Hello BariBrothers, BariSisters, BariFamilies, and general lovers of healthy, good food. My name is Smye and I live on a small farm in the Pacific Northwest.

During both pre and post op appointments with my nutritionist, I was horrified by the suggested things I could eat once I was back to 'regular foods.' The suggestions I was given were flavorless, full of preservatives & junk, and/or otherwise reminiscent of the american 'instafoods' that are, in my opinion, a huge part of the original problems. That said, I wanted to share some of the real, whole foods I've been enjoying lately without hurting my sleeve or deviating from the dietary guidelines provided to me by my NUT. I'm down 86 lb since I started this journey on Jan 22, 2015, and loving every meal as much as, or more than, pre-op.

I've spent the last 7 years accommodating good food to meet my partner's corn, dairy, and gluten allergies without losing any of the flavor or texture with 80% of all ingredients sourced from my own small farm, so it wasn't too big of a jump to make these recipes low carb, high Protein and delicious.

Over the next few weeks I'll be posting recipes like:

Bariatric BibimBop
Pho
Pastrami Sandwich
Madras curry with fried tofu
chicken tenders with sauce
Sushi - Philadelphia rolls in particular
Personal Pizzas
Smoked cherry-glazed chicken
Barbeque-smoked chicken
Ham and cheese omlette
Pickled duck eggs
Quiche
Ham, egg & cheese sandwiches
Bari-bread
Guacamole Cheeseburgers
And many more

There's no need for food to be tasteless, uninteresting, or questionable in it's contents. If there's something you'd like to see that's not here, please PM me and I'll do my best - I also make sure to try everything myself and feed it to my executive chef neighbor before I post it to ensure it's excellent!

Edited May 2, 201511 yr by Smye

@@Salonboi, Welcome to the other side, by the way, I'm sorry I didn't say that first. As for puree, I'll be posting some liquid and puree recipes shortly.

@@Salonboi, Welcome to the other side, by the way, I'm sorry I didn't say that first. As for puree, I'll be posting some liquid and puree recipes shortly.

Why thank you ???????????? I'm down 31 pounds in 3weeks. Not to bad so far ????

And yes please any purée ideas would rock ????

@@Smye Do you think a commercially available egg white based product like eggbeaters would work for the bari-bread recipe?

@@wascott I used Costco's Egg Whites (like Eggbeaters) and it worked fine.

@@Sunshine_Gal Thanks! Costco will be my first stop!

@@wascott, I've also made it with those egg whites and they're great that way!

Just a few quick updates:

1) I hit 100 pounds lost today

2) A bari-friendly Philadelphia cheesesteak is coming tomorrow

3) New Phase 1, 2, 3, and 4 pages will be live on Saturday

4) The new batch of pink pickled eggs is ready - photos will be up on Sunday - YUM!

@@Smye Congratulations on losing 100! Wow! I can't wait until I can say that. Looking forward to reading your new recipes. I plan to try bari bread and or cauliflower pizza next week.

@Italian Gal, I'm glad to hear it. Let me know if there's anything in particular you'd like to see.

@@wascott, thank you! As you can imagine, I'm pretty pumped right now. It's weird though to think that only 3 months ago, I felt like I'd never get there.

All I can say is WOW!!! Your timeline is amazing, I am 5 weeks post op now and I had a 10-day stall almost 3 weeks in and I was feeling pretty dejected. Thankfully that passed (just like everyone said it would) and I am back to being a loser again! I had 125 pounds to lose but I am down 38 pounds so I am feeling pretty good right now. I definitely get what you mean about the head not being able to keep up with what is going on with the body. I KNOW my tee shirts and sweat pants are much, much looser than they used to be but I have a hard time seeing it. I am actually going to take a picture tomorrow for grandparents day at school and I am kind of excited about that. I am not one to volunteer for pictures usually, lol.

New recipe posted:

Chipotle Philly Cheesesteak - somehow it's good for you



New Phase 1 Recipe

Protein Gela-o

A few other updates to the blog:

I've added pages for each post-op phase in the tabs. There's not a lot in them yet but more is coming

I've added a WHAT'S COOKING? page for you to see what recipes and other projects are on the horizon, how far along each recipe is, and add your own suggestions

New recipe posted

Paella, the quintessential seafood dish of Spain and the ultimate sensory experience in a pan.

@@Smye That paella picture is making me hungry. Sounds delicious!

It also gives me the idea of making Mexican red "rice" using cauliflower. Mmmmmm.