Hi. I had my surgery on Tuesday. It's says I can have cream based soups. What would be some good cream based soups. I was thinking cream of broccoli because I like it, but was thinking maybe it would cause gas and not be a good choice? Anyone have any suggestions. I won't be making it homemade it will either be from a can or a restaurant. Thanks for advice

Cream of chicken with the bits strained out is good.

Cream of chicken with herb was one of my favorites, it taste like thanksgiving to me....my daughter says chicken n dumplings

Unfortunately I can't help but I just wanted to say I'm jealous. My surgery was Sunday and I'm still drinking clear liquids and just added yogurt an milk today. Yey for you!

I started eating soup on day 11 post-op. The only soup I ate was Campbells Cream of Mushroom, straight out of the can (like a BOSS!) :-P And don't worry about gas, everything you eat is going to cause gas for the next few months. :-P

Edited November 21, 201411 yr by joatsaint

I get mine at COSTCO-- Progresso Potato and Clam Soup with the potato chunks taken out. Then I add a can of chicken bouillon to thin it out a bit. It was a little too thick during early post-op.

Cream of broccoli would be fine. I ate broccoli and cheese soup (with the broccoli strained out) with no bad effects. If you have difficulty with it, it may help to make it a little thinner than normal.

You can, if you have a ninja or other such fancy blender, blend any soup like cream of broccoli or cream of chicken down to a smooth consistency. These are also good soups to add plain Protein powder to (but, do not add them when the soup is boiling hot otherwise it will curdle your powder and the texture is just gross - sadly I know this from personal experience).

I added unflavored Protein powder to...

broccoli cheese soup

Strained French onion

Cream of asparagus

Cream of shrimp

Lobster bisque

Butternut squash soup

Portobello mushroom

Swanson's hot and sour soup starter

Swanson's tortilla soup starter

Strained wonton soup

Cream of mushroom

Cream of spinach

And I pureed split pea soup and bean soup (they have enough protein....didn't add the unflavored protein)