Hello! So I can start eating regular foods again next week and I am just wondering what some people started with? What were your first meals? Thanks for any advice & help!

I started with cheese and veggies. Because in soft food phase I didn't handle shaved deli meat I was too scared to try meat. Eventually I did start meat and my first was a chicken thigh. I'm not a dark meat person but since you can't drink while you're eating, you almost have to stick to the dark meat of chicken and turkey. I have also tried very very small bites of tender steak and very small bites of pork chops. The key is to chew until it's almost purée consistency and wait before you take that second bite. Good news is you will know if you do something you're not ready for. Try not to make the mistake of marking foods off completely if you try something for the first time. It could be that's it's just too soon. Best of luck!!

Cottage cheese, yogurt, and applesauce went pretty well.

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I lived off tuna, avocado, fish (mahi mahi is my fav with lemon pepper and grilled), grilled yellow squash is amazing with Greek or Italian seasoning, anything with cheese, hard boiled eggs. I still can't do lettuce at 3.5 months but I can do spinach if chopped finely or cooked. Grilled chicken still is a bit rough going down.

Oh and I ate beans then too, but I rarely have those anymore.