I am having my first social outing since banding on 1st May. It is a murder mystery evening and we all need to take our own food. I am on mushies. Nobody there will know I have been banded. Any suggestions for my take along food?

Thank you

try bringing a bean dip that you can eat.. it's going to be tough .. my suggestion is bring something for everyone to eat and make yourself a little side for you.. example bring a tuna macoroni salad and bring a little container of just tuna salad no macaroni for you and say you are staying away from carbs..

:/ I hope that helps .. lol

Applesauce

tofu

some kind of cream Soup

Hummus

Hmmmm...that is a toughie!

Just because you are on mushy food doesn't mean you can't have elegant, yummy stuff. I suggest things like lobster bisque, spinach artichoke dip made with low fat cheese and baked whole wheat crackers or whole wheat pita chips. fresh fruit. Walden Farms makes a chocolate sauce that has NO CALORIES,...yeah, you read that right. I buy it at Kroger where all the ice cream toppings are. It's a great dipping sauce for fruit and nobody who has tasted it knew that it was NO CALORIES.

How about a nice piece of salmon and some mashed potatoes? If you need to bring something for the group, the bean dip sounded good -- or you could bring hummus! I don't think crackers are OK during mushies (they were not for me), so I'd steer clear of eating them.

If there is a freezer available where they are having the event, you can bring some frozen yogurt for dessert -- yum!

thank you for all the suggestions, you guys are great.

I think I will try a medley of them all.

Will let you know how it works out

Thanks again

Chubs

thank you for all the suggestions, you guys are great.

I think I will try a medley of them all.

Will let you know how it works out

Thanks again

Chubs

:smile: oh and I love your name.. soon you will have to change it :w00t:

I was totally going to say 7 layer bean dip. Refried Beans, sour cream, gauco, salsa, black olives, chives, and shredded cheese. I made this for a party when I was post-op about 3 weeks. Its simple and yummy! Take a bag of Fritos for those who can eat them.

thank you for all the suggestions, you guys are great.

I think I will try a medley of them all.

Will let you know how it works out

Thanks again

Chubs