Puréed, I am so ready

[Hayden 43]

I just finished my purée prep. I can’t wait till Tuesday. I have been longing for some real flavors for what seems like forever. Pictured I have ham, egg, seafood, and tuna salad all ready in 2oz containers. I have to make the chicken still but I got breasts to make fresh to cut down on sodium. I’m so excited lol.

what was the food you couldn’t wait to purée and taste after your liquid stage.

[Arabesque 6,670]

So super organised. Congratulations. The freezer & the microwave were my best friends when losing (actually still are 😆). Having meals ready prepped in the freezer (defrost, reheat, prep some vegetables & eat) simplified everything & I didn’t have to think too much about what I was going to eat. A boon on those I’m not really hungry or interested in eating but I know I have to have something days. Plus when you cook it yourself, you have control of the ingredients & how it’s been cooked.

Because my taste buds were pretty crazy the first couple of months a lot of things I thought I’d enjoy eating tasted disgusting. But it was nice to have some texture. I do remember I preferred foods that were a little more salty & the foods I puréed with stock or gravy were more palatable.

Good luck.

[Dave In Houston 199]

I like spicy, so I pureed some chicken curry, then thinned it with chicken broth to make a thick Soup.

Refried Beans with a little salsa on top were also tasty.

[SunnyinSC 137]

My favorites so far have definitely been refried Beans with a little salsa, and then this ricotta bake that reminds me of lasagna. Tomorrow I'm looking forward to trying eggs. You're a lot more organized than I am! On my list of things to try within the next few days, once I eat all the leftovers I currently have, are a puree of refried beans and ground turkey meat with taco seasoning, and then I was gonna try and do an imitation crab with a Mongolian sort of marinade and then mush that up. I am hoping it'll work cause imitation crab is generally pretty soft, so I imagine it'll mush well. There's also a "shrimp scampi" puree recipe I found that I wanna try. It's shrimp, garlic, parsley, low fat plain Greek yogurt, and a little olive oil pureed up.

[BDL58 86]

Do you have a good recipe for the refried Beans? I get to progress to soft and/puréed food on Saturday and I am soooooo looking forward to it! I love refried beans but I’ve never made it from scratch.

[SummerTimeGirl 580]

Wish I had a recipe to make them from scratch but I know for me I usually just buy the Old El Paso, Fat Free refried Beans in a can. They are so good! Aldi's has a good one too.

I still eat them in the soft food phase with a lil bit of taco sauce, guacamole, sour cream and shredded cheddar. Soooooooo good!

[Maisey 260]

14 hours ago, BDL58 said:

Do you have a good recipe for the refried Beans? I get to progress to soft and/puréed food on Saturday and I am soooooo looking forward to it! I love refried Beans but I’ve never made it from scratch.

Google is your friend. I've made a lot of beans in the crockpot since surgery. It's very easy and you can control the ingredients and make them to your taste.

[bufbills 314]

I couldn't wait just to have food in my mouth. That post op liquid diet was tough. Enjoy the next stage!

[SunnyinSC 137]

14 hours ago, BDL58 said:

Do you have a good recipe for the refried Beans? I get to progress to soft and/puréed food on Saturday and I am soooooo looking forward to it! I love refried Beans but I’ve never made it from scratch.

I also just buy fat free refried canned beans. Add a little salsa to them, maybe even a little fat free cheese if that's fine by your surgeon. I'll be adding turkey taco meat to it when I make them in a few days and then blending it all up. Hoping for it feeling like I'm eating the innards of a taco! Seems like it would at least.

[BDL58 86]

Sounds soooo good! I’m doing well but am so tired of the liquid phase, tired of Protein Shakes, in particular. I need to remember to check my pantry…I may actually have a can of Old El Paso fat free refried Beans tucked away (if they aren’t out of date!) Lol!