Bariatric Foodie Play with your food

~~posted by Jen Our Faithful Readers are probably wondering why the heck there’s a Top 5 post on Sunday, am I right? Usually we have Top 5 Tuesdays or Thursdays, but this week we’re mixing it up! You get Top 5 today and BF Basics on Tuesday. Have to keep y’all on your toes! Seriously though, since we’re getting all souped …

~~posted by Jen Can you believe our Pouch Party™ 2010 Holiday Preview is less than a month away?? We can’t wait to share our delicious WLS-friendly recipes, entertaining ideas, and decorating tips with all of you! We’re incredibly excited to meet our friends from MD/DE/NY/NJ/PA/VA, and even some from RI, UT, and hopefully ME who will be there! Don’t have your ticket …

~by Nikki and Jen Jen stole this pic from Google images Well, Pouchers, fall has arrived and here on the East Coast we’ve had some downright COLD days! The leaves are changing, the days are getting shorter and we ALL know what that means… SOUP TIME!!!! Yeah baby! We’re dubbing October 24 through 31as Bariatric Foodie’s first annual soup week. …

~~by Nikki Ok, I’ll admit it. I’m the one person in the whole RNY universe who never tried Pam’s Protein Chai Tea. That is