Liquid diet ideas

Not sure if this is any help to anyone, it maybe of no help at all but .... !     

Oh and please feel free to add any ideas of your own.

I am purely on a liquid diet, which is sooooo boring !!!! 

So i have invested in a small electric chopper and a small electric smoothie maker, this stops me from making too much as i can only drink a small amount at a time, because of the pain i get from under my tongue when swallow.

 I live on my own, so i am not cooking for others and get a lot of wastage buying normal amounts of veg, meat etc. So i buy.....

* Various soups, fresh tubes...... not cans or packet 

* Pkt baby sweet peppers

* Pkt baby carrots

* Baby tomatoes

* and any other small/ individual packets of veg i fancy 

You can add herbs, garlic, various vinegars, tomato, bbq, brown & other sauces, mustard for a little more flavour.

* A small amount of loose green beans, sweet peas, mushrooms, a sweet potato and any other loose veg i fancy.

* Small packets of varius cooked meats. or one portion cooked meat of the hot deli... ribs, chicken  etc. 

You could add rice, pasta, maccaroni and noodles, but i've tried it and it's good, but unfortunately they thicken it too much for me to swallow, I may just blend a small amount of mince & some pasta sauce and tone it down with some milk/stock/water etc and try that ?? 

I decant the soups into small pots and freeze them and take one out each day.

First I bung my chosen veg & a couple of chunks/slices of cooked meat, along with a pot of soup, some stock,  or a small drop of wine, apple juice { especially with pork } or milk etc and chop it down.

I then put it all through the blender, adding anymore 'liquid' if needed, this takes out any and all remaining lumps and thins it down enough for me to manage.

Buying these small packets of cooked meat & veg means i don't waste half as much food and i'm still getting fresh meat and vegtables.. all be in in small amounts, but it's better than none at all.

I find i can get a lot more variety of flavours by doing it this way , I do have a slow cooker and make, and love stews, but they can be a bit same old and get boring mainly  because i end up making far too much for me. If i separate it into smaller portions i feel as though i'm having the same thing for ever and a day .... 

Also with the blender i make milkshakes with fresh or frozen fruit, milk an ice cream... oh and a dollop of honey or cream, or both  !.  I mix yoghurt with milk as some yoghursts are too thick and sometimes just blend some fresh fruit with different fruit juices. 

The biggest bonus is, that when it's all chopped, blended and in the sauce pan cooking through,  I can get the washing up done and then all i have left after is my bowl to wash !!

If i found i've made too much i just pop whats left into a container and have again later that day or the next.

Oooooh how i so, so miss real food, especially pasta, burgers, chinese ... i can go on and on  

Cat x