I had salmon last night and it was heavenly. Research shows me it's a great source of Protein and low in calories. Yay!

What other fish do y'all enjoy? Also, are fish like shrimp and crab included on soft foods or is it more like the fillets?

I really hope fish works for me after surgery because I love seafood. Except white flakey fish that tastes like nothing. I prefer salmon, tuna, swordfish, shrimp, scallops, squid, etc.

I am currently buying the 7 oz frozen salmon portions from Costco. I haven't found any other frozen brands I like, but I know I won't be able to eat a full 7 oz piece of salmon after surgery, so maybe I'll cut it in half and eat the other half the next day.

6 minutes ago, lizonaplane said:

I really hope fish works for me after surgery because I love seafood. Except white flakey fish that tastes like nothing. I prefer salmon, tuna, swordfish, shrimp, scallops, squid, etc.

I am currently buying the 7 oz frozen salmon portions from costco. I haven't found any other frozen brands I like, but I know I won't be able to eat a full 7 oz piece of salmon after surgery, so maybe I'll cut it in half and eat the other half the next day.

I have a similar dilemma today. It’s my

first day of soft foods and unlike you I was not a huge fan of fish before surgery (I like mahi because it’s NOT super fishy) anyways I bought it frozen and when I defrosted I realized it will probably take me like 3 or 4 days (maybe longer) to eat it. And I will not want the same thing 3 or 4 Days in a row. Not sure what to do about that. They don’t always have fresh mahi I don’t think. Hopefully I will like other seafood since I know it’s good for me and I will be more likely to find it fresh so I can freeze the rest in smaller portions.

15 hours ago, ShoppGirl said:

I have a similar dilemma today. It’s my

first day of soft foods and unlike you I was not a huge fan of fish before surgery (I like mahi because it’s NOT super fishy) anyways I bought it frozen and when I defrosted I realized it will probably take me like 3 or 4 days (maybe longer) to eat it. And I will not want the same thing 3 or 4 Days in a row. Not sure what to do about that. They don’t always have fresh mahi I don’t think. Hopefully I will like other seafood since I know it’s good for me and I will be more likely to find it fresh so I can freeze the rest in smaller portions.

I actually like Mahi Mahi too! Could you cut the frozen portion with a sharp knife? What about tilapia or some other mild fish? Or shrimp? You can usually get tilapia fresh and always buy a very small portion of shrimp. I've heard that shrimp is easy at the beginning, although it won't help if you don't like it!

Good luck!

17 minutes ago, lizonaplane said:

I actually like Mahi Mahi too! Could you cut the frozen portion with a sharp knife? What about tilapia or some other mild fish? Or shrimp? You can usually get tilapia fresh and always buy a very small portion of shrimp. I've heard that shrimp is easy at the beginning, although it won't help if you don't like it!

Good luck!

Tilapia is okay (good idea) but shrimp I didn’t like pre surgery. I will try it again just in case but I didn’t like because of texture so I’m pretty sure I won’t like it now either I was thinking of snow crab or lobster one night for something different though (because of course I like the expensive ones, lol) also it takes forever to eat and post surgery that’s a good thing.

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I had a crab cake from the appetizer menu yesterday at a local place and I am on soft food. It went down ok.

Hello. On the full liquid after surgery phase 1 can we make any stock / broth using shellfish / veggies/ spices etc. ? Of course all will be strained to broth only

On 4/3/2021 at 6:39 PM, Jaye W said:

I had a crab cake from the appetizer menu yesterday at a local place and I am on soft food. It went down ok.

How did your body respond to the oils that they use for the crab cake?

So, how do you purree shrimp, fish, scallops, etc. for the purree stage? What do you add to make it softer?

Our local grocery store bakes fish for free. Each week, I get 8 to 12 ounces of baked tilapia. I portioned out 2 ounces for lunch; it is delicious and goes down well.

A couple weeks ago, I puréed it with bone broth that I bought at the grocery store. I think the proportion was 1 ounce fish to 1 ounce broth.