So I'm starting week 3 post op tomorrow. But I'm heading up to the lake for a few days. So I did some meal prep here.

First off. I'm so done with chicken broth, cream soup with all the good stuff missing, popsicles and jello.... I've eaten so much jello... ugh...

But I just quickly made up that Ricotta cheese bake and what I call my Ground Turkey Burrito Casserole. And HOLY. Real food tastes so damn good. I'm a day early but snuck a bite from each and I thanks God for a solid 5 minutes as I just let it sit in my mouth.

I know 2 oz. is only like 5 bites, but I'm going to milk the **** out of those 5 bites.

The hard part is over.

Loosing Weight and Feeling Great!

M

Real food tastes soooooo good.

So I'm starting week 3 post op tomorrow. But I'm heading up to the lake for a few days. So I did some meal prep here.
First off. I'm so done with chicken broth, cream soup with all the good stuff missing, popsicles and jello.... I've eaten so much jello... ugh...
But I just quickly made up that Ricotta cheese bake and what I call my Ground Turkey Burrito Casserole. And HOLY. Real food tastes so damn good. I'm a day early but snuck a bite from each and I thanks God for a solid 5 minutes as I just let it sit in my mouth.
I know 2 oz. is only like 5 bites, but I'm going to milk the **** out of those 5 bites.
The hard part is over.
Loosing Weight and Feeling Great!
M

That's blended food???? What's the recipe please haha I can't wait I'm counting down until aug 2!!!

Yummy pics. Ive just past my first week and looking forward to being where your at. I've read that some introduced thinned mashed potatoes during the 1st 3 weeks before going onto the soft food stage. Did you do that?

What's the recipe for the ricotta cheese bake? Looks delish

Is this like the recipe you used for your Ricotta Cheese Bake? I saw it online.

Mix ricotta cheese, parmesan, beaten egg, seasonings together and place in a oven proof dish. Pour marinara on top and top with mozzarella cheese. Bake it in the oven @ 450 for about 20-25 minutes (best) or nuke it till hot and bubbly. I usually made it first in the oven and heated the leftovers in the microwave.

Yours looks so delicious!

@ElysiaDee yep that's the recipe.

My other on is refried beans, ground turkey seasoned with taco seasoning, non chunky salsa and mozzarella. Baked in the oven for 10 min to melt cheese and heat it up.

Both of these will be my staple for the next 2 weeks. So good.

@SharonKaye being done liquids is pretty amazing. Good luck on your journey.

@bl1988 it's classified in the phase 3 of the diet. Puree/soft food phase. Only thing really chewy is the ground turkey in the burrito/Mexican casserole.

Edited July 26, 20179 yr by Mersh

That sounds so good too!

If you have anymore recipes, please pass them along.

I think I'm going to make some Protein Peanut Butter Cookies tomorrow. Not sure if they fit in my "soft food" category or not. But I'm craving something sweet that isn't jello... Apparently this one recipe I found the stats per cookie is. 151 calories
10g fat, 8g carbohydrate, 10g protein... Which is pretty slick.

Lucky your enjoying puree stage i hate it , one week till soft food. its such an effort pureeing everything