Hi everyone!

I am going back to work soon, and I travel a ton for work. When I get home on Thursday night I need to get myself dinner, and Breakfast and lunch for Friday without having time to get to the grocery store. I don't like to buy fresh ingredients that won't be eaten on the weekend because they are usually very sad by the time I get home.

Do you have any recommendations for good freezer or cupboard staples that I could use, or refregerator items that will last several weeks?

Because I work and travel so much I often fall into the trap of convenience / take out. I want to make sure this doesn't happen again so getting the house stocked with things that I can fix easy will be key.

Thanks for any recommendations!

Hi everyone! I am going back to work soon, and I travel a ton for work. When I get home on Thursday night I need to get myself dinner, and breakfast and lunch for Friday without having time to get to the grocery store. I don't like to buy fresh ingredients that won't be eaten on the weekend because they are usually very sad by the time I get home. Do you have any recommendations for good freezer or cupboard staples that I could use, or refregerator items that will last several weeks? Because I work and travel so much I often fall into the trap of convenience / take out. I want to make sure this doesn't happen again so getting the house stocked with things that I can fix easy will be key. Thanks for any recommendations!

You are still less than a month out. What are you allowed to eat right now?

I would think a Quest bar for breakfast would work.

Also, Premier Nutrition Protein shakes.

Isopure clear drinks as a snack.

Both have infinite shelf life.

Cream Soups in can or homemade and then frozen. Add scoop unflavored Protein powder.

Tuna, chicken, Crab in a can. broth in small cans to add to make

I'm on soft foods.

By the time I go back to work, I will be on full healthy diet.

Chili is a great freezer food. Baked beans. Shredded. beef, pork, or chicken (barbecue style). Seasoned taco meat. Baked ricotta (see the recipe in the Recipes sub-forum of this forum). Crustless quiche or frittata. Not a freezer food but stir-fry will keep in the fridge a week if you put the part you aren't eating right into the fridge relight after cooking it. You can make all this kind of stuff on the weekend and be set for the week.

Thanks. I have been doing crock pot cooking lately. I'm not sure how well that food would freeze and reheat. I guess I should give it a try.

Here are a couple of my staples:

I always have ground turkey meat seasoned w/ taco seasoning and fat free refried Beans in my refrigerator. An ounce of each topped w/ some cheddar cheese and microwave, serve with 1/2 a Carb Balance tortilla. You can put in the freezer in zip locks for meal sized servings.

I always have some turkey or chicken deli meat - I have a couple of ounces with some cheddar cheese.

I make plenty of chicken salad in advance and have at the ready (canned chicken w/ low fat may and mustard).

eggs and frozen turkey sausage patties are usually my breakfast.

I purchased some Health Wise Peanut Butter bars that I keep with me on a busy weekend day, just in case I'm not able to get a shake or a meal.

I always have Carb Balance Tortillas on hand - you can make a pizza (BBQ sauce w/ some shredded chicken topped with some mozzarella and you have a BBQ Chicken pizza).

I always have Health Wise hot chocolate - it's a nice break from the cold shakes. 15 grams of Protein.

Awesome thanks!

Here's my favorite soft food recipe. I ate this Mexican food for weeks and weeks before I got tired of it. My favorite version used ground turkey meat, but I did try ground chicken breast - it just didn't absorb the flavors as well as the turkey meat. I'd make a big batch on Sundays and it'd last me for the week.

http://www.bariatricpal.com/blog/9018/entry-31168-my-favorite-mexican-food/

Hi everyone!


I am going back to work soon, and I travel a ton for work. When I get home on Thursday night I need to get myself dinner, and breakfast and lunch for Friday without having time to get to the grocery store. I don't like to buy fresh ingredients that won't be eaten on the weekend because they are usually very sad by the time I get home.


Do you have any recommendations for good freezer or cupboard staples that I could use, or refregerator items that will last several weeks?


Because I work and travel so much I often fall into the trap of convenience / take out. I want to make sure this doesn't happen again so getting the house stocked with things that I can fix easy will be key.


Thanks for any recommendations!

Edited January 11, 201412 yr by joatsaint