Exciting Meals

[BeaBea]

Hi, I thought I would write down what I am allowed for lunch and dinner - same choices for each on the pre op diet and see if anyone can come up with some exciting recipe ideas. This may benefit Karen as well who starts her pre op sooooon.

Here goes:
1 small slice of bread or small roll
OR
2 crispbreads
OR
100g potatoes (uncooked weight) - jacket, boiled or mashed with milk from allowance
OR
30g (uncooked weight), or rice, couscous, pasta, noodles
WITH
100g vegetables
OR
Cereal bowl of salad with 1 teaspoon of low calorie dressing )no salad cream or mayo
WITH
(Choose one of the following - all cooked weights)
150g steamed or poahed fish no batter or breadcrumb coated.
OR
50g lean meat - all fat trimmed off
OR
1 large egg - poached, boiled or scrambled
OR
110g Quorn or Tofu
OR
25g cheese
OR
50g low fat soft cheese e.g Philadephia light or light laughing cow
OR
75g chicken or turkey
OR
100g tinned pilchards/tuna not in oil
OR
50g tinned salmon/ sardines not in oil

Also half pint semi skimmed milk

 

[BandyEmm]

Am sure it will help the pre-opers xxx

 

[Bev]

That looks like a good pre op diet to me Beth!
Goodness... better than I had expected!

Love and hugs xxx

 

[tranquil_butterfly]

Wow Beth that is a feast compared to mine!

tranquil

 

[dottychic]

Lol...it seems quite a lot when you see how much you can have on the milk diet but no diet is easy to stick to unless it includes all the food you love Good Luck hun XX