase Wednesday so I just ordered a bunch to get me through.

You can do 1/2 cup of fat free refried beans and chopped onion blended and then put a little shredded cheese on top of it and microwave it. Delicious!

Scallops are super soft (when cooked right) and my doc suggested them -YUM

Split pea soup!!!!!!

You can do 1/2 cup of fat free refried Beans and chopped onion blended and then put a little shredded cheese on top of it and microwave it. Delicious!

Add a bit of roasted green chili before it hits the blender.