rjbj
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I've moved on to pureed food. It poses no challenge for me. I was fiercely jonesing for something that wasn't sweet--protein shakes and puddings and jello we're getting tiresome. I went to the store and stocked up on spices. The first thing I made was curried chicken salad, which was then blended to the consistency of baby food. It. Was. So. Good. I was eating a couple of ounces at a time and left full. Encouraged I moved onto tart: a lemon pie-flavored protein smoothie. This was less good. 
The third thing that I've made in the pureed category was a garlic-parmesan cauliflower mash, which does a tolerable impersonation of mashed potatoes. Only problem was the 3 cloves of garlic the recipe called for. I didn't think it was possible, but I had discovered the upper acceptable limit of garlic saturation. My mouth tingled after trying it, and while I really enjoyed the texture and variety, it was too much. Did not finish that batch. Here's a problem though, trying to keep my protein count accurate is harder when I start making these other dishes. The cookbook I am using says how much protein is in a serving, but then gives different serving recommendations depending on the stage of recovery you are on and doesn't give adjusted numbers, which is annoying. So, I've been making sure to work in at least a 30g protein shake into my rotation every day, just to get me almost halfway there without doing too much math.
The third thing that I've made in the pureed category was a garlic-parmesan cauliflower mash, which does a tolerable impersonation of mashed potatoes. Only problem was the 3 cloves of garlic the recipe called for. I didn't think it was possible, but I had discovered the upper acceptable limit of garlic saturation. My mouth tingled after trying it, and while I really enjoyed the texture and variety, it was too much. Did not finish that batch. Here's a problem though, trying to keep my protein count accurate is harder when I start making these other dishes. The cookbook I am using says how much protein is in a serving, but then gives different serving recommendations depending on the stage of recovery you are on and doesn't give adjusted numbers, which is annoying. So, I've been making sure to work in at least a 30g protein shake into my rotation every day, just to get me almost halfway there without doing too much math.
