Am only 3 weeks post op and on soft foods at this point. Was wondering at what point will I be able to have salads. I figure that may be a good go to meal when the family decides to do dinner out.

I had salad at 4 weeks out.. No issues. I prefer baby spinach as my "lettuce" but I always have a protein with it. For dressing I went to the store and examined all the dressing lol took about an hour but bought 10 different types that have low sugar.. I so far have loved a couple of them. I prefer not light dressings especially since I may have just 1 tablespoon. It's worth it to me to have a yummy dressing than one full of chemicals to make it low fat or light. A couple extra calories is no biggie to me lol

Actually, low fat cream based dressings tend to have more sugar to "enhance" the lack of fat

So I had a salad yesterday at panera and asked them to replace lettuce with spinach and matter of fact I was able to digest it without having pains like I do with lettuce. So that being said, I am staying away from lettuce for sure. My friends finally convinced me to have a salad cause they said that spinach will help bring my iron levels up. So those who are struggling with salad like myself, try spinach and drop lettuce. It's too fibrous. Hope this helps!