Question:
soft/pureed foods sample menu
Does anyone have a sample menu (brkfst, lu, dinner) that I can follow? I have to go back to work and need something to follow that will help me prepare my meals in advance. I am on soft and pureed foods the first month. Thanks — KChalk_123 (posted on August 20, 2008)
August 20, 2008
— rtmazyck
August 20, 2008
I had lapband rather than RNY, but here is what they gave me for the
pureed/soft stage:
Breakfast: 1/2 c. Cream of Wheat
2 oz skim milk to thin cereal
Lunch: 1/4 - 1/2 c pureed chicken (add small amount of brother
while processing)
1/4 - 1/2 c. mashed potatoes
Snack: 5-6 oz protien shake
Supper: 1/4 - 1/2 c. pureed pork chop
1/4 - 1/2 c. pureed green bean
Snack: 5-6 oz protein shake
Something else to consider is maybe buying some baby food (Gerber Steps 1
& 2) They really are pretty good tasting, and handy to take along to
work. You'll have to experiment to see what you like
— Val_T
August 20, 2008
That's BROTH, not Brother, that you add to the chicken...LOL
— Val_T
August 21, 2008
Kim, I had lap band surgery and am currently in the mushy/pureed stage as
well. Here is a sampling of some meal options recommended to me from the
NUT.
B - Oatmeal, Cream of Wheat, Grits or Cheerios
Applesauce, canned no sugar added fruit cups like pears,
peaches, mandarin oranges.
Fat free/Sugar free yogurt
MS-Protein Shake
L - Cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, light baby bell cheese,
tuna or chicken salad made with nf or low fat mayo
Canned or cup of fruit with no sugar added
Canned or mushy green beans, carrots/veggie
melba toast
AS- Protein Shake
D - Tuna, chicken, salmon salad made with lf/nf mayo
Fruit or veggie as noted above
melba toast, sweet potatoe, brown rice if tolerated
DS - Skim Milk and jello
It is recommended to stay within 1/4 - 1/2 cup each meal in total. Protein
Shakes are 8 oz. I've found this relatively easy to follow and making the
chicken and tuna salad for lunch to bring to work should work well. I'm
even going to make salmon cakes for dinner tonight, canned salmon, mayo,
diced onion, yellow/red/orange bell peppers diced, with dash of dill, &
mustard. Spray pan with Pam and lightly brown to warm. Good luck as we
work towards our goal of healthy living!
— vsmith080808
August 21, 2008
I have not found my old stuff. But just surfing the web, I found the
following:
Good Samaritan Hospital in OHIO offers a sample menu for WLS patient who's
8 weeks out. It includes all recipes and even the shopping list.
http://www.trihealth.com/bariatric_surgery/Patient_Center/After_Surgery/Post_Operative_Diet_Information/Sample_Menus.aspx?id=03.07.05.01.01.
The University of Rochester Medical Center offers an excellent
list of sample menus ands extensive details on supplements to take in each
phase of your eating plans. They offer information on the 9-11 weeks of
your eating steps: from liquids to solid foods. I like this site as it
gives EXACT listing of what you can eat/drink!!!
http://www.stronghealth.com/services/surgical/bariatric/recovery.cfm
There were others as I did a GOOGLE SEARCH for, " bariatric
surgery recipes menus ". Please make me one of you friends as I want
to hear about your progress.
— rtmazyck
August 21, 2008
Although I am on solids now I sometimes still have trouble keeping them
down. As a result getting enough protein down during the day becomes an
issue. To help with this and because I hate making packed lunches, I try
to make it as easy as possible. I will cook and then cut up (mince)
chicken or ground beef and portion it into small plastic containers which I
then freeze. When packing the frozen meat into my lunch kit I wil add
something like a flavoured mustard, or low cal salada dressing to add
moisture to it. By lunchtime it is thawed out, still cold and safe to eat.
I will also take an individual container of nf yogurt or sf applesauce and
add a scoop of isowhey unflavoured protein (30g) to it. Mix it up well and
then freeze them in small serving size plastic containers. Again, out of
the freezer and into your lunch pack. They may be thawed out but still
cold by lunch and if still frozen that's okay too because it's like eating
sherbet. Having the meat and yogurt frozen when you start out also helps
to keep your water cold. Of course I also half fill a bottle with water or
crystal light and then freeze it and when packing the lunch in the morning,
simply top up with like liquid to fill the bottle. By lunch the ice is
melted and your drink is cold. I love my freezer and I hate making lunches
so I try to prep all my week's lunches on Sunday. Try it, you might like
it.
— Duckie
August 23, 2008
soft foods at work takes planning. I hate to cook, so would bring chunky
soups to work, just eat the soft chunks, don't drink the broth
— Susan C.
August 23, 2008
also made my own pureed foods, baby foods are mostly carbs and very little
protein. puree pot roast or roast beef with some beef broth. puree a
liitle potato, green been, sweet potato with it. put in those little 4 oz
ziploc or glad plastic containers.
— Susan C.
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