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My surgery date is 10/2 and I'm trying to get a head start on the grocery list. My husband is a trucker and will be doing some shopping for me before he goes back out on the road so that I won't have to shop for several weeks. I know what I'm doing in the first stage but have no idea what I'll be eating in the pureed stage. Tell me what I should put on my grocery list. Thanks in advance.

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I'm loving 1 scrambled egg with a tiny pat of butter, cotttage cheese, really good chicken broth for collagen, Protein Shake made with great quality whey Protein and coconut Water. Hummus didn't go down well for me. The BEST has been a slow cooked chicken puréed with a chunk of carrot and the juices - absolute heaven. If you have a slow cooker I can give you the recipe.

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18 minutes ago, SlieveMishAmy said:

I'm loving 1 scrambled egg with a tiny pat of butter, cotttage cheese, really good chicken broth for collagen, Protein Shake made with great quality whey Protein and coconut Water. Hummus didn't go down well for me. The BEST has been a slow cooked chicken puréed with a chunk of carrot and the juices - absolute heaven. If you have a slow cooker I can give you the recipe.

That sounds SO good!!! I would love the recipe for the chicken.

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http://www.thelittlekitchen.net/whole-chicken-in-a-slow-cooker/

Cannot recommend this highly enough. I always set it for 6 hours no matter the size of chicken. You can tone down the spice rub if you want, but it's actually very slight. I don't bother grilling it at the end to crisp the skin. (Right now we're not going to be using the skin anyway). I make it regularly and added the broth and veg and chicken to a small bowl of brown rice or similar. But made it today on Day 3 of Purees, pulled a tiny bit of chicken (it's so soft and tearable done this way), one chunk of carrot and the juices and pureed them and it was the first time I actually wanted more of anything since my op. Whoever made this recipe up is a genuis. At the moment I'm not eating the other veg - onion & celery - as I don't want to take chances. Of course once you have picked the chicken you can chuck the bones back in and get a superb stock. And THIS is my fave recipe for that http://www.theyummylife.com/Slow_Cooker_Chicken_Broth

My Mum had Gastric Bypass almost a year ago and when I made the Chicken in Slow Cooker for her she got so much wellness out of it. Good luck!! I wonder what other peoples faves are.

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p.s Bone Broth / stock is absolutely fantastic for collagen which we need for healing post surgery. i took advice from a nutritionist before I went into this and her recommendations have been fantastic. she told me about a broth here in the UK from Osius which is made from all of the chicken including feet and is therefore collagen to the max. i don't know if there is an equivalent in the States but that got me through Phase 1. it was delicious! you could literally serve it at a dinner party.

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http://www.laparoscopic.md/bariatric-surgery-diet/puree-diet-after-bariatric-surgery

Also found this website really useful for ideas. I'll shut up now.

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8 minutes ago, SlieveMishAmy said:

http://www.laparoscopic.md/bariatric-surgery-diet/puree-diet-after-bariatric-surgery

Also found this website really useful for ideas. I'll shut up now.

That is awesome! Thank you so much. You just keep talking. I love all the ideas and the recipes. I'm going to be saving these and getting my grocery lists made up.

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My surgery date is 10/2 and I'm trying to get a head start on the grocery list. My husband is a trucker and will be doing some shopping for me before he goes back out on the road so that I won't have to shop for several weeks. I know what I'm doing in the first stage but have no idea what I'll be eating in the pureed stage. Tell me what I should put on my grocery list. Thanks in advance.



I just finished the puréed stage. I ate yogurt and puréed canned fruit, Protein Shakes, roasted butternut squash to make a Soup, broths but make sure they are Bone Broth a lot more flavor, no sugar puddings and Jello.


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My surgery date is 10/2 and I'm trying to get a head start on the grocery list. My husband is a trucker and will be doing some shopping for me before he goes back out on the road so that I won't have to shop for several weeks. I know what I'm doing in the first stage but have no idea what I'll be eating in the pureed stage. Tell me what I should put on my grocery list. Thanks in advance.

I start the puréed phase in seven days. I can have soft cooked eggs, and anything that doesn't require chewing. Example puréed sweet potato, puréed dark meat chicken, puréed fruits, etc. My doctor says if you have to chew it then it's not puréed so just pulverize it. Lol.


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Egg was so hard for me the first day I had a bad reaction, tachycardia and numbness on my left arm, I was so scare so, I tried again a after a week and it was better. I usually eat a cottage cheese in the morning. chicken puree with pumpkin puree, all from scratch. But I bought baby food for those days that I can't cook, because I am busy. I bought beef, chicken and ham, just add a little salt and is edible. But I cook my meals most of the time, love to cook, I eat the same as I cook for my family, just modify to my diet. When they eat Pasta I eat pumpkin puree or mash potatoes, or mash malanga or plantain. I haven't eat salad as of yet.

How I cook the chicken?

Salt

Taco seasoning

Lemon few drops

Garlic powder

Oregano powder

Paprika

Bbq rub for chicken

Then I puree with light mayo as per my nutritionist.

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Great ideas! Thank you! There are also tons of suggestions on Pinterest. Just a few more days and I move on to purées!

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On 9/23/2017 at 9:29 PM, ZinNH said:

Great ideas! Thank you! There are also tons of suggestions on Pinterest. Just a few more days and I move on to purées!

I have been checking out Pinterest. I've saved a lot of recipes. Right now it is making it difficult to focus on the liquid pre-op diet. LOL

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I'm loving 1 scrambled egg with a tiny pat of butter, cotttage cheese, really good chicken broth for collagen, Protein Shake made with great quality whey Protein and coconut Water. Hummus didn't go down well for me. The BEST has been a slow cooked chicken puréed with a chunk of carrot and the juices - absolute heaven. If you have a slow cooker I can give you the recipe.

Did you purée the scrambled egg?


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I liked pureed refried Beans with melted cheese and salsa. You could add some Protein Powder for more Protein.

I also ate Ricotta Bake quite a bit as well as pureed tuna or chicken salad.

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