I'm sorry if this has been asked or outlined somewhere. I couldn't seem to find it but maybe that's due to frustration at the moment.

I'm just wondering what exactly is the difference between what is considered a full liquid and what is a puree. Because technically puree is the stage after a full liquid stage, but you can make a lot of things into a creamy texture using a puree setting on a blender (at least on mine you can) depending on ingredients of course but I'm just wondering, what makes the difference and how do you know what is ok for what stage? If there's no soft chunks or anything, is that still technically okay for a full liquid stage?

Full liquid you can drink out of a straw (though you shouldn't). Full liquid is Soup with no chunks. I strain all my soup for example, I had some campbells clam chowder for dinner, just about 7 teaspoons of it. I cooked it and then I put it through a small strainer, so there were NO chunks in it. If I threw it in the blender and blended it really well - that would be considered a pureed.

Pureed is tuna fish with celery salt, onion powder, ff mayo but blended well. SF pudding is considered full liquid. Instant mashed potato's is considered pureed, white fish thrown in a blender with a little bit of lf tartar sauce is pureed. For some reason Cream of Wheat is considered full liquid if it is very liquidy, but grits would be considered pureed.

See I get so confused because then they say fat free peanut butter is a full liquid list. Ugh. I don't know what to eat! I'm sick of campbell's soups! I want to make something different. I may make the cauliflower soup. I just want a different texture. I had some pudding which was nice for a change of texture.

Honestly, if you eat things slow enough and chew well or liquify them in your mouth more before swallowing there isn't much difference in the two stages other than "full liquids" are technically still liquids. I added more water to mashed potatoes to make them more watery and used them during my full liquid stage. I'm on pureeds now and I usually have tuna with mayo, ricotta with marinara, refried black beans, and greek yogurt for my main foods. I thought that cottage cheese was considered a puree, but a friend said our surgeon told her it was a full liquid. It's so weird how different people classify things into the different stages. I definitely notice restriction and fullness with the pureeds more than I ever did with the full liquids. Just go slow and try adding one new thing a day and see how you do with it.