I can't stand the thought of blenderized food. I can Doo the eggs. I love eggs. But is there any good food that is pureed that comports to the post-op diets?

And if I do blenderize food, what would be a good, cheap blender for small portions?

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Wal-Mart has blenders starting at about $15.00. Mine died a while back, I think I'll get probably a Magic Bullet style along with my scale to weigh foods.[emoji13][emoji14][emoji14]

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43 minutes ago, wjgo said:

I can't stand the thought of blenderized food. I can Doo the eggs. I love eggs. But is there any good food that is pureed that comports to the post-op diets?

And if I do blenderize food, what would be a good, cheap blender for small portions?

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Did your doc actually tell you that you would be eating pureed food? Cuz I didn't find out until after surgery and at my appropriate check-up that I got to bypass the purees and go straight for soft mechanical.

I can't remember where I got it, but I used a Ninja bullet blender, which was great for size and power. I didn't do much in the way of meal preparation--my big move in the pureed department was to puree a can of beef vegetable soup. But after all the sweet protein shakes, I was so happy to eat something that wasn't sweet!

I also tried something with canned chicken, but I thought that was disgusting. Had about half a container of yogurt daily. I did not love the pureed or soft mushy phase at all--I simply put up with all that stuff for the first month. So happy to be eating real food again after that.

A lot of people swear by refried beans or pureed chili, though, for what it's worth.

My favorite pureed meal was a few meatballs with marinara sauce and a sprinkle of parmesan, mixed up in a blender with a scoop of unflavored protein powder. Tasted like the meat sauce left on a plate after eating spaghetti.

Check with your Dr. I didn’t have to do purée and was able to go from liquid to soft .


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Well, my program is pretty much universal for the participants, unless someone has a medical condition I suppose. We are two weeks liquid, then they say 5-8 pureed foods, so I guess that is their option for changing it. We actually have a required class we attend, with a slide slow, and we get copies if the slides, goes from hospital Street entrance to procedures, through the 4 food stages post operation. All have a required meeting with surgeon 2 weeks after discharge, when the liquid diet ends.

The spaghetti thing sounds good. I will do that.

I might start the pureed 2 days earlier. I am easily getting my water and protein right now. I do fill up quicker than before when drinking some amount of water.

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1 hour ago, wjgo said:

Well, my program is pretty much universal for the participants, unless someone has a medical condition I suppose. We are two weeks liquid, then they say 5-8 pureed foods, so I guess that is their option for changing it. We actually have a required class we attend, with a slide slow, and we get copies if the slides, goes from hospital Street entrance to procedures, through the 4 food stages post operation. All have a required meeting with surgeon 2 weeks after discharge, when the liquid diet ends.

The spaghetti thing sounds good. I will do that.

I might start the pureed 2 days earlier. I am easily getting my Water and Protein right now. I do fill up quicker than before when drinking some amount of water.

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Oh Butters! Don't go thinking your smarter than your doc and advancing things on your hon!!!! It's only 2 more days!!

It's funny, but my favorite pureed item was taking a Hormel "Compleats" chicken breast, gravy and mashed potatoes meal and pureeing it in the blender. I felt like I was eating a Thanksgiving dinner even though it was one item, with one color, and one consistency. (I hate puree!) But it was pretty awesome. LOL. It's 10oz with 210 calories, 18 grams of protein, 4.5 grams fat, and 26 grams of carbs, and 0 sugar.

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7 hours ago, logicwand said:

It's funny, but my favorite pureed item was taking a Hormel "Compleats" chicken breast, gravy and mashed potatoes meal and pureeing it in the blender. I felt like I was eating a Thanksgiving dinner even though it was one item, with one color, and one consistency. (I hate puree!) But it was pretty awesome. LOL. It's 10oz with 210 calories, 18 grams of Protein, 4.5 grams fat, and 26 grams of carbs, and 0 sugar.

Now that sounds like pure comfort food. LOL.

13 hours ago, istytehcrawk said:

My favorite pureed meal was a few meatballs with marinara sauce and a sprinkle of parmesan, mixed up in a blender with a scoop of unflavored Protein Powder. Tasted like the meat sauce left on a plate after eating spaghetti.

What protein powder do you use?

The “unflavored “ one I tried is not unflavored. Afraid to add.

What Protein Powder do you use?
The “unflavored “ one I tried is not unflavored. Afraid to add.

I use Isopure unflavored powder. “Unflavored” doesn’t really mean “no flavor,” it means “no ADDED flavor” (like fruit or chocolate). The Isopure is undetectable when puréed in foods or mixed with other protein shakes for a boost, but I don’t like it in water or crystal light because it does have a protein-y taste.

11 hours ago, logicwand said:

It's funny, but my favorite pureed item was taking a Hormel "Compleats" chicken breast, gravy and mashed potatoes meal and pureeing it in the blender. I felt like I was eating a Thanksgiving dinner even though it was one item, with one color, and one consistency. (I hate puree!) But it was pretty awesome. LOL. It's 10oz with 210 calories, 18 grams of Protein, 4.5 grams fat, and 26 grams of carbs, and 0 sugar.

very creative!!

What protein powder do you use?
The “unflavored “ one I tried is not unflavored. Afraid to add.

I was told I could have tomato sauce. Because I wanted to do enchilada soup in the Crock-Pot.

On 3/25/2018 at 10:05 PM, istytehcrawk said:

My favorite pureed meal was a few meatballs with marinara sauce and a sprinkle of parmesan, mixed up in a blender with a scoop of unflavored Protein Powder. Tasted like the meat sauce left on a plate after eating spaghetti.

What protein powder do you use?

The “unflavored “ one I tried is not unflavored. Afraid to add.

Just started blended week. I didn’t have many ingredients (will go to store later today) so I stopped and got chili from Wendy’s and blended it. The nutritionist recommended it. It was good but a half a cup probably only had 8g protein so I am going to try adding protein powder, beans, or chicken to next batch.

This may be harder than liquids!