Hi guys -

I'm finally starting to feel back to myself after my surgery on 1/21/13. I want to get prepped for when I can actually start having 'real food', and I really want to have a good healthy balanced diet. I've been watching Food network's premiere of 'Worst cooks in america' tonight and I'm feeling more motivated. lol. Do you have a resource or cookbook in mind that has good recipes with smaller portions, that your younger children would also want to eat? I'd like to stay away from most of the processed stuff. I've never been a 'cream of' soup person, and i don't do canned meats or anything. I've had to re-program my brain to make myself drink the pre-made protein shakes. (I'm a total neurotic foodie)

Any recommendations would be appreciated.

p.s. unrelated but I've been on a total stall for 2 weeks now. totally pissing me off.

There's one on amazon called weight loss surgery cookbook for dummies

Hungry girl has several cookbooks out. Some really good easy recipes of some of the delicious foods that we like to eat )just the healthy version). In the cookbooks, she also provides you with the number if calories for each item.

Good luck!

I have "The Biggest Loser Family Cookbook". Lots of family-friendly recipes, quick and yummy. I am 9 weeks out and just starting to "venture out" of the pure-protein-100%-of-the-time thing, since I am cleared for all foods. You can always tweak the recipes if they seems too high in carbs. I love this cookbook! Also, Hungry Girl cookbooks are awesome!

Happy Cooking!

-Kendra

http://bariatricfoodie.blogspot.com/p/favorite-recipes.html

http://www.emilybites.com/p/recipe-index.html

http://dashingdish.com/

these are my go to resources. many many awesome ideas on here. emilybites has a line called cupcake meals that are perfect portion control and taste great.

so far, everything that i have made off of these three sites has been amazingly tasty, healthy, and not really difficult to make. most of the things made here with the exception of foodie, are recipes without any crazy exotic or expensive ingredients. most you either already have, or can easily and relatively cheaply get at your local kroger, walmart, or wherever you grociery shop.

good luck in your journey.

Theworldaccordingtoeggface.com has great ideas.

http://bariatricfood...te-recipes.html

http://www.emilybite...cipe-index.html

http://dashingdish.com/

these are my go to resources. many many awesome ideas on here. emilybites has a line called cupcake meals that are perfect portion control and taste great.

so far, everything that i have made off of these three sites has been amazingly tasty, healthy, and not really difficult to make. most of the things made here with the exception of foodie, are recipes without any crazy exotic or expensive ingredients. most you either already have, or can easily and relatively cheaply get at your local kroger, walmart, or wherever you grociery shop.

good luck in your journey.

I just looked at some of the sites you provided and I have fallen in love with emilybites!

Thanks for those recommendations!

Thanks guys! I've already checked out the hungry girl cookbooks and the biggest loser cookbook and given those a pass - I'll definitely check out the other resources mentioned. Thanks so much!