Favorite Snack Hacks for the sweet and salty

[Creekimp13 5,838]

The only reference to staple line issues i've ever seen....are tiny hard seeds like strawberry seeds very early on in healing. We don't eat strawberrries before six weeks for this reason in my group. (A lot of people are tempted to put them in a smoothy in the pureed stage...and people react poorly to this because the seed grit is irritating...nausea,vomiting, etc)

Nuts don't work for some people, but work well for others. My group advises to wait until six weeks to try reintroducing them...and to do so carefully. Chew them well, and try a small amount at first to see if you get any unpleasant symptoms.

I have no problem with nuts:) Really glad about this, cause I eat a lot of them:)

[Seahawks Fan 771]

For some reason this post made me crave a salted nut roll! lol

[kakatlady612 1,053]

The nuts on the outside maybe okay, the nougat and caramel on the inside, bad boy you know better than that!

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[abefroman329 704]

4 hours ago, kitty1392 said:

How soon after surgery did you guys start eating nuts? I’ve gotten conflicting information.

My nutritionist just said “when you start solid food” and didn’t really understand why I was asking. Some books I’ve read have said 6 months, others say never, as tiny hard pieces can get lodged in the staple line (never seems a little drastic to me, but what do I know).

Confusingly, I can have nuts starting at 6 weeks, but then it's listed later in my binder as food I could have trouble with later. Nuts are just difficult to digest in general and basically any nut that isn't an almond is a little carb bomb.

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The thing that satisfies my sweet craving is Halo Top ice cream, which is just the business, man.

It's between 60-90 calories a serving with about 14-15 grams of carbs. And it's actually good. A pint of that will give four servings, which I tend to space out over a few weeks.

[kitty1392 14]

The thing that satisfies my sweet craving is Halo Top ice cream, which is just the business, man.
It's between 60-90 calories a serving with about 14-15 grams of carbs. And it's actually good. A pint of that will give four servings, which I tend to space out over a few weeks.

Oh my goddddddd halo top is my jam. Birthday cake halo top is perfection. oatmeal cookie flavor ain’t bad either!

[AGreenEyedWolf 97]

For salty, I make parmesan crisps in my microwave... 1 to 3 minutes depending on how many I want and they are crunchy like chips and so delicious!

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[AGreenEyedWolf 97]

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2 hours ago, AGreenEyedWolf said:

For salty, I make parmesan crisps in my microwave... 1 to 3 minutes depending on how many I want and they are crunchy like chips and so delicious!

I had no idea you could make cheese crisps in the microwave! I'll be trying those weekend. Thanks for that tip!