It has been 6 months since my surgery and I have lost 71 lbs.

My diet is sooo boring. I eat yogurt, cheese, cold cuts, and fijita beef. and chicken. I need food sugestions. with high protein.

Salads - garden salad with avocado and tuna or salmon and salad seeds sprinkled over it.

Soups - current fave, zucchini and leek with a dollop of natural yogurt (this isnt really high protein though) and Doug just made a really good pea and ham soup, delicious. You can add lentils to any soup for protein.

I also eat loads of nuts - walnuts are great for Omega 3's, raw almonds and macadamias.

I make a lot of smoothies to get my fruit in (banana and berries, yum) and I use yogurt, skim milk and chuck an egg in for protein, but if you're a protein powder user you can use that instead.

The goal should be to eat most anything you want but in smaller portions. Last night I made chicken stirfry over brown rice. Other nights I've made meatloaf (cooked on a broiler pan so fat drains off), hamburger patties with onions, chicken cesear salad, baked pork chops. I cook for a family of 5 (3 teenage boys) so they have to enjoy it also. Oh, one of my favorites is taco salad (beef or chicken), I just skip the tortilla chips.

1/2 avocado with crab salad,

grilled veggies,

poached tilapia in seasoned chicken broth with squash,onions and peppers,

shishkabobs with veggies and shrimp

curried lamb over brown rice

crock pot beans or lentils in a stew. Add left over meats.

baked chicken cordon blue (breast stuffed with swiss cheese and lean ham)

stuffed eggplant

Salmon Templada

Ingredients:

Salmon with 5 Essentials

fat (olive oil)

salt

pepper

aromatic (fresh or dry herb)

acid (lemon or lime)

White Bean Mash

can of white beans (canelli)

olive oil

salt

pepper

Savoy Sauté

cabbage

olive oil

onion

Directions

Slice salmon in its raw state (like you would with lox) and place on oven safe plate. Drizzle salmon with olive oil, sprinkle salt, pepper, and herb over salmon and squeeze a fresh lemon or lime. Put salmon in broiler and broil on high for 1 to 2 minutes, until just pink.

Open up can of white beans and drain. Mash them in a bowl, then drizzle olive oil, add salt and pepper. Mix and microwave until warm. Serve.

Chop up cabbage length-wise, drizzle with olive oil and combine with finely chopped onion. Sauté for 5-7 min. Serve.