Vegetarian post op meals

[IWantTheDream 179]

Hello everyone! I have started the process of getting approved for surgery and I feel like I am not sure how I stay on a vegetarian diet after surgery. I am a horrible cook and I hate to cook also. I really like that I eliminated the inflammation in by body by going vegetarian and I really don’t want to go off but I’m nervous about after the surgery any suggestions because now I kinda just steam veggies or cook the morning star burgers eat. I have only been a vegetarian since September 2019. Still very new n learning. Help please I appreciate all you can offer. Thank you in advanced!

[JRT Mom 919]

I am also a vegetarian, and once you get off the liquid diet it's not hard. I eat a lot of refried Beans and lentils, tofu, ricotta and cottage cheese. eggs, if you eat them, are a great Protein source and I love them (never could eat them when I had my lap band!) I take the Amy's vegetarian frozen dinners, and after thawed I get four meals out of them. Once you can eat some rice, you can make a meal out of two or three pieces of vegetable roll "sushi". It may be a little harder to get enough protein in, but I use the Isopure zero carb protein Water to help with that.

While you are on your mushies stage google "Eggface's Ricotta Bake" It's delish! I still eat it even though I have no restrictions now.

Edited January 11, 2020 by JRT Mom

[GradyCat 3,692]

I don't know a lot about vegetarian and vegan or the difference between the two, can you have eggs and cheese? Those are good sources of Protein.

[froufrou 678]

I'm vegetarian (have been for 49 years) - I did as JRT Mom says and at first had refried Beans, eggs, cheese, etc. I also made the famous ricotta bake that's on this site somewhere. I eat Quorn for Protein, beans, etc. Check out the thread, I think it's in General, called something like 'before and after'. There are tons of meals in there to take inspiration from.

[froufrou 678]

Just wanted to add... curries are wonderful and really easy to make and you can make it for the whole family, just skip the rice at first. Use tofu, a few sliced almonds and a bit of Protein Powder to ramp the Protein aspect up.