Hey folks, I'm two week post-op and I'm technically in soft-foods, but they need to be REALLY saucy or in soup to stay down. Anyone have any good recipes for vegetable-based sauces outside of the tomato and squash family?

One of my favorite things is a version of an eggplant salad

take an eggplant and prick it with a knife a couple times, then roast it in the oven until the insides are very soft. then toss it in a food processor with a spoonful of mayo, some salt, and a squirt of lemon juice. Traditionally you also add tahini but I'm not a fan of that

also if you're having trouble keeping things down maybe go back to liquids for a little while longer

Edited May 4, 201610 yr by Sophie74656

@@Sophie74656 Thanks so much!!! I'm going to try this. I wanted to stay on liquids for a while longer, but my surgeon is giving me fuss. He wants me to weed in as much soft foods as I can.

My NUT suggested using some of the low-fat jarred gravy. It's certainly not gourmet but it's easy.

you can also make a version of a greek sauce (taziki?) with cottage cheese

grate some cucumber so it's mush and mix with cottage cheese, dill, lemon juice, garlic, and salt to taste. You can mix in some plain greek yogurt for some Protein

sorry for not giving the amounts I never write them down. You can pretty much do as much or as little as you want of the ingredients