What can't be pureed? I was told to keep all meals less than 10g sugar and less than 10g fat.

But what can we not puree? Can a soft roast and potatoes be pureed?

Can we puree lettuce and tomato along with a Mexican type salad concoction?

Does salsa have to be pureed or can we have it non pureed?

There is no set in stone rules. They are different from each Bariatric center.

That being said:

Lettuce is very hard on the healing stomach and has no nutritional value

Mashed potatoes are on the pureed list so making your own should be fine

Tomato skins and onion bits might be hard on the pouch also---I would work on keeping it simple.

It is very different doctor to doctor! I'm on purées, but that includes only protein--no carbs. Not even veggies yet. One of the recommendations from my NUT is refried beans and cheese... Which is hardly low-fat.

I eat a ton of refried Beans and cheese: 1/4c vegetarian refried beans plus 2T reduced-fat mexican cheese equals 3g of fat and 7g of Protein. I don't puree them, just heat them up in the microwave and stir the melted cheese into the beans. The beans are soft enough that they break down easily with chewing and I haven't had a problem from not-pureeing.

I also make chicken taco meat and puree it with a 50/50 mix of taco meat and salsa. 1/4c of the taco meat plus 2T reduced-fat mexican cheese equals 2g of fat and 14g of protein. I personally puree the salsa because the kind I use includes onions and I want them to be as tiny as possible in order to go down easily.

I was encouraged to track sodium as well; I just checked the can, it's 540g of Sodium per serving. I'm 4 months post surgery, and refried Beans were one of the first things I ate as soon as pureed food was allowed!