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Egg crepe filled with ricotta, topped with marinara and cheese, served with sliced tomatoes and basil on a black plate.

Minute Lasagna Roll

This simple two minute dish is easy to eat at any bariatric stage, contains high quality high protein, is low/no carb and TASTES LIKE LASAGNA! Do not be intimidated that we call it a crepe, its just an egg. Okay, so this is technically a Manicotti. Enjoy.

Spinach omelet on a purple plate topped with zigzagged red sauce.

Learn to Cook: Omelette

Cooking is simple once you have a few of the basics down!
Bowl of applesauce in a blue dish on a wooden tray with a spoon and matching lid.

Homemade Cinnamon Applesauce

First Fall Apples... make applesauce!

Two colorful frozen pops, one deep red and swirled, the other pale pink and smooth, sit on a wooden table surrounded by fresh berries and a yellow ice pop mold in the background.

Diet Ice Pops for Summer Yum!

Looking for something sweet, cool, bariatric and family friendly & virtually non-caloric?

Creamy custard desserts in colorful cups, topped with a dusting of cinnamon on a woven placemat.

Vanilla Egg Custard

Our most asked question is 'I just had surgery, what can I have to eat?' The most perfect bariatric food for all post ops is this wonderful soft Egg Custard. 
Seasoned chicken strips and colorful sliced vegetables arranged on a baking sheet.

Learn To Cook: Sheet Pan Meal

One of the hardest situations Post-Ops face is relearning how to cook and feed their family.

Whole raw chicken in a pot with carrots, celery, onion, bay leaves, and peppercorns ready for boiling.

How Do You Make Chicken Broth?

When you are having bariatric surgery and need broth for Pre op and Post op, this is what you need as a clear liquid. You will not mind the days or weeks on a restricted diet if your broth is HOMEMADE.
Whole chicken simmering in broth with carrots, celery, onions, and spices.

Grandma's Chicken Soup

If you are my age you probably recall a magical soup that warded off colds and made you feel warm from your head to your toes. Not sure if it was the delicious soup or the love that also went into that pot. Let's not lose this heritage recipe - teach your children that old fashioned chicken soup heals what ails you. It is super simple and uses just 5 ingredients.

A folded omelet on a white plate topped with a chunky greenish sauce, with a fork placed above it.

Egg 'Crepe' with Ricotta & Salsa

Super simple and delicious soft food for bariatric post-ops.

Grilled chicken breast with sear marks served on a white plate.

Can you Eat Chicken?

I hear so much discussion about chicken... chicken breasts, chicken thighs, light meat, white meat, dark meat, can eat it, can't eat it, gets stuck, doesn't get stuck...wow!

Pumpkin mousse in a white ramekin topped with whipped cream, with a spoon beside it on a dark table.

A 'Soft Food' Holiday Meal

We know that many of our support group members schedule surgery at end of the year to use up health savings accounts and take advantage of insurance deductibles. Then one day wake up and think 'What am I going to do about Thanksgiving and Christmas?' No worries. Not our first rodeo!

Bowl of creamy corn chowder with sausage slices, served on a colorful napkin with a spoon.

Smoked Sausage Corn Chowder - Heat & Eat - The Inspire Diet

This time we have added Oscar Mayer Natural Hardwood Smoked Sausage slices! Oh my my!

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