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Cook it on the fish like bread crumbs? Or sprinkle on after cooking?

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You can sprinkle it like parmesan cheese, use it as a bread crumb or in sauces (gives a nutty cheesy flavour).

I just use Parmesan cheese!

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It is a vegan cheese substitute :)

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I was told to start on Protein shakes, and work up to hitting my 60g with all food. The goal I was given was to be off shakes by my six month check in. I'm 3 months out and only recently started being able to hit my Protein goal with just food. Chicken/Fish/Beef have been the biggest winners for me. I can eat about 3-4oz of food and those three net me 20-25g of protein in that portion size. I'll also do eggs and cheese for Breakfast. I don't really eat anything that isn't protein at this point.

I am 16 days post op and feel awesome, I am past the liquid phase and actually able to eat food again. I am just curious how some of you get all of your protein in without shakes (my NUT does not want me drinking shakes due to the fact that that are considered a "slider") every meal I eat is protein, but I can only get severaly bites in before I am full, so I get maybe like 6g of protein in a meal?

For example:

Breakfast- Could only manage 1/2 of an egg

Lunch- 1/3 canned chicken and 1/2 cheese stick

Dinner-2 oz of salmon

Help! lol. I have unflavored Protein powder, but was told not to eat slider foods and cant really add Protein Powder to the dense Proteins?

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It's interesting how each Dr. gives us different direction. My Doc said that for the first year, I'd need to supplement my Protein with shakes or he suggested GENEPRO (flavorless Protein powder) which has 30gm of protein in one serving and mixes with pretty much any liquid. My meals are so small that even though protein rich, I don't get enough food down to tic off too many gms of protein. I have so much more energy when I keep the protein up.

I really like the genopro. It's a life saver!!

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