Phase 2 eating
- Thread starter Rell
- Start date
Hello & welcome to the group. Please tell us what your batiatric team requires, so we can make some healthy suggestions. Happy holidays to you also!
WazzuCoug
Member
Puree everything. Include protein, some veggies for fiber. It's a short-term thing, just throw some basic into a blender or food-processer and push through it.
Post-Thanksgiving try chicken or turkey pureed with some mashed potatoes and gravy, maybe some sort of veggie mixed, you won't taste it but will benefit with some fiber. You can puree just about anything, but make sure it is anchored with a protein and preferably includes some fiber.
Check with your dietician/nutritionist. The examples below are pretty generic but may differ from what is suggested by your clinic.
Protein Sources
Examples:
Breakfast
Pureed food should be the consistency of baby food, “spoon thick.”
Post-Thanksgiving try chicken or turkey pureed with some mashed potatoes and gravy, maybe some sort of veggie mixed, you won't taste it but will benefit with some fiber. You can puree just about anything, but make sure it is anchored with a protein and preferably includes some fiber.
Check with your dietician/nutritionist. The examples below are pretty generic but may differ from what is suggested by your clinic.
Protein Sources
- Yogurt (plain or sugar free, low or nonfat, blended without fruit chunks)
- Strained cream soups (celery, potato, mushroom, or chicken made with skim milk)
- Skim milk with ½ scoop protein powder
- Protein supplements added to food or water for extra protein
- Mashed cottage cheese (low or nonfat, small curd)
- Ricotta cheese (low or nonfat)
- Scrambled eggs or egg substitute
- Pureed beef, chicken, or turkey
- Baby food meats
- White fish (cod, haddock, tilapia, orange roughy) mashed with a fork
- Canned chicken breast, mashed and moist
- Canned tuna fish in water, mashed
- Cream of wheat or cream of rice
- Farina
- Grits
- Baby oatmeal
- Mashed potatoes/sweet potatoes
- Pureed winter squash
- Diluted, 100% fruit juices (apple, grape, cranberry)
- Light juices sweetened with non-nutritive sweetener
- Applesauce
- Mashed bananas or mashed canned fruits in own juices
- Pureed peaches, apricots, pears, pineapples, melons
- Tomato juice
- Diet V-8 Splash® or V-8 Juice®
- Pureed spinach, carrots, summer squash or green beans
Examples:
Breakfast
- Protein: 2 tablespoons to ¼ cup scrambled eggs or egg substitute
- Starch: 2 tablespoons to ¼ cup cream of wheat
- Protein: 2 tablespoons to ¼ cup mashed low fat cottage cheese
- Fruit: 2 tablespoons to ¼ cup pureed peaches in own juices
- Protein: 2 tablespoons to ¼ cup baked skinless chicken breast (pureed) or mashed canned chicken breast
- Vegetable: 2 tablespoons to ¼ cup pureed carrots
- Drink 4 ounces (1/2 cup) over 20 to 30 minutes
- Try adding mashed, canned chicken or tuna to soup to increase protein content
- Blend if needed
Pureed food should be the consistency of baby food, “spoon thick.”
- Cut food into small pieces and place in blender or food processor
- Add liquid (broth, low calorie gravy or skim milk)
- Puree until smooth
- Season food to taste
