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Bowl of applesauce on a cloth napkin, surrounded by fresh apples and cinnamon sticks.

Homemade Cinnamon Applesauce – a soothing food for a new bariatric post op!

First Fall Applesauce... make your own!
Creamy white soup served in a blue-handled bowl on a patterned plate, with a spoon and napkin beside it.

Purees and Soft Foods - Begin to Use Protein for Healing

Its important to know about these food stages as throwing up chicken on post op day 9 is one of the last things on your list.
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!

Ingredients for hummus: chickpeas in a red bowl, lemon, garlic cloves, tahini, olive oil, and salt on a white surface.

How to make Hummus!

Hummus is store bought, right? Noooooo, people in the Middle East have been making creamy smooth wonderful hummus forever and its' time you learned how to make your own too.
Bowl of creamy tomato soup with a swirl of cream and basil garnish on a red striped cloth.

Tomato Basil Soup

When you try this super easy and delicious soup, you'll never be happy with canned tomato soup again! Give this one a try - it's a keeper!

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!

A bowl of smooth green soup sits on a decorative blue plate, with a silver spoon resting on the edge, against a textured red and white tablecloth background.

Zucchini Soup

Creamy, delicious, simple and fresh.

Bowl of tomato soup topped with small lattice-shaped crackers, set on a woven mat beside a colorful striped cloth.

Roasted Tomato Soup & Grilled Cheese

You can literally have this in bowls on the table in ten minutes. Your family will love it too! Serve with turkey sandwiches for the rest of the clan.

Creamy black bean soup topped with a swirl of sour cream and sprinkled with fresh chopped herbs.

Black Bean Soup

It's hard to believe that four ingredients can be this crazy delicious!
Creamy white soup served in a blue-handled bowl on a patterned plate with a spoon and napkin beside it.

Chicken Broth & Potato Purée - Food for NEW Bariatric Post Ops

It is not arbitrary that you have been told to eat purées for a period of time - you have just had 85% of your stomach removed and have miles of staples creating your new stomach pouch. 

Whisk mixing orange mashed mixture in a bowl, with syrup bottle, butter, and cooked squash pieces nearby.

Sweet Potato Puree - Food for NEW Bariatric Post Ops

To Purée is to blend, grind or mash food until it is a thick, smooth, lump-free consistency. A Purée by definition is a food that is a soft creamy paste.

A small white bowl filled with creamy, light brown hummus sits on a textured gray surface, next to a spoon with a scoop of hummus resting on it.

Peanut Butter Cookie Dough

This is a super easy "meal" that will leave a smile on your face!

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