I am about to start the soft food stage and that means i can have hummus. I love hummus, but ehat am i supposed to eat it with? Cant do raw veggies or chips/ crackers. Any ideas?

If you can't eat it raw maybe cook a bell pepper, slice it up, and eat it with that. It's good with bell pepper.

maybe a lettuce leaf wrap?

It might sound crazy, but I intend to eat it with a spoon! Once we're able to tolerate more solid foods, I'm interested in making this Indian flatbread to have with it:

Sweet Potato Chapati | Healthy Diet Flat Bread | roti - YouTube

I think just straight up would be best at this stage.

Lettuce is a not and so is the raw veggies. I agree with the other.... stick with straight up

I Just ate it with a spoon, as suggested above...

I'm nowhere close to surgery, but what about those baby type crackers that basically dissolve? Someone on YouTube recommended them, but I'm not sure if they'd be allowed or if it'd too many carbs, or whatever. I'm curious for when I get to the stage.

I just ate it straight. I still haven't found anything I can tolerate to have with it unfortunately (5 weeks out).

Spoon

I am allowed deli meat at this stage, so I took a piece of thin smoked turkey and spread some hummus on it rolled up. I also did what others are saying....just ate it with a spoon:)

On 11/29/2020 at 5:53 PM, NovaLuna said:

If you can't eat it raw maybe cook a bell pepper, slice it up, and eat it with that. It's good with bell pepper.

THIS sounds really good. I'll be doing this!!!

I'm 8 weeks post-op and I ate 4 water crackers with hummus on them, it filled me right up. (some people call them table water crackers).

In an air fryer or oven, can make cheddar cheese crisps in a few minutes (use parchment paper), and dip them in hummus. Yum! I ate those for forever lol.

21 hours ago, Tomo said:

In an air fryer or oven, can make cheddar cheese crisps in a few minutes (use parchment paper), and dip them in hummus. Yum! I ate those for forever lol.

Could the cheese crisps be considered an easy to chew food? I just found out from my dietitian's office that I can't have water crackers yet because they are too dry and crunchy still.

Oh and, I have VERY bad luck with parchment paper, last time I tried to use it in the oven it caught on fire, so I'm really scared to use it in the Air Fryer. Can you explain how to make cheese crisps?

Edited September 9, 20223 yr by MissMerryberry
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Could the cheese crisps be considered an easy to chew food? I just found out from my dietitian's office that I can't have Water crackers yet because they are too dry and crunchy still.
Oh and, I have VERY bad luck with parchment paper, last time I tried to use it in the oven it caught on fire, so I'm really scared to use it in the Air Fryer. Can you explain how to make cheese crisps?

I was allowed cheese very early on due to it being easy to chew and swallow.