I am going to be cooking most of the meals for a woman who has recently had stomach surgery (I'll be doing some of her food shopping, too).
Her diet is currently limited to soft foods, such as soups, yogurt, puddings, etc. My job is to meet her requirements, but try to add some variety and excitement to the things she eats. Also, I obviously need to provide adequate nutrition...you can only get so many vitamins from pudding!
I'm not necessarily looking for specific recipes, although they would be welcome. Mostly, I'd appreciate just ideas and guidelines.
I should point out that she's about 40 years old, and has no other particular dietary restrictions. I would, however, prefer not to prepare things that are <<loaded>> with fat, sugar, or sodium. Mashed potatoes and gravy, banana pudding, jello, ice cream pops, homemade fruit smoothies, lentil soup (any soup with beans), angel food cake with pureed fruit and whipped cream, as far as vegetables: carrot juice (any vegetable juice)......as far as meats hmmmmmm.....she may be able to have soup with bits of meat included in it. |
