I ate a variety - or should I say tried a variety of things? Frankensleeve was very picky and we came to a truce over my re-fried Beans and ground turkey meat concoction.

I tried (I'm talkin 1 tablespoon!) Peanut Butter, boiled eggs, potted meat/chicken, ground chicken, and a few other things I'm sure I can't remember. Frankie was VERY PICKY! And he didn't like any of them. :-P

Is this what you all are having during week 3? pureed stage?

My surgeon told me I can try refried beans today...

So I did. They stayed down pretty good.

I only had a tablespoon. But it was a slice of heaven. I also was told today that I can skip pureed. Just different methods I guess.

Go to mash and then regular food week 4.

Not saying one way is wrong or right. I'm going to keep asking questions and learning what is working for me and what's not.

@@kaysunshine - I was eating refried Beans, with the blessing of my medical team, a lot earlier than some did here, as well.

I was thrilled to eat a scrambled egg with cheese that Saturday morning (my surgery was the Wednesday before). It was heaven

Low fat refried Beans were my best friend during puree stage. I actually miss them and wonder if they would help me with my hunger? They are warm, tasty and filling. 2 ounces of heaven in a little tiny bowl.

For variety, you should also try hummus. There are tons of flavors and all with good protein counts. I love black bean hummus. That was my first food of real substance and it was so savory I was literally dizzy from the experience!

I should add that hummus has more calories as well as protein and fat. It's a trade off.

Whenever I go out for Mexican I always end up getting a side of Beans and rice for my meal. For some reason the beans at a restaurant taste way better than the canned variety.

Refried beans were my hero during 3rd and 4th week. I love them. I added turkey bone broth to them to increase protein and shredded cheese. Yummy!!

I loved refried Beans during the early days and had cans of them in the pantry. I decided to learn how to make them from scratch since I figured they'd taste better and they did. And they freeze well too, so I would do a big slow cooker batch and then portion them out and have a freezer full of delicious beans to eat on.

Low fat (not) refried beans recipe:

http://www.budgetbytes.com/2011/08/not-refried-beans/

I've use black beans, kidney beans and pintos in this and they all turn out wonderfully!