I go for my week post op follow up tomorrow morning where my doctor will give me the go ahead most likely for puréed foods... any creative ideAs? any that work better than another?

pureed cauliflower with cheese is very good

I like fat free refried beans with a little bit of cheese (tostitos salsa con queso is only 40 calls. for 2 tbsp.) and fat free sour cream. Very filling and actually has some taste. Cottage cheese with some hummus mixed in is good, and butternut or winter squash. Basically what I have been living on for the passed week and a half.

I'm also on this stage I'm desperate!! Living on triple zero Greek, chicken chili I made, re fried beans, squash, can't tolerate any dairy of any kind anymore!!!! I made a turkey dinner last night may I add in 98 degrees weather lol. I put turkey in the blender with some homemade gravy it was delicious. 1 tbsp of mashed and squash felt like thanksgiving. I don't know what it is about scrambled eggs but when I swallow them the kind of hurts. Anyone have issue with certain foods on the stage??? Any recipe ideas would be greatly appreciated thank you!

I am a Soup lover, and even though it's hot, I made Soups and pureed them. chicken Pot Pie soup was good. Jambalaya without the rice was good. I'm out of that phase now and having some trouble processing meat that isn't pureed. Plus my weight loss has stopped cold since I started on non-pureed meat. But I'm not going back to puree. It was the worse phase. I liked the liquid better.

I'm on puree for another week. Hopefully that's it because if I don't get to chew something pretty soon I'm going to lose it!!!!

I'm on puree for another week. Hopefully that's it because if I don't get to chew something pretty soon I'm going to lose it!!!!

I feel your pain!!! What I though was going to be me moving to a puréed diet ended up being me moving to a stage 2 liquid diet! for TWO MORE WEEKS! only thing added I can have is creamy soups, farina and pudding ... JOY! I think right now my biggest struggle is the no chewing! and the cream

soups are causing havoc on my stomach ! I'm sure soon this will all be a far distant memory though ! ( I keep telling myself that!)

chicken salad was my saving grace during purees. Canned chicken breast makes it very moist and easy to make. I still eat it often for lunch.

Other favorites I recall enjoying: cottage cheese, Refried Beans with salsa and a little grated sharp cheddar cheese. Soft scrambled egg, even better with some salsa and cheese. Ricotta cheese with marinara or spaghetti sauce. Light n Fit Greek yogurt packs a lot of Protein for the calories. Tuna salad w just tuna, mayo, relish, boiled egg and fork mashed to puree. I was allowed Tilapia during pureed stage. Soft cooked cauliflower mashed with some fat-free cream cheese and bacon bits (mock stuffed potato), Turkey chili pureed is very good, .