Saturday my family is having a get together and the headline reads: BYOB, bring a snack or dessert and chip in for pizza.

Obviously not sleeve friendly. The day of the get together I will be almost 5 weeks post op and in the soft food stage. Any suggestions on what I could bring to appear normal but also have something to eat?

Or am I stuck being the weirdo eating out of my lunchbox? I'm okay with it if I am but I'd appreciate recipes or suggestions!

It seems chili is a big hit with everyone here who is in the post op set.

Food processor chicken salad (whiz together chicken, ff cottage cheese, deveined cellery, salt pepper mustard), jello salad or ambrosia, flan is a great choice, either for entree (eggplant flan is mostly cheese and egg= protein bomb) or lightly sweet dessert (flan is less sweet than puddings)

For drinks, minute maid 15 cal juice blends look great in a wine glass.

You could do a bean dip (or similar), chili as other's have suggested, or even something like a crock pot full of meatballs.

How about a crockpot stew---meat heavy, no starch, with fresh veggies added? Cook until real soft and tender??? (do not thicken it. Just leave au'jous )

Ambrosia is a great dessert idea and I know my family likes it. They won't know it's sugar free cool whip in there

You might also want to check out the blog The World According to Eggface for recipe ideas.

For drinks, minute maid 15 cal juice blends look great in a wine glass.

You can pretend you are drinking Mimosa's!

Deviled eggs. I taught my DSD when I taught her to make them that whomever brings deviled eggs is automatically the most popular person at any gathering.

I think I'm going to make meatballs! I thought about deviled eggs but I need to get one of those fancy egg pans so they don't end up a mess. Lol.

Thank you all for the suggestions! There are so many options but I just couldn't think of any.

Yeah! I won. Am I invited?

I think I'm going to make meatballs! I thought about deviled eggs but I need to get one of those fancy egg pans so they don't end up a mess. Lol. .

So, the trick to traveling with Deviled Eggs is don't assemble them till you get there. Put all the egg white "cups" in a big zippie bag, and mix your filling up and put it in another zippie. When you get where you are going, arrange the cups on a plate, cut the corner of the filling bag, and pipe the filling into the cups. Takes like 30 seconds and takes a ton of hassle out of Deviled Eggs.

I think I'm going to make meatballs! I thought about deviled eggs but I need to get one of those fancy egg pans so they don't end up a mess. Lol. .

So, the trick to traveling with Deviled Eggs is don't assemble them till you get there. Put all the egg white "cups" in a big zippie bag, and mix your filling up and put it in another zippie. When you get where you are going, arrange the cups on a plate, cut the corner of the filling bag, and pipe the filling into the cups. Takes like 30 seconds and takes a ton of hassle out of Deviled Eggs.

Thanks! I learned something new today.

How did it go???

It went really well. My dad had WLS surgery a few years ago so my family has been exposed to this before. When I first got there I got a couple "you look great" and "how are you feelings" from my aunts and a cousin, and one "how much have you lost". I answered and it was over within a few minutes and we all just went about our business. There was a veggie tray and cheese, cheeseball, and crackers in addition to my appetizer. Everyone else ate pizza later on and I just made two meals of the appetizers over the day.

This was my first time being around people I didn't discuss the surgery with beforehand. If not for one Facebook status immediately post-op no one would have known except my boyfriend and best friends. Vaguely regretting that but I'm only friends with two coworkers on Facebook who work different shifts or departments than I do. Hoping I can keep it somewhat under wraps at work? I guess we will see March 1st