What's okay to make once you graduate to mush

[Misa_Misa_9392 0]

Hi. I just moved into the mush stage yay!

I'm struggling to find ways to make it taste good. I'm told no fruits or vegetables. So I can't make anything like spinach artichoke dip or that ricotta bake I hear so much about. I managed to make an egg salad that I can get down but I'm gonna need variety soon or I'm gonna go crazy. I also cannot eat fish or seafood so nothing with tuna either.

Does anyone have any tasty puree recipes that can fill the void that for that criteria?

[SpartanMaker 1,278]

No fruits on veggies at all? Wow, that's really restrictive. If you also can't eat any seafood, then really about all that's left is dairy, meat or grains.

About all I can come up with would be:

• Yogurt, especially Greek style (Make sure to avoid any flavors with chunks)
• Protein supplements /drinks (duh)
• Mashed cottage cheese (small curd)
• Ricotta cheese
• Mashed Beans like lentils or alternately low fat or fat free refried beans. Add some grated cheese if your plan allows this. (Of course culinarily we classify these as vegetables, so maybe they don't want you eating this either???)
• pureed meats like beef, chicken, or turkey (I personally couldn't stand this)
• Canned chicken breast, mashed up well. May also need to add something to make it moister?
• Cream of wheat
• Grits
• Baby oatmeal (since it's all ground up)
• Mashed potatoes (or do they consider this a vegetable too?)

Edited 7 hours ago by SpartanMaker

[FifiLux 562]

Wow so restrictive on the veg, did the doctor tell you why? I have never heard of that before, I was made have veg from day one on liquids by way of Soup.

If your bariatric team are not going to allow you veg (fruit I can understand being a no) then surely they should provide you with a bit of a menu guide, my team gave me recopies and food lists for each stage, and veg and even fruit were allowed throughout by way of a slow reintroduction.

In the puree stage I had a homemade bolognese (though it had tomatoes and bit of carrot) and chili con carne (again has tomatoes but pureed right down so might be ok for you depending on why you are so restricted) and the kidney Beans are a good Protein, dhal. What about some hummus, can get different flavoured ones to kick up the flavour a bit? Omelets that you can then add seasoning/spices to?