Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook

Chapter 14

Scrumptious Smoothies

In This Chapter

▶ Making healthy smoothies for a snack or a meal

▶ Blending fruit into fabulous smoothies

▶ Spicing up smoothies with spices and flavorings

▶ Whipping up dessert-worthy chocolate and peanut butter
smoothies

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moothies just seem to work well for people

who had weight loss surgery. They’re easy

to make, portable, and taste good. You don’t have

to remember to chew them, the varieties are

endless, and they can give you a good shot of

protein. What’s not to like?

Because all the smoothies in this chapter are made in the blender, they work

great for Stage 3, smooth foods, in your postoperative diet progression. If you

had AGB surgery, these recipes work perfectly when you get a fill, or adjust-

ment, and must follow the smooth food diet stage for a day or two.

If you’re still in the stages of the diet progression, take careful note of the

yield for each recipe, because it’s probably more than you can or should

eat. Either split it into two portions to share with someone else or halve the

recipe for yourself. If you’re months or years out from surgery, you know

your portion sizes have increased over time. You may want to double the

recipe if you use it for a meal; otherwise it can be a snack.

Note that sugar occurs naturally in milk, as lactose, and in fruit, as fructose.

These sugars do not cause dumping syndrome unless they’re concentrated,

like in fruit juice. We use sugar substitutes in our recipes, so the sugar content

is not from added sugars.

Recipes in

This Chapter

T Banana Berry

T Strawberry Cheesecake

T Mango Twister

T Coconut Kiwi

T Peaches and Cream

T Orangalicious

T Pineapple Upside Down

T Pumpkin Spice

T Spiced Apple Pie

T Smooth Peanut Banana.............................................................................................

T Chocolate-Covered Berries

Berries