Hi,

I almost to the mushy stage, wondering what kind of foods you ate during this time? The only things on the list from my doc are soft eggs and cottage cheese - did anyone try mashed potato or mac and cheese or is that too much for this stage??

Thanks for the help! Looking forward to scrambled eggs...

I baked a potato, used just half and mashed it, then added cottage cheese to end up with about 1/2 cup and it went down great and with a little salt and pepper tasted great as well (my sodium was low for my last blood test so salt is ok for me)

Grits cream of wheat made with skim milk

light yogurt

sweet potatoes mashed

cream soups

refried beans

oatmeal

tuna

i did yogurt with cottage cheese of you can do cottage cheese with sugar free jello. wishing you all the best. sil

I am not to the mushie phase yet but I can't wait. I've been researching and reading everything I can get my hands on. People on another board rec'd putting some ricotta in a dish then some tomato sauce and top with a little parmesan and mozzarella. Warm it in the microwave and you have lasagna with no noodles. I'm also looking forward to some refried beans with a little low fat cheese and maybe a dash of the liquid from salsa heated in the microwave. My dietician said I could make egg salad to eat and tuna if I used a lot of light mayo to make it smoother but follow what your Dr or dietician says. Good Luck.

One thing I would do is go to a sandwich restaraunt (like Panera) and get a cup of Soup to go. I would take it home, put it in my blender and beat the heck out of it. Poured it in a cup and yumo it was good. Had all the flavor without the risk. I did this with all kinds of soup. I would also pair it with some butter crackers that I would let dissolve in my mouth.

Really, there are a lot of things you can put in a blender that will still taste good.

God Bless!

Thinks I ate on my mushy stage:

scrambled eggs

potato soup- really any creamy soup, but this was my fav

refried Beans with salsa (ate a LOT of this)

cottage cheese

cottage cheese with marinara sauce (like lasagna)

mashed potatoes

hummus

cream of wheat

pudding

That was about it. I am a creature of habit, so I tended to eat the same things over and over.

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?