Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook

Chapter 15

Alluring Appetizers

In This Chapter

▶ Cooking tasty small portions for appetizers or mini-meals

▶ Blending up some dips

▶ Making food more fun: Appetizers on sticks

A

ppetizers have a new meaning after weight

loss surgery. Before surgery, who would

have thought that appetizer portions would be

enough to fill you up? Now, they can easily be a

meal.

If you’re at a party or restaurant and appetizers

are available, choose wisely. Many of them are

high-calorie, high-fat foods that don’t help you

meet your goals. And if you had GBP surgery and are prone to dumping

syndrome, many traditional appetizers may cause you problems.

Of course, to get around these problems, your best bet is to make and serve

your own appetizers, starting with the recipes in this chapter.

The portion sizes in our recipes have been adjusted to an appetizer amount

for someone who has had weight loss surgery. If you plan to serve these to

guests who have not had weight loss surgery, you may want to double the

portion size we list. If you had weight loss surgery and are serving appetizers

as part of a meal, plan on two servings of appetizers. If you’re only serving

appetizers, plan on four servings. For diners who have not had weight loss

surgery, that means four appetizer servings with a meal, and eight as the

meal.

Recipes in

This Chapter

▶ Grilled Shrimp

▶ Crab-Stuffed Deviled

Eggs

▶ Scallops with Spicy

Tomato Bisque

▶ Blue Cheese–Stuffed

Mushrooms

▶ Thai Chicken Wraps

▶ White Albacore

Tuna Dip

T Chunky Salsa

T The Best Hummus

▶ Chicken Satay

▶ Pork Ginger Kebabs