Well, it was one thing to make a shake or bullion for my partner when she was on the endless pre-surgery liquid diet, and making homemade Soup for her plus shakes in the two week post liquid diet wasn't so bad either, but these mushies! Oy!

We've got one more week to go until she can eat soft foods, and Sunday night can't come soon enough for me. We have a big blender, a tiny blender, and a food processor, and none of them is truly adequate for making small amounts of food. The food either doesn't get chopped up enough or is too soupy. It took almost 10 minutes just to puree yams last night. In addition, there's no way to keep everything hot enough. While I puree the chicken, the veggies get cold or vice versa, and pureed brown rice, which I thought wouldn't be so bad, is just a complete non-starter :cursing:. Buying a "bullet" seems like a waste of money for a two-week need, but I'm using so many bowls and spoons trying to make a meal and make it look somewhat attractive that every night feels like the last minute rush at Thanksgiving. She was able to eat some soft tofu on Saturday which didn't need to be pureed, but if I had to do this on a regular basis for someone, I'd go out and get a super-primo food processor.

Meanwhile, I've been making some exquisite Soups and posting some of the recipes. I've got a killer (not cheap, but worth it) blue crab soup recipe that I'm going to try to put up tonight.

BadgerMom

I would definitely recommend buying the bullet ... it is PERFECT for making small, 1 serving "purees" ... I wish I had mine right after surgery but waited until a few months out to buy it. It wouldn't be a waste because when your partner goes for fills she'll have to be on liquids/purees for a day or two afterwards depending on her doctor's guidelines. I use mine all the time ... it's very handy and to me worth the money.

Best of luck on the Lap Band journey! :thumbup: