Bariatric Foodie Play with your food

BF Basics: Veggie Tales was composed by four-year post-op and 25-year vegetarian, Kelly, better known as Poet Kelly on Obesity Help. This series is written in her voice with the full endorsement of Bariatric Foodie. If you have any questions for Kelly about any of the information provided, please leave them in the comments and she’ll gladly respond. Sometimes people …

BF Basics: Veggie Tales was composed by four-year post-op and 25-year vegetarian, Kelly, better known as Poet Kelly on Obesity Help. This series is written in her voice with the full endorsement of Bariatric Foodie. If you have any questions for Kelly about any of the information provided, please leave them in the comments and she’ll gladly respond. You probably …

Howdy, Foodies! Have you ever wondered if it is possible to be both a WLS patient and a vegetarian? Many think it’s not possible because of the protein needs after WLS, but I happen to know a few post-op vegetarians who have realized great success. My friend Kelly, a three-year post-op and vegetarian of more than 25 years, is one of …

Chocolate & Peanut Butter…whoever thought of putting you together was a GENIUS!  Ok, I don’t want to go on and on about this but…if you’ve not yet checked out the Mini-Caramel Cream Cakes…you MUST. Here’s a link so you can take a peek. I’ll wait… You back? GOOD! Ok, so this morning several of my Foodies informed me that …

Ok, so I’m not into recipe plagiarism so in the interest of FULL disclosure I’ll say this is a total Hungry Girl knock-off. Not that there was anything wrong with HG’s version but…it wasn’t exactly WLS-friendly. I mean…who could eat that whole thing??? Well maybe some can. But for a good many of us it is a stretch. Plus adapting …

(Looking for “Bariatric Foodie Pledge” grand prize info? Click here!) Some of you may recall I do “Meatless Fridays” during Lent to honor my late (and very Catholic) grandfather. I know many post-ops, by virtue of meat intolerance and some by choice choose to eat meatless diets, so this year I am going to TRY to get better at supporting …

This afternoon marked the end of the last “regular” pledge week in the 2012 Bariatric Foodie Pledge. Before I give any more information on the Grand Prize week next week, let’s announce the week 4 winners! These three pledgers won a $35 gift certificate to Carb Smart online stores plus free shipping on their order!!! Congrats to: Sandy Barrow O’Connell …

 So my daughter comes to me one day and says, “Mom, I want to be a vegetarian.” At 10 years old it has always been a challenge getting the child to eat meat. As it stood, she only ate meat that, by appearance, made no reference to its animal roots. So…chicken nuggets, yes. Chicken legs, no. And beef was …

 I ask and ask and ask for your recipes. And I get SO excited when you guys send them! I actually have a few reader submissions laying in waiting now. I’ll post one a week. Yay! This one is from Kelly S. who was inspired to play with her food and came up with recipes for TWO delicious compotes that she uses to …

Yeah, yeah, yeah today is Valentine’s Day. This is true. But more significant to ME is that it is my good friend Pam’s birthday. Don’t know Pam? You should! She runs a blog called Journey to a Healthier Me wherein she gives good information and advice on nutrition, vitamins and life after WLS. And if that wasn’t enough, you guys …