Hello Sleevers I had my surgery on the 15th of December and have been on a liquid diet for the past 2 weeks. Tomorrow is the first day of my purée stage and I'm super nervous about what to eat and how my new stomach will take it, any recommendations for my first meal?

Thinned refried beans with some cheese on top.

If you can stand baby food, eat that for a few days. I lasted two days and then switched to regular foods blended to death with some broth to make it of pureed consistency. I ate applesauce too, with Protein powder added.

For example, If you like beef vegetable Soup, run it through the blender with Water or broth until there are no bits, just soup slush. The more your food tastes like something, this part of the progression will be easier to bear.

If I had thought of refried Beans with cheese (which I did eat in my soft stage) I would have put them on the blender with cheese sauce instead and enough milk to make it a puree.

There are several bariatric supply websites that sell protein cheese sauce, or you can just get the regular stuff at the supermarket.

You can get creative and invent what you need.

Well, not ON the blender.

I was able to have really moist chicken and tuna salad, just no celery in it. Refried Beans with cheese and salsa. Ricotta cheese with Pasta sauce on it. I was allowed baked Tilipia on purees. Really soft cooked cauliflower pureed with some cream cheese.

I think the thinned refried beans are nice safe first puree meal choice.