Need some mushie ideas....please

[*tinkerbell 0]

I was just wondering whether I'd screwed up. Today is my first day of mushies and the first thing I had was some ground beef in Tomato paste and cheese (grabbed it off the top of the spaghetti my family had for dinner). Does that seem like a mushy enough food to ne1 else or was I a little too quick to pass judgement on that?

[radiogirl 0]

Today was my first day of mushies. For lunch I drove thru Wendy's and picked up a small chili w/ cheese. I pureed it in my "Magic Bullet" and had a yummy and filling lunch. The small cup is enough for two meals. Tonight I had mashed potatoes with fat free gravy and 3/4 c of cream of broccoli Soup (Campbell's). For dessert I'll have lowfat cottage cheese sprinkled with sugar free Jello powder (any flavor). I used to make this dessert while on Atkins and added fat free whipped topping but I don't know if we can have whipped topping after being banded.

[jujuvee 0]

Well I think this could be a fun stage. How about meat loaf, beef stew, chicken&dupplins, chili, ground turkey with taco sasoning, mac&cheese. It's not going to look pretty but you can toss any of this in a blender, add a bit of Water to get the consistancy you need and it's going to taste good.

[jennibells 0]

tinkerbell I am going to try your idea. I would think if the meat is ground really fine it should be fine. I am going to make spaghetti for the family and just have some of the meat, sauce and cheese. Sounds yummy!!!

[lipstix64 1]

How bout egg salad, hummus, cottage cheese.

I was just wondering whether I'd screwed up. Today is my first day of mushies and the first thing I had was some ground beef in Tomato paste and cheese (grabbed it off the top of the spaghetti my family had for dinner). Does that seem like a mushy enough food to ne1 else or was I a little too quick to pass judgement on that?

[lipstix64 1]

I hear that cottage cheese w/ a drop of vanilla and cinnamon is delish!

[koinoi 0]

Wow i am so glad i found this, everything sounds great

[Aceituna 0]

My favorite mushy food is cream of wheat. I make it in the microwave, then drop an egg in it, nuke it for a minute, take it out and wait another minute while the egg cooks a little longer. Stir it all up and if you really want to be bad add a tablespoon of I can't believe it's not butter. It's like eating the pastina my mom used to make me when I was sick. This dish is full of Protein and takes a while to eat. Perfect!

[jennibells 0]

The other night I had some ground turkey, chopped to mush, with taco seasoning in it, refried Beans, salsa and some cheese. Tasted just like tacos.

Today for lunch I had cooked broccoli (cooked to death), chicken breast very finely chopped and cheese mixed together. It was like heaven:)

I never thought I would like mushy food so much!

[LJB 0]

Oh!! You guys are making my mouth Water. Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum

Thanks for all the great ideas - I'm going to try them all.

[Aceituna 0]

I think mushy food is the best phase!

[Amy Elizabeth 1]

My mushy food of choice is homemade spaghetti sauce (meat and all) with a tiny amount of Pasta (and some pasta water) blended in the blender. . .it's spaghetti soup!! Even my 3 year old approved!

[nfl1 0]

I loved my mushy stage - I was banded Jan. 20. I did a chili dog (turkey dog) and blended it with extra Tomato sauce, and topped it with some shredded cheese. My favorite was (love thai food) beef massaman - the local Thai Cuisine serves it with 5-7 pieces of very tender beef and LOTS of sauce, so add in a little rice and bam lots of flavor.

I'd made a list of the foods that were driving me crazy (from either TV commercials or people heating their food at work for lunch)...and had these during mushy time.

[lml32937 65]

eggs are my new friend!!!!!!!!!! scrambeled, hard boiled- in egg salad etc.

tuna has been good

chicken and dumplings (home made) blended was good

Tacos in the magic bullet were the best!- meat, cheese, sauce and sour cream and a few tomoatoes....

fruit smoothies- fresh fruit and vanilla Slim fast or Vanilla ensure-

Ensure shake- chocolate with a banana and ice- is just like a shake! (but healthy!)

I love my magic bullet- have used it every day!

Thanks for all the good ideas!

[KarenInOhio 3]

i made chicken chili using one of those seasoning packages you get at the grocery store, and some canelloni (white) Beans. then i pureed it in the blender. it was awesome.

i also eat a lot of cream of wheat with some Peanut Butter stirred into it.