I'm on soft blended foods and my list referenced soft fruits cut into small pieces. Such as papaya or melon.

Instantly I thought of mangoes. My favorite. I had the hubby buy some cubed mango. I bit off very small pieces and chewed them to mush but now I feel like a pile of rocks are sitting in my sleeve.

I guess unsweetened applesauce is as wild as I can be with fruit right now.

My daughter, however, has now discovered the joys of mango. :-)

Trial and error.

Fruit can be very fibrous, be careful and stick with protein and your applesauce.

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Good call. I did not enjoy the "brick" feeling at all.

Mangos are very fibrous...so are pineapples. Things like peaches, melons...those might be easier.

Wow...hadn't thought that the mango was fibrous! Live & learn! At least Amanda's daughter is enjoying the mango!

I ate pears in 100% juice...still do

Aw man.. I was looking forward to mixing up my greek yogurt with defrosted mango chunks from Trader Joe again. Well.. I'll still give it a go when the time comes, but I'll proceed with caution.

Amazon and Bmbrush are right. It is more fibrous than I remembered.

I'm a little over 3 weeks out and I think I will give it another 3 weeks b4 tying again. And now I know my daughter's got my back!

I know the last thing you want to hear is "blender", but you could break up some of the fiber by, uh, hmm, what's another word for puree?

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I thought about that...

I'm completing my day six of full fluids. I considered using mangos as my pureed/soft foods, but after reading the issues listed in this chat, I will pass. It saddens me, but it is what is. Also, someone mentioned papaya. Papaya blended with banana is delicious.

Here are some examples of foods that can be enjoyed on most soft diets.

Vegetables- soft cooked carrots ?, green beans, chopped cooked spinach, cooked zucchini with out seeds, well cooked broccoli ? florets.
Fruits- cooked peeled apples ? or applesauce, bananas ?, avocado ?,peeled ripe peaches ?, cooked pears ?, puréed fruits.
Eggs- cooked whole eggs ? or egg whites, egg salad.

Dairy Products- cottage cheese, yogurt, soft cheeses, pudding, frozen yogurt, lower fat dairy products are typically recommended for people recovering from gastrointestinal surgery or illness.

Soups- puréed or broth based soups with soft cooked vegetables.

Edited June 3, 20242 yr by ripburn

I found mangoes too rich for a couple of years. I can still only eat a small amount. Found some freeze dried ones but they are super sweet (concentrated flavour) which you might like to try in a while. I found water melon easy to tolerate once I got to solid food.

I’ll add steamed cauliflower to @ripburn’s vegetable suggestions. A lot of people struggle with eggs so beware just in case. I liked mine scrambled with more milk to make them very runny & soft. Omelets are good in the soft food stage too (try with cheese & pre cooked vegetables like mushrooms, onion, etc.). And rolled oats - I was allowed instant oats made on lots of milk from purée transitioning to traditional oats after a couple of months (was my only allowed carb besides fruit & vegetables).