Hello, super sleevers. As of today I am four weeks post-op and tomorrow is my birthday (PM me for address to send your flowers/presents/cash). I have no idea what to do for a special dinner or dessert with my family. We did Thai food for my mom's birthday last week and I was able to have tom yum and tom kha Soup, but now that I've been reheating them for a week, kinda want something different. Obviously, cake is out.

Some of my favorite foods in my pre-op life were pot roast, stuffing, eggplant parmigiana, any and all seafood (except sea urchin. I mean who the hell decided that was edible?), including sushi, Mexican and Indian food. My post-op plan allows ground lean ham, chicken, veal, beef, or fish, soft cooked veggies, mashed potatoes, and Pasta at this stage. I just need some help getting creative.

Thanks in advance!

Hello' date=' super sleevers. As of today I am four weeks post-op and tomorrow is my birthday (PM me for address to send your flowers/presents/cash). I have no idea what to do for a special dinner or dessert with my family. We did Thai food for my mom's birthday last week and I was able to have tom yum and tom kha soup, but now that I've been reheating them for a week, kinda want something different. Obviously, cake is out.

Some of my favorite foods in my pre-op life were pot roast, stuffing, eggplant parmigiana, any and all seafood (except sea urchin. I mean who the hell decided that was edible?), including sushi, Mexican and Indian food. My post-op plan allows ground lean ham, chicken, veal, beef, or fish, soft cooked veggies, mashed potatoes, and Pasta at this stage. I just need some help getting creative.

Thanks in advance![/quote']

Hey I can help you with Indian meal ideas! For a high Protein, low carb meal, I would do kebabs for an appetizer, dal makhani, cauliflower for mains, or palak paneer instead ( additional protein). You could do .5 c of Dahl and a third of a cup of rice with 3 oz of meat in either ground beef kabobs or kheema mutter.

Happy birthday!

Man, I need to try some Indian food! Our friend was from India & we had the BEST food at his parties. Have no idea what I was eating but wow, was it good (& extremely spicy too!) YUM!!!

I suggest the secret is portion control and avoiding your trigger foods.

PALAK PANEER IS MY VERY FAVORITE FOOD IN THE UNIVERSE!!! I don't know if you have Trader Joe's where you live, but they have a boxed palak paneer that I literally buy them out of every time. It's one of the few "normal people" foods I've been able to eat in the last couple weeks. If I'm not able to do this for my dinner tomorrow, I will definitely be keeping your suggestions for future meal ideas!

PALAK PANEER IS MY VERY FAVORITE food IN THE UNIVERSE!!! I don't know if you have Trader Joe's where you live' date=' but they have a boxed palak paneer that I literally buy them out of every time. It's one of the few "normal people" foods I've been able to eat in the last couple weeks. If I'm not able to do this for my dinner tomorrow, I will definitely be keeping your suggestions for future meal ideas![/quote']

I have something better than a trader Joes. I have a crockpot/pressure cooker combo and a kick a$s recipe that takes less than 15 minutes lemme know if you want for later. You still have to buy the paneer, which I buy in bulk and freeze.

PALAK PANEER IS MY VERY FAVORITE food IN THE UNIVERSE!!! I don't know if you have Trader Joe's where you live, but they have a boxed palak paneer that I literally buy them out of every time. It's one of the few "normal people" foods I've been able to eat in the last couple weeks. If I'm not able to do this for my dinner tomorrow, I will definitely be keeping your suggestions for future meal ideas!

I'm going to call our Trader Joe's tomorrow to see if they have any of this! I just googled it & am pretty sure I'm going to be a big fan of it!

I'm going to call our Trader Joe's tomorrow to see if they have any of this! I just googled it & am pretty sure I'm going to be a big fan of it!

If that doesn't work, look up tasty bites and get theirs. It's quite good too and I want to say Amazon sells it? not sure.

Tasty bites Bengal Lentils are to DIE for, and they're ready in 90 seconds! 90 seconds! *I*'m not even ready in 90 seconds and I'm pretty fast!

If that doesn't work, look up tasty bites and get theirs. It's quite good too and I want to say Amazon sells it? not sure.

Tasty bites Bengal Lentils are to DIE for, and they're ready in 90 seconds! 90 seconds! *I*'m not even ready in 90 seconds and I'm pretty fast!

Love your posts! You make me laugh! Thanks for the referral!

Happy Birthday! I might try to do a Mexican meal. You could have some chicken cooked in Mexican spices and refried beans with cheese. My birthday was about 5 weeks after my surgery and I got an ice cream maker for my bday and made one of the Eggface protein ice cream recipes. It tasted like heaven. Hope you have a wonderful day!

I have something better than a trader Joes. I have a crockpot/pressure cooker combo and a kick a$s recipe that takes less than 15 minutes lemme know if you want for later. You still have to buy the paneer, which I buy in bulk and freeze.

gamergirl, you wretched tease, hand over that recipe! Where do you buy paneer?

gamergirl' date=' you wretched tease, hand over that recipe! Where do you buy paneer?[/quote']

I buy it pre-fried at an Indian grocery store in the frozen section. I"ll post it tomorrow for sure.

I buy it pre-fried at an Indian grocery store in the frozen section. I"ll post it tomorrow for sure.

There's an Indian grocery in Small Town, Texas? Sure as hell isn't one in BFE, Oregon.

There's an Indian grocery in Small Town' date=' Texas? Sure as hell isn't one in BFE, Oregon.[/quote']

I live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area which has a lot of Indians. I just happen to live in a small suburb (on the few days I'm not on an airplane).

How "cheffy" are you? My perfectionist husband, who is not even Indian, makes paneer at home and it is far far better than what we get at the store. I'll post that recipe too.

Btw, I met my husband on the Oregon coast near haystack rock, cannon beach.

need some help getting creative.

Canary Diamond

at 4 weeks - can't go toooo crazy with a dinner meal, buttttt

you mentioned veal

i love my crockpot veal stew w/green Beans, carrots, mushrooms!!!!

small can of healthy choice mushroom Soup (i know alot of sodium )

"recipe" can't be much easier

down 30 lbs??? party dance party dance

happy b'day bud

hijacking about "me" for a minute

from the age of 16 - 26, my mom would put one candle on a WW cupcake for my b'day

it was awful - she never realized how sad and upsetting it was for me - because i never told her

kleenex anyone??

back to my "normal" happy self

20 months PO - down 105 lbs GOAL

no more cupcakes!!!!

enjoying a very healthy, happy life

life IS good

kathy

Awwww, that's so romantic. And he was willing to leave Oregon and move to Texas? You must be some kind of amazing.

I'm somewhat cheffy. I'd rather buy the frozen paneer and marry into cheffy, like you.