Pre/post op Liquid and Mushie recipes

[NotSoFunny]

Share your Liquid and Mushies stage recipes for the preop and postop patient here!!!

Please give all ingredients, preparation instructions, and if you know it approx caloric measurement per a 4oz serving. Also indicate whether it is considered light liquid, full liquid, or mushie.

Cook on!!!

[diva girl]

Hello Fellow Foodies....:nod:

It's true that you crave the weirdest things if you stay long enough on a liquid diet. I had the strongest craving for a tuna salad sandwich...I told my husband and voila...he created this!

Really Good Cold "Tuna Fish Sandwich" Soup
1 Hard boiled egg (chopped)
4 Green onions (just the white part) chopped fine
1 Dill pickle - small chopped fine (dried dill weed would do the same)
1/2 seedless cucumber, skinned, de-seeded, chopped fine
1 C low fat or no fat plain yogurt
Celery salt
White pepper
Dash white worcestershire (optional)
1 close garlic or squeeze from "tube herbs" (optional)
1 scoop unflavored protein powder (optional - don't use with salmon recipe)

Mix all of the above in a blender, then add either-

1 can of water packed tuna drained OR
8 ounces cooked salmon

Chill to thicken

YIELD: 3 CUPS (Approximately)

We did this with the tuna first and I loved it. He made grilled salmon for himself one evening and at my request made it again with salmon. With the tuna, he made it with unflavored isopure protein which kicked up the protein a lot. We didn't think that the salmon would stand up to or needed the protein powder. The egg is absolutely essential...it evens out the flavors.

Here are the nutritionals on 1 cup Bruce's Tuna Soup with the protein powder:

Cals: 190
Fat 6.4 g
Carbs 5.6 g
Protein 26.4 g

Here are the nutritionals on 1 cup of the Salmon Supreme (no protein powder)

Cals: 226 g
Fat 9.3 g
Carbs 8.3 g
Protein 26 g

[diva girl]

DH made me this soup today and you have to try this to believe it! Sometimes, you just need something that tastes amazing.

Savory Hubbard Squash Soup

Preheat oven to 350. Peel, seed and cube a medium hubbard squash. This yields approximately 1.25 pounds of raw squash. Spray with olive oil pam and bake on a cookie sheet 35-40 minutes.

Place cooked squash into a soup pot, along with:
5 cups of chicken broth (home made is great but not necessary)
4 cups of water
1 tsp of Garam Masala spice (if you don't have this, go get some right now - it's in the spice section of your store)
4 sprigs of fresh rosemary tied together or 1 tsp dried
1 onion chopped fine (or 2 Tbsp minced dried onion)
Simmer the above for 35-40 minutes. Blend in batches until smooth. Place mixture back on stove at a simmer for about 15 minutes, until thick.

Optional: May add 2tbsp fat free half and half to each cup of soup, adding 20 cals per cup.

Yield: 6 cups

Nutritionals (per cup):
Cals: 102
Fat: 1.8
Carbs 17.6
Protein 6
:wof:
It's not a nutritional powerhouse but it's a gastronomical masterpiece!
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[Diva]

This is a full liquid recipe. Great for vegetarians but I love it and I hate vegetables.
It is spinach (it won't always be dangerous LOL!) but you can change it to broccoli, beets, asparagus or even carrots.
The regular recipe called for light cream but we used 1% (skim would be too watery, don't use skim) and served 8 people. DH cut it in half for the 2 of us. It can be frozen into individual servings.

Cream of Spinach Soup

Serves 8 people (but you can make half recipe easily)
5 Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
2 lbs. fresh spinach
2 yellow onions, roughly chopped
3 garlic cloves
1 cup light cream (use 1% instead not skim)
1/4 cup grated Romano Cheese
2 tablespoons butter (we used Olivio spread you can use whatever you use instead of butter)
Salt & pepper
Pinch of nutmeg
Water

Melt butter in a large soup pot. Add onions and garlic and brown for about 10 minutes. Add potatoes, nutmeg, and enough water to just barely cover the potatoes. Simmer until potatoes are soft, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat. Add spinach and let sit for 8-10 minutes until spinach wilts. Puree in a regular blender. Add cream, cheese and season with salt & pepper. Heat and serve.

[Diva]

Here's my great life saver recipe for mushie stage. It really fills you up and lots of protein.

Can Hormel's Turkey Chili
Can Fat Free Refried Beans
Fat free or low fat sour cream (I like Breakstones brand if you can get it-has no artificial stuff like some others)
Mix both together chili and beans
Seperate into servings.
Heat
Add sour cream to your serving

If you want a bigger kick add some cayenne pepper before heating. I know I craved some spices after the liquid phase. After mushie stage is over you can always put a little salsa on top.

[503-250]

Stolen from another place...from my favorite Chicas from SMMC.

