Food Waste?

[giggleblue 64]

I'm on soft foods now for the next two months I think. eggs, cottage cheese, canned fish, ect.

I can eat half an egg, half an ounce of crab meat, ect. What do you guys do with the left over food? I haven't cooked many large meals since surgery that I could eat, but how do you adjust to cooking this small or adjusting food quantities for the family?

I feel really wasteful, but I don't want to force others to eat my leftovers. My GF has already told me that she will not be my chubby chaser victim. My daughter is 6 and already eats like a bird - generally I'm scared she's gonna starve to death but she has a great relationship with food. In short, stuffing the family is out.

I'm not big on leftovers. Composting??

[Healthy_life2 8,319]

I make meals and freeze things. I can reheat chicken fajitas and not have to prepare a full meal for the family.

[JamieLogical 8,684]

You will definitely have to become accustomed to leftovers. I always hated them before too, but it's not been so bad post-op. Once I was back to eating mostly "normal" food, what my husband and I have done is this. He is the cook in our house (just the two of us) and I just eat the Protein from whatever he makes. We mostly eat the same things now as we did before my surgery, but I just don't eat whatever carbs are involved. So if he makes meatloaf and mashed potatoes, I just have meat loaf. If he makes chicken and rice, I just have rice. If he makes turkey kielbasa and perogies, I just have the sausage. If he makes shrimp and Pasta, I just have the shrimp. You get the idea. We still split the protein in half between the two of us, like we always did, but now, I put half of MY half into a Gladware container to save for lunch another day. So I am eating half the meat I did for our usual dinners pre-op and none of the sides, but he is able to keep making the same things he's always made.

[LisaPunkinHead 187]

For eggs, I have been using the liquid eggs so I can measure the amount I want. I bought individual serving packets of tuna (expensive but for now I will deal) -- still too much but not so much left over. I cook one fish filet for dinner and eat half at dinner and the other half at lunch. My latest discovery is the frozen chicken breast tenderloins at costco (in the frozen section, not breaded) -- they are about 2 ounces each, so one is just right.

[alwaysvegas 702]

I live alone and end up throwing out a bit of food every week. I try to freeze batches of food that freezes well. For example, I made a huge pot of black bean, lentil, and turkey chili and froze it in 3-4 days' worth batches. I also slow baked two pork tenderloins, then froze one.

I'm still overbuying a bit, especially on vegetables however. I bake a bunch of veggies every Sunday for use in different meals throughout the week. But I tend to buy too much of a variety and simply can't eat it all, which sounds really funny to me now.

If it's getting near the end of the week, I start mixing in the veggies for my dog with her dog food. So rarely a complete waste.

Edited March 25, 2015 by AlwaysVegas

[motherof5 364]

I make my meals separately from my family.my taste buds are different now and they are not interested in the foods I eat. I started freezing my foods and I am guilty of throwing out some foods because I get tired of it. I just make small batches now. I was terrible in the beginning.

[bikrchk 1,313]

Buy the smallest eggs you can find.

Freeze leftovers in ice cube trays and dump the food cubes in a freezer bag for storage.

Make a whole recipe and freeze half in tiny containers immediately for your own frozen dinners.

Prepare 2 half recipes of something that you can cook in a crock pot and put each half in a crock pot liner bag. Cook one and freeze one to cook another time.

Get a hungry dog, (lol)

Don't feel guilty about waste. Your body is not a garbage disposal. If you're done with it, you're done.

[giggleblue 64]

Buy the smallest eggs you can find.

Freeze leftovers in ice cube trays and dump the food cubes in a freezer bag for storage.

Make a whole recipe and freeze half in tiny containers immediately for your own frozen dinners.

Prepare 2 half recipes of something that you can cook in a crock pot and put each half in a crock pot liner bag. Cook one and freeze one to cook another time.

Get a hungry dog, (lol)

Don't feel guilty about waste. Your body is not a garbage disposal. If you're done with it, you're done.

Thank you! Yes, I am not a garbage disposal. I need to remember that.