Oh how I wish I could have my post-op taste buds back. You know, the ones that make everything taste blah or even bad.

My family and I went to the state fair in our area over the weekend. I had a little bites of a bunch of different foods. The difference between this year and last year is that the food actually tasted good this year. Last year I would take a bite of something sweet or fried at the fair and it was just gross so I didn't bother. This year quite the opposite, it was all so yummy. Why can't this surgery change our taste buds forever?

I am still grateful for my sleeve. I was able to enjoy myself and eat like a thin person...a bite of this and that. BSL(before surgery life) I would have gone to the fair and eaten myself sick, it would have been all about food. This time, I was able to go and enjoy myself and my family. I could walk around without sweating like a pig. I could actually walk and walk without being uncomfortable.

Now, if those surgeons could just figure out a way to change those taste buds for good, and while they're at it our brains, too!

Yes I leave it whole....just get them good and oily with EVOO, I think 375 for 15-20 minutes, depending on how crispy you want them. I like them crispy....they come out tasting like green French fries.

When I don't want to heat up the oven, I cook asparagus or green beans in a really hot cast iron pan with a little grapeseed oil (any high hot flash point oil will do). Comes out all crispy like the oven and doesn't heat up the house.

I do the same pan frying technique with several vegetables, esp halved Brussels sprouts or asparagus. I use ghee tho, yummy and good for you!! I <3 fat lol.

Me too. I also like zucchini done this way too . I cut it into thick planks and super hot pan so it's browns outside and softens inside.

If its not hot and I have more time, I do all the veggies in the oven like butter.

Lynda