Anyone try cooking meat in a crock pot for the "soft foods" phase of the diet? I'll be on full liquids for another week, but thinking ahead to give myself as many options as possible. For my program, foods don't have to be pureed if you chew really well. I'm just really looking forward to chewing again and I've always been a slow eater, so I don't think this will be a problem!

I just did this. I put boneless chicken in with a mix of spagetti sauce, diced tomatoes, a few spices and shortened the cooking time to keep it from being too dry. Served my daughter's with angel hair. And i broke off a small piece of chicken for me. It was great.

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Great news! I was thinking of doing something similar - I do a crock pot curried chicken with vegetables that my family likes (I make it with coconut milk), I'll just skip the rice.

I love having extra in the refig for when i need to eat. 30 seconds in microwave to take the chill off and its ready!

Next I'm going to do bbq turkey meatballs. Any suggestions on how to cut down on the sugar in bbq sauce?

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This homemade sauce might work:

https://www.wholesomeyum.com/recipes/low-carb-bbq-sauce-sugar-free-gluten-free/

There also seem to be some lower carb choices out there. A quick internet search brought up a few different brands, none that I've heard of, but you might have luck if there's a bigger grocery store near you.

I'm heading out to grocery today and I'll look or give this a try. Great site though! I'm so sick of sf popsicles with their ton of artificial coloring and there's a recipe for sf lemonade blueberry popsicles on this site that I'm going to try!

I personally skipped the soft foods diet. I was able to eat normally so i said screw it, but yes i use a croc pot all the time. Beef works really well, you can it super soft to the point where your new tummy can handle it