I was wondering if anyone had a list of foods for each stage or if there is a topic started already. I'm only on my liquid stage, but was wondering what are some good ideas for the mushy/pureed stage, soft food stage and so on. If anyone can help me out I'd really appreciate it.

Ashley, The best thing I found for the liquid was the unjury chx soup. On soft foods I bought a magic bullet from target (like $50) and anything my family ate I was allowed to eat as long at it was in bullet for 30-45 seconds. It looks like poop, but it doesn't taste too bad. You should be on liquid for a week or so..then puree for about 3 weeks. Scrambled eggs were good during puree just make sure not to cook them too much. Also I ordered the unjury cheese sauce and put it on stuff like mashed taters, eggs. It is very important to keep your protein up (60-80) and liquids (try to shoot for 64 oz). I am on soft right now and I am able to eat anything that I can mash with fork, so stuff like meatloaf that is soft, chicken breast in a slow cooker with a couple cans of cream of chicken soup so its really soft, but you can't/shouldn't have chicken that is grilled. Tuna fish/salad also has been a staple. Ask you NUT they can give u some great ideas. GOOD LUCK

Definitely talk to your NUT, but in the meantime, this booklet might be helpful--it was posted by one of the other VST members in a different thread and it has very detailed information about not just diet, but other things to know pre- and post-op.

When you are cleared for solids, I really like wild salmon as a go-to for dinner proteins. I really like scrambled eggs with feta cheese and chicken sausage for breakfast. I don't get to eat these every day, but really look forward to when I do eat them. I also eat a lot of different chicken varieties and like those that are combined with garlic, spinach or jalepino flavors. Beef really causes me issues, but I will get better with it over time if I really take the minutes and minutes to chew it into a pulp, literally.