Advice on food?

Hi Caroline, anything you can get down really, porridge with lots of cream, scrambled eggs with lots of butter, poached eggs, milk puddings etc. Try to add butter and cream where you can, to give you the calories you need. Look at food as fuel, for your recovery.

Hi. Try skyr, mousse type desserts, tiramisu, creme caramel, chocolate milk, milkshakes Scandishakes are about 600 calories each - I had them on GP prescription. 

Hi

With milkshakes i made my own. I get frozen / fresh fruit, add a big dollop of vanilla ice cream and full fat milk. So much nicer than bought ones... Don't use pineapple though as it curdles the milk, i found out the hard way !!

Although it's yoghurt again, the Activia thick and creamy yoghurts are lovely. Also angel delight, not sure how much energy they will give you but they're nice !

Cat

Hi Caroline 

try these books 

https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/67107065/eating-with-confidence
https://www.headandneck.org/nutrition/online-cookbook/
Think cream custards trifles eggs. Slow cooker is still my best friend. Lamb is easiest meat for me chicken thighs breasts too dry even with gravies. 
Hazel xx

Thank you for your ideas…

im home now managed some soup, Iv eaten very little in hospital, just a couple mouthfuls a day.

I do n’t think any meat is a option yet, but the milk shakes sound good and Few other things.

iv been feeling a bit panicked as whether il ever eat properly again

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Hi Caroline

i could only eat soup consistency food when I left hospital after my operation too - anything thicker got stuck in my mouth. I bought some ready cooked chicken, liquidised it and added it to soups. You could do the same with other proteins like tinned chick peas. I also found Ready Brek easier to eat than porridge at first. If you add fruit purees it makes it even easier to eat.

This period didn’t last long - after about a week I was gradually able to eat more solid food. 

Hi. I think we all have had that fear. It is a slow, frustrating process getting back to eating but it will happen. It’s a mental battle too. I lived on v v soggy weetabix with sugar & whole milk for quite a while. 

After several weeks purely on Reddy Brek and custard, fortified with double cream, I started to introduce scrambled eggs with cheese melted in. It seemed to work well. 

I used a nutribullet to puree veg etc and eventually protein

Oooowww thank you

yes porridge is difficult, I put it in blender with banana and lots of milk this morning but ready break sounds much better idea

good to hear this passes cos right now I feel very low and feels never ending 

Thank you