I can now eat mushies, but I am looking for some creative suggestions! I don't want to get burnt out on the basics (i.e. mashed potatoes, yogurt, pudding, etc) too fast. I have three weeks to go before I can move to the next stage.

All suggestions appreciated!

:hungry:

I can now eat mushies, but I am looking for some creative suggestions! I don't want to get burnt out on the basics (i.e. mashed potatoes, yogurt, pudding, etc) too fast. I have three weeks to go before I can move to the next stage.

All suggestions appreciated!

:hungry:

I just graduated from mushies to solid food. I was on mushies for 1 week, as per doctor. You might try tuna with a small dab of mayo., sweet relish and very fine chopped up onion. Also, the same with egg salad. Scrambled eggs also are permitted and as well as cottage cheese. Not very exciting, but better than liquids. Good luck and hang in there. It will be worth it.

I'm on purees, so I bought a baby food grinder. I made pulled pork and put it in the grinder with a little bit of applesauce and cinnamin. It's soooo yummy.

I also like cooked ground turkey pureed with applesauce and cinnamin.

I usually have these with a side of yogurt.

And I make a few servings at once and store them in baby food jars in correct portions.

-Leena

I love to eat hummus, but with chips or bread of course! But, during the mushie stage, I tried it alone and it was really good! Very rich though. A store bought container will last 2 weeks if you only eat a tbsp at a time.

I also mushed refried Beans, avacado and sour cream (all FF or course!). It was delicious! Tons of Protein and very filling.

I even experimented with more Soups too. I still found these very good even though I was over my non-clear liquid phase. I just cooked the Soup a long time so everything was really soft. I did blend some soups and strain them too. Soup is really filling and was essential to me during the mushie phase because it was so hard to find different mushies and I was still scared to eat! haha

Tuna/chicken*/egg/ham/seafood salads

Cottage & Cream Cheeses

oatmeal

Scrambled eggs

Mashed veggies & fruits

pureed turkey chili

*Canned Chic w/ ricotta cheese & red sauce

*Canned Chic w/ gravy over mashed potatoes

*My nutritionist recommended the canned chicken to start out (near the tuna in the groc store) because it's very tender. I was surprised to find it's pretty good. A 2 oz serving is 50 calories and 11 grams of Protein. I've mixed it with refried Beans, in soups, made chic salad out of it, etc.

Refried Beans spread on a plate with canned chicken (pureed) on top, covered with a piece of FF cheese and nuked for 30 seconds....YUMMMM

Almost like a mushie no-wrap burrito

Thanks everyone for the great suggestions! I really appreciate it and look forward to some new and exciting "mushies"!

I was looking for a new soup recipe and I found a delicious one. I made it today. It's Peanut Soup. All you need is one peeled sweet potato, 32 ounces of chicken broth, 1/2 of an onion, 1 grated carrot, minced ginger, and a dab of creamy Peanut Butter. You puree all of the veggies in a food processor, then in a little olive oil heat the veggies and the ginger until transparent. Add the chicken broth, bring to a low boil and cover. Let it simmer for 20 minutes. Add a teaspoon of peanut butter and then blend the soup in a blender. Return to heat, and heat it through.

I've been craving Thai soup and this comes close.

WOW, everyone, I am no longer on mushies, but i would have loved all of these recipes for me at the time. Everyone on this site is soooo awesome in their support and encouragement. WAY TO GO BANDSTERS!!!!!!!

Hello, I don't know if you've had the chance to look around here, but there is an entire forum dedicated to food:

Here's a link to the forum: "Food"

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f9/

An important subforum there: "Recipes"

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f82/

Most importantly, a Sticky thread of specifically "mushy stage Recipes"

http://www.lapbandtalk.com/f9/mushies-stage-recipes-17637/

tonight I had the refried beans with canned chicken, and then I topped that with some mexican spiced chopped tomatoes, then some cheese and microwaved it, OMG, it was soooooo good. Gotta have it again soon. Thanks a bunch.

I can now eat mushies, but I am looking for some creative suggestions! I don't want to get burnt out on the basics (i.e. mashed potatoes, yogurt, pudding, etc) too fast. I have three weeks to go before I can move to the next stage.

All suggestions appreciated!

:hungry:

Good to the food thread....they have a bizillion recipes for every stage!