I'm starting puréed foods and have no fucking idea what I'm doing or what to eat and it literally makes me cry. I'm ready to just give up and stop trying to eat. Sorry for the annoying rant.

@@katmaar Read this...great ideas! The Ricotta bake is to die for!

http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2007/08/pureed-foods.html

Edited January 3, 201511 yr by Babbs

@@katmaar No that's exactly the opposite of what you need to do. Purée food is just that, food that's puréed. You can Have egg salad, tuna salad, any soup, chili, mashed potatoes, cottage cheese, applesauce, heck just about anything. Don't worry about the calories ect...so much at this point your not going to be able to eat enough for it to really matter..( I wouldn't eat a bunch of sugar though) just make what ever you like and blend it up. Heck eat baby food if you need too. Some is actually yummy! If you need to add unflavored protein to the mix do it. If you can get your protein from shakes ect...Then don't worry about adding it into the blend. Just eat!

Ricotta bake was one of my favorites, along with refried beans and homemade crab cakes ( these things are already soft so you don't need to blend them) my stage was purée /mushy combined. Look at it that way not everything had to go into A blender.

@@katmaar If you don't already have something to blend with you can get the mini ninja blended/chopper at Walmart for 20 bucks. I really only used mine maybe 2-3 times though I mainly stuck with really soft foods. I hope this helps. I know it can be frustrating but take a breath and don't make it hard on yourself! Now, that will be enough of that "giving up" nonsense!!ha!

Edited January 3, 201511 yr by Elode

Elode, you are so helpful to everyone. Just want to say thank you bunches!

Thank you! And you're welcome!

Edited January 3, 201511 yr by Elode

If you're really unsure call your nutritionist. Here's some suggestions from my handbook. Hope this helps.

Plain Greek yogurt flavored with Protein powder, blended split pea soup, blended bean soup, sweet potatoes or mashed potatoes with unflavored Protein Powder, egg salad, pureed cauliflower, soft cheeses, guacamole, hummus, cream of wheat with vanilla or chocolate protein powder, pureed tuna salad, refried Beans, scrambled eggs, cottage cheese, (these last 3 along with green chili sauce makes a great huevos rancheros!). And cottage cheese with Muscle Milk cake batter protein powder makes a tasty cheesecake.

Honestly, this was my favorite food stage because everything tasted SO GOOD after a month of liquids!

Edited January 3, 201511 yr by Kindle

My boyfriend is the star chef in this house. He took whatever meat and veggies he was having and put some in the blender with a little broth for me. I had tried baby food, but without any seasonings at all, it was hard to get down. I even had Wendy's chili in the blender. I also ate a lot of applesauce during that phase.

I also do what @@Elode did I never put anything in the blender it's grossed me out the first time. Iam sticking to soft foods or just chewed my food until it's purée ... Then swallow. If you can shred your chicken like into a tuna fish consistency it's ok too. Just try them minutes apart when it's new food and texture so you know if you ate a non-painful amount. Hope this helps... I would give you ideas but they said them all ✌️

The one thing that was good to me pureed was rotisserie chicken in a processor w/chicken broth to keep it moist. You've got a lot of great suggestions on this thread. I'm sure you'll do just fine.

Love this site, such great support.

I also did not puree anything. I basically stuck with scrambled eggs, canned tuna or chicken and Protein shakes. Just start with soft foods and chew chew chew!

I felt the same way. Fat-free refried beans with melted cheese was my go to!! Lots of protein. Hang in there!!

Cauliflower mash is really very good. I also made a few soups and puréed them. I put the majority of what I made in small Pyrex dishes and froze them. I go back to work next week and wanted easy grown up choices to heat up at lunch time. I also bought cans of turkey no bean chili, tuna, white meat chicken, stew, and fat free retried beans.

I'm starting puréed foods and have no f**king idea what I'm doing or what to eat and it literally makes me cry. I'm ready to just give up and stop trying to eat. Sorry for the annoying rant.

Can you be a bit more specific as to what you are having a hard time with? How much to eat? What foods to eat? How often? Are you having a hard time getting food down?

If you tell us you're vomiting every time you try to eat, that's a different problem than being uncertain of what to eat.