I'm one week away from getting off this liquid diet hell.. Next is purée food.. Does this mean i can eat anything as long ad i have it pureed?? Can anyone offer me some good healthy recipes with or without protein? Thanks!!!

Surgery 11/01/12

Yes and as long as it is sugar free and lowfat to fat free.

Some suggestions:

Fat free refried beans and cheese with some greek yogurt( taste the same as sour cream)

Hormel 98 % Fat free turkey chili with or without beans

Greek Yogurt and sugar free preserves

Mashed Potatoes (go lightly because of carbs)

applesauce

any meat that you can puree with some broth.

the entree from your favorite frozen dinner (healthy choice/ lean cuisine and puree it)

fruit and lowfat cottage cheese.

low fat deli sliced turkey or chicken breast.

Jello sugar free puddings (can buy some unflavored protein and to milk to make with the instant ones.)

Unflavored proteins can be added to almost anything. (Unjury is a good brand there are some other brands also. Go to Unjury websites and they have all sorts of recipes to use with it)

Thank you! For your help!

• Add nonfat dry milk powder to any liquid or pureed food such as Soup or yogurt.

• Protein powder is available as a whey or soy based product. It can be used as a drink supplement or added to lower protein foods.

• Sprinkle lowfat shredded cheese onto foods.

High-protein chocolate milk (20 grams of protein per 1 cup)

21⁄2 tablespoons nonfat dry milk powder 1 cup fat-free (skim) milk 1 packet Carb Conscious Carnation® Instant Breakfast® Stir ingredients. Serve chilled.

High-protein sugar-free pudding (9.5 grams of protein per 1⁄2 cup)

2 cups fat-free (skim)milk One package sugar-free instant pudding (four serving size) 1⁄2 cup nonfat dry milk powder Add all ingredients; mix per instructions on box.

Pureed cheeseburger (30 grams of protein per recipe)

3 ounces lean ground turkey 1 slice fat-free cheese 2 tablespoons warm beef broth Cook turkey and drain fat. Add all ingredients except beef broth to blender and puree on high. Gradually add beef broth to desired consistency.

Crystal Light® cooler (6 grams of protein per 1⁄2 cup serving)

1⁄2 cup Crystal Light (recommended: punch, strawberry-kiwi or strawberry-orange-banana) 1⁄2 cup Egg Beaters® 2 tbsp. Cool Whip Lite® Blend well.

AND

Acceptable Bariatric Pureed items:

Skinless chicken/turkey breast, and lean pork tenderloin, skim or 1% milk, scrambled egg substitutes/ egg whites, light yogurt without fruit chunks, tofu, 96% fat-free cream Soups (strained), flaky fish fillets, Carb Conscious Carnation® Instant Breakfast®, 1% small curd cottage cheese, nonfat dry milk powder (to add to other pureed items), canned tuna packed in Water (may add 2 Tbsp. of reduced fat mayonnaise), lowfat shredded cheese, ricotta cheese.

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I’m reading my “rules” and I see I can have ONE cup of coffee a day - woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Does this include frozen yogurt or fat fee ice cream?

absolutely NO idea -

I am pre-surgical and the office was kind enough to give this to me - this is the diet I get when I come home from the hospital - not bad eh?

I stay in the hospital for 4 days - I hope that is a mistake and they mean up to 4 days - when I had a c-section I just about lost it after 2 in a hospital...

So glad to see all this sharing! Having surgery in january.