Dad has been placed on a pureed-foods only diet for at least a few weeks. Fortunately, I used to make my kids' baby food, so I'm not totally at a loss, but he's used to more complex meals than they were. I'd appreciate ideas for grown-up meals that puree well.
Thanks!
How about breakfasts? Oatmeal has gotten old already, and he won't drink smoothies. Today we let some wheat Chex soak in milk until soggy (yuck!) but that won't last long.
I worried she was bored with such limited variety, so I bought a rocket blender. We also had a friend give us a large supply of the Jevity 1.2 and that stuff is feeding tube only and I tasted it and blech!!!! so I feared we would not be able to even use that but I got busy with my blender to see what I might concoct. I have come up with all sorts of creations. Mix a can of nutritional supplement with any of the following :
peanut butter
peanut butter and chocolate
nesquick choc and strawberry
malted powder chocolate or vanilla
milk flavorings (in the flavored milk section at walmart)
a scoop of their favorite ice cream
sherbert ...any flavor
different flavorings...I use maple, almond, mint, banana, orange, lemon
maraschino cherries
fresh bananas I usually use a half of a large one, a can of the supplement (plain or vanilla) and a little vanilla flavoring and sugar
any fresh fruit
also chilled watermelon from which you've removed the seeds , cantalope, fresh berries of any kind and as kazza mentioned, mangos...all of these make really yummy sorbets or slurpee type drinks...
Mama loves all of these...and so far has lost NO weight since going onto this diet.
I even make one with mashed pumpkin, and some spices like cinnamon and nutmeg and a little sweetner and it tastes like the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice lattes...I taste all of them before I give them to her as I don't want to give her anything I would not eat...they are really good. I even made my brother try one..he really enjoyed it.
Mashed potatoes. Mashed sweet potatoes. Mashed cauliflower. Mashed squash. These are foods anyone at the table can eat.
Cream of rice. Cream of wheat.
My husband liked chicken noodle soup with big wide noodles and nice chuncks of veggies. When that became hard for him to swallow I put it in the blender and we both had cream of noodle soup. That was one of the more successful ways of serving chicken. Most meats are not very appealing when they are purreed, but as a soup they seem more "normal."
Milk shakes are awesome. Chocolate ice cream, a banana, a scoop of peanut butter, and a little milk was one of my husband's favorites. We also used Greek Yogurt and all kinds of fruit.
Pudding.
Can he eat scrambled eggs? Cottage cheese?
If this diet may only last a few weeks you'll surely be able to get through it together. If it becomes permanent you'll probably need a wider range of ideas.