Solids Stage Recipes

trystelle

6 slices of country kitchen bread (210 calories)
1 cup of egg beaters (120)
1 cup of skim milk (100)
3/4 cup of splenda
1 can of no sugar added apple pie filling (210)
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract (optional)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg


Preheat oven at 350
Use 8 x 8 pan or similar sprayed with pam.


Tear bread into small cubes and place in pan
Mix everything else in a bowl
Pour mixture of bread

Bake for about 30 minutes

Makes 6 generous servings for a little more than 100 calories each!!

Nice worm winter comfort food!

Trystelle

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Surgery 7/13/07 HW-330 SW-275 CW-181
GW-size 12 (12 now!)

vessa

Wow Trystelle, bread pudding my favorite! I am so going to have to try that!


Spinach Omelette


1/2 Cup Egg Beaters
1/2 cup canned spinach
5 raw mushrooms
1/4 Cup canned Chicken breast
2 tbsp. Parmesan cheese

Stir everything but parmesan cheese, fry in pan with non-stick spray, throw cheese on. Eat.

I think this is a fantastic meal, and because I eat about 1/2 cup 5 or 6 times a day, this omelette can last me 2-3 meals.
And according to my calorie tracker, it is under 300 calories.

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tabbylo

Let me rephrase :) I am seriously considering getting banded, but am "dirt po". I figure that while I scrape up the money to get the band, I will try to eat as if I already have one. How much do I eat and how often? (Should I post this someplace else?) Thanks!

crazycat

The most important thing to remember is...Portion Control. Try to keep your meals very simple and low in cals. Try eating 3 oz.of meat, and steamed vegt.
Watch your carbs. and sugar. Be careful of fruit juices, they have a lot of sugar in them. I also count my cals. totals.Try to keep them between 1000 - 800 a day.

Even with having a Lap Band, its still work to get the weight off. You still have to eat right.

I hope this helps you.

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Weight Loss Tickers

aliwatt

Do any of you have a problem eating salad at this stage. That's what I really miss is salad. I have two more days until solid food?

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Banded 2/22/08
Followup visit 2/29/09 22 lbs. lost
F/U 3/18 297 27 lbs lost

lglenn3000

If you add some grated ginger, garlic & chopped cilantro to this, you've got a really tasty treat -- sometimes a I kick it up a couple of notches by adding 1 tsp toasted sesame oil (a little bit goes a long way), 1 tsp sesame seeds and some Oriental hot (chili-garlic) sauce! Yum -- even my husband, who doesn't like fish, will eat these!

luv2ride

I've been banded since October and I don't have any trouble eating salad as long as it's cut into small pieces or the shredded lettuce and I chew it up. Not much protein in a salad unless you add chicken or turkey so I really haven't missed them much.

ConcettaHughes

try canned tuna in water, shredded with salad cut up small. I add salt, pepper, a little olive oil, and basalmic vinegar, yum! Not many calories, it fills you up and you have the protein from the tuna!! Enjoy!!

PATCHELTON

I am four weeks post op, and I can eat salad. I just make a small one with mixed greens, red cabbage, carrot slivers (I am lazy--the mixed greens come in a bag--I just add other stuff to it), and I add some bacon bits (Hormel reduced fat--comes in a bag ready to sprinkle--Costco sells a large size bag), grape tomatoes, some fat free feta cheese, and low fat Parmeson Peppercorn dressing. No croutons, though. That combo went down just fine. Tried bread over the weekend, and not quite ready for that. I am still working on chewing thoroughly. I started on solids on 4/22.

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Start/Current/Goal
252/179/150
Banded 3/25/08
Dr. Kuldeep Singh
St. Agnes Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Fanny Adams

Ingredients
900g (2lb) lamb chops - all fat trimmed (approx 6 largish chops)
*1 x 540g jar Pataks Rogan Josh simmer sauce
1 large brown onion
1 medium potato
2 small carrots
2 medium tomatoes
1 tsp crushed garlic (from a jar is ok )
1 tsp crushed coriander (from a jar is ok )

Method
Brown the chops in a non-stick pan or wok. Add garlic & coriander Dice onions, potatoes, carrots and tomatoes and add to pan. (If you dice and add each vege in the order given, the timing works well). Add jar of Rogan Josh sauce + half a jar of water (use RJ jar and shake to get all the extra sauce). Cover and simmer for 1 - 1.5 hours.

Serve with Jasmine rice and green beans.

Makes enough for 6 child/bandster sized portions or 2 adults/2 kids.

Nutrional Value per serve (assuming 6 serves, ie 1 chop + 1/2 cup veges/sauce)
321 calories, 13g fat, 13g carb, 34g protein

* I counted the calories, etc, using the Patak brand sauce but noticed that other brands had quite different calorie/fat numbers, so the numbers above are only correct when using that brand.

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Banding Date: 10 Dec 07
No longer Morbidly Obese!!!

lglenn3000

I was trying to replicate the item on PF Chang's menu with the same name, but without all the fat and calories -- I made it and it is really good and satisfying!

• 3 oz cooked chicken fillet
• 1 serving(s) Powdered Peanut Butter
• 1/4 cup celery
• 2 tsp House of Tsang Hoisin Sauce
• 2 tsp A Taste of Thai Garlic Chili Pepper Sauce
• 1 tsp sesame seeds (toasted, if you prefer)
• 1 Tbsp ginger root
• 1/4 cup Dole Green Onions
• 1 Tbsp rice vinegar
• 1/4 cup cilantro
• 1 cup bean sprouts (sprinkled on top for more crunch)

Mix all the ingredients together, except for the bean sprouts, then serve in iceberg lettuce cups, top with bean sprouts...yummy and only 5.5 points on Weight Watchers! (or roughly about 275 calories)
You can also add water chestnuts, if you want more crunch and to fill it out a little. Yummy!

BanTam

I loooove this recipe:

2 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
1/16 tsp pepper
1/16 tsp salt
2 cloves garlic, crushed (about 1 1/2 tsp)
2 tsp sugar free honey (I get it at Walmart)
1 tsp Trappey's Bull Louisiana Hot Sauce (similar to tobasco sauce)

Place all in a jar and SHAKE!

Don't drown your salad because a little bit goes a long way.

If you like the sweet/hot flavors...I also mix some of the tobasco hot sauce w/the sugar free honey and I use it as a dip for my chicken.

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danalou

I saw these last night at Sam's (eastern version of Costco) and wondered if they were good. I'll definitely try them. I'm extremely tired of tuna and chicken breast!! Thanks!