This Thursday will be 2 weeks for me, the end of my liquid phase and the start of my mushy phase (3-8weeks), the list of food I can eat includes shrimp and scallops, I love both, but how am I supposed to prepare it so that it is mushy enough? Also, it says I can have saltines and peanut butter, this may be a silly question, but does that mean I can spread the peanut butter on the saltines and have it like that? Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks

This Thursday will be 2 weeks for me, the end of my liquid phase and the start of my mushy phase (3-8weeks), the list of food I can eat includes shrimp and scallops, I love both, but how am I supposed to prepare it so that it is mushy enough? Also, it says I can have saltines and peanut butter, this may be a silly question, but does that mean I can spread the peanut butter on the saltines and have it like that? Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks

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This Thursday will be 2 weeks for me, the end of my liquid phase and the start of my mushy phase (3-8weeks), the list of food I can eat includes shrimp and scallops, I love both, but how am I supposed to prepare it so that it is mushy enough? Also, it says I can have saltines and peanut butter, this may be a silly question, but does that mean I can spread the peanut butter on the saltines and have it like that? Any help would be very much appreciated! Thanks

Saltines and peanut butter.....oh yummy. I'm sure you can have them together. No idea on the shrimp and scallops.

I haven't gotten to that stage yet, but my doctor said I purée food for the second stage. I would put the shrimp in a blender to mice it. Just an idea

Yuck. pureed shrimp sounds awful. I assume it might be nice if we could have cocktail sauce but I highly doubt the horseradish in the sauce is permitted.

The only thing I am looking forward to in stage 2 is Peanut Butter.

I didn't have a "mushy" stage -- I had Stage II Purees and Stage III Soft Foods. On Purees, I had shrimp pureed with cocktail sauce, remoulade, etc. and it was delicious! I could have pureed scallops, but to me the texture of scallops is a big part of what makes them so enjoyable so I didn't even consider it. Soft foods -- I could have any meat I could cut with a fork. You can cut both shrimp and scallops with a fork and I ate them both frequently! Is your "mushy" stage more like purees or soft foods?

I wasn't allowed crackers (no grains) so I can't help you out there.

Thanks everyone Yeah I think the mushy phase is more puree food, but exactly, I cant imagine eating pureed shrimp scallops! lol I don't know what remoulade is...but maybe I will just wait till week 9 for the seafood. I am very excited about the peanut butter and saltines, though I am surprised I am allowed them since I can see that being an easy problem for me since a cracker! Thanks again for your responses!