12.5 oz. can of chicken, drained (I use Purdue Chicken Short Cuts)
¼ cup hot sauce (NOT Tabasco...it would be toooo hot!)
8 oz. package reduced-fat or fat-free cream cheese (I used Philadelphia Fat Free and it works great)
½ c. reduced-fat sour cream (I used fat free and it tastes good)
1 T. dry Ranch mix
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 can diced green chilies

Mix it all up together and heat. I mixed it and took out what I wanted to eat. Heat in microwave in 30 second spurts...stir and heat until cheese is melted and dip is hot through. Pretty darned tasty and lots of protein!
Makes 8 - ½ cup servings

I just added all the ingredients together and put the totals in Fitday and then I enter how much of a serving I ate for example .5 is half of the entire batch, .25 is a quarter of the entire batch .125 is an eigth.

For me its excellent with carrots, celery, cucumbers, asparagus, cauliflower, broccoli etc. If you want you can use crackers...whatever you want. I leave out the ranch and spice for a different version...more cheesy.

Tons of protein and delicious.

[Goannabanda]

I buy this from a food van that calls at work. I love it best with the milk, yoghurt and museli options. mmmm!

Breakfast Smoothie
About 1 to 1/2 cups of low fat milk or soy milk
About 1/3 cup frozen vanilla yoghurt or sorbet
1/2 frozen banana
1 handfull frozen stawberries
1 or 2 tablespoons museli or 1 wheetbix
Shot of honey
Couple of ice cubes

Blend until smooth. Watch out and chew any stray bits of fruit remaining.

[graciesaunt]

Evening smoothie:

2 tsp. Dry non-fat milk powder
1 sm. container harvest peach yogurt (or whatever flavor you like)
handful of blueberries or strawberries
2 tsp. Benefiber (gotta have fiber)
1/2 c. blueberry pomagrant or orange juice (I've done it with both)
handful of ice.

Blend well. It's really good and keeps me filled for a while.

My protein soup:
1 can of Campbells reduced fat cream of chicken soup
1/2 c. Emeril's Organic Fat Free chicken stock (chicken broth will also do)
1 jar of Gerber's Chicken Noodle dinner (rinse jar with a bit of water and put in pan)
1/2 pkg. chicken soup protein powder.

Mix well in a saucepan and cook until well heated. You can add a small piece of low fat Velvetta cheese to it if you wish.

Mock split pea soup
1/2 pkg. of chicken broth flavored protein powder.
2 containers of Gerber peas baby food (yes I said baby food, it's easy to digest)
Salt/pepper/garlic/dill weed or your spice combo to taste
1 1/2 c. Emeril's Organic Fat Free Chicken stock (or chicken broth)

Put ingredients together in saucepan and heat through. To me it tastes like split pea soup. It passed the straw test and my doctor counted it as a full liquid.

Sorry to recommend baby food mixed with various broths, but it does give you more nutrients that just boring broth.

My Hot Momma's July fourth soup (I was on pre-diet this yr, so she made this 4 me)

1 box of Emeril's Organic Vegetable stock ( or make your own)
1/2 box of Emeril's Organic chicken stock
2 potatoes, finely diced
2 carrots, finely diced
2 celery stalks finely diced
3 tomatoes, chopped (canned is fine too)
2 small zuccini (sp?) squash, chopped fine
1/2 onion, finely chopped
2 tsp. minced garlic
Salt/pepper/your spice choice to taste (paprika, Mrs. Dash, Cajun seasoning are mine)

Cook down until all veggies are soft. Then take hand blender or reg. blender or food processor and blend down until the soup passes the straw test. (simply stick a straw in the soup and press the top of the straw, creating suction inside straw, then pull out and release the mixture inside straw.)
If too thick, add more broth.
I love this soup and have the non-blended soup in my freezer, as it freezes well. VERY YUMMY!!!

[graciesaunt]

OH.... I can highly recommend NOT putting grilled salmon or grilled pork chop in the blender with broth. It resembled baby vomit. Can't wait for my food processor to arrive so I can make salmon salad, chicken salad or tuna salad without all the yucky slimy texture.

[need2bslim]

All your recipes sound awesome I can't wait to try them Yummo

["Just Jess"]

we need to talk more about that recipe book in preparation for our next G2G!!!

[kristina]

VEGTABLE BEEF SOUP

i like making vegetable beef soup...it can be considered a mushie, and freezes great! in fact- i have some frozen now....

brown lean Ground beef or turkey. i cant cross over..turkey just isn't that good to me, except on thanksgiving. and drain.
ADD
2 cans mixed vegetables
1 can kidney beans
1 can tomato sauce, or two depending on how much your making.
personal seasoning, i use salt, ALOT, and pepper, parsley, minced garlic, basil, basically whatever you got or want in it!

in another pot, boil butter beans (frozen) and 2 peeled and cut up potatoes, and i add some cut up cabbage.

when the butter beans and potatoes are done, i add it to my big ole pot, and marry the flavors for as long as possible. (fill water up to the top, and let it simmer.)
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[kristina]

i refuse to write this out..but it is the best lettuce wrap i have ever eaten...its p.f.changs recipe..for their lettuce wrap..and it would make an AMAZING mushie..and i am eating it right now..yummy!
if ur on mushies..omit the lettuce..but don't worry..it still tastes fanfreakintastic!
i also didnt use the weird stuff..like hot mustard and chili paste. ugh.


http://www.recipezaar.com/P-F-Changs-Chicken-Lettuce-Wraps-15865

[redgrldj]

The elephant bar has really good lettuce wraps too..

[Tinakris]

Stopped at the store today...nutritionalist at the drs office told me about a yogurt calle dChobani. It is greek style yogurt. Its on sale..10 for 10!! i picked up three to try out...and had to make myself stop at about 3 oz. really good, creamy, and 14 g of protine per container!! No fat, only 140 cals for the whole 6 oz, but 20 g of carbs. It was really good though..no plastic taste that I usually get with a non fat yogurt!

Just wanted to share!

[angie497]

Stopped at the store today...nutritionalist at the drs office told me about a yogurt calle dChobani. It is greek style yogurt. Its on sale..10 for 10!! i picked up three to try out...and had to make myself stop at about 3 oz. really good, creamy, and 14 g of protine per container!! No fat, only 140 cals for the whole 6 oz, but 20 g of carbs. It was really good though..no plastic taste that I usually get with a non fat yogurt!

Just wanted to share!

Isn't it delicious? Another really good greek yogurt is Fage. I swear, after having found the greek style yogurts, I have a hard time imagining eating anything else.

[SixOfOne]

Mushies I like...

Fat free refried beans with low fat shredded cheese. Stir and melt in microwave. U can add salsa, guacamole, and Greek yogurt. Mmmmm :)

Red mill brand museli cooked like oatmeal but with extra Milk so it's really creamy and mushy. I add honey and butter and more milk. But add what u like.

Bumble bee brand Thai Chili Tuna. Just throw the crackers away. The tuna is spicy and juicy and mushy- awesome.

[CATHIEINCT]

this is a full liquid recipe. Great for vegetarians but i love it and i hate vegetables.
It is spinach (it won't always be dangerous lol!) but you can change it to broccoli, beets, asparagus or even carrots.
The regular recipe called for light cream but we used 1% (skim would be too watery, don't use skim) and served 8 people. Dh cut it in half for the 2 of us. It can be frozen into individual servings.

Cream of spinach soup

serves 8 people (but you can make half recipe easily)
5 yukon gold potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
2 lbs. Fresh spinach
2 yellow onions, roughly chopped
3 garlic cloves
1 cup light cream (use 1% instead not skim)
1/4 cup grated romano cheese
2 tablespoons butter (we used olivio spread you can use whatever you use instead of butter)
salt & pepper
pinch of nutmeg
water

melt butter in a large soup pot. Add onions and garlic and brown for about 10 minutes. Add potatoes, nutmeg, and enough water to just barely cover the potatoes. Simmer until potatoes are soft, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat. Add spinach and let sit for 8-10 minutes until spinach wilts. Puree in a regular blender. Add cream, cheese and season with salt & pepper. Heat and serve.



mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm sounds delish!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CATHIEINCT]

This is a full liquid recipe. Great for vegetarians but I love it and I hate vegetables.
It is spinach (it won't always be dangerous LOL!) but you can change it to broccoli, beets, asparagus or even carrots.
The regular recipe called for light cream but we used 1% (skim would be too watery, don't use skim) and served 8 people. DH cut it in half for the 2 of us. It can be frozen into individual servings.

Cream of Spinach Soup

Serves 8 people (but you can make half recipe easily)
5 Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
2 lbs. fresh spinach
2 yellow onions, roughly chopped
3 garlic cloves
1 cup light cream (use 1% instead not skim)
1/4 cup grated Romano Cheese
2 tablespoons butter (we used Olivio spread you can use whatever you use instead of butter)
Salt & pepper
Pinch of nutmeg
Water

Melt butter in a large soup pot. Add onions and garlic and brown for about 10 minutes. Add potatoes, nutmeg, and enough water to just barely cover the potatoes. Simmer until potatoes are soft, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat. Add spinach and let sit for 8-10 minutes until spinach wilts. Puree in a regular blender. Add cream, cheese and season with salt & pepper. Heat and serve.

OMG! I MADE THIS TONIGHT LOL i added a bag of frozen carrots because i only had two 10oz bags of spinach on hand...DELICIOUS!! my husband had two bowls...im getting my third fill tomorrow and ill have chicken broth all day so tuesday when i am on mushies ill have this awesome soup!!!! i did use light cream but next time im using 1% to save those calories...and i used country crock instead of butter...mmmm mm mmmm

[ShoeShopper]

Thanks for the recipes. These sound great and will help me get through the rest of this liquid phase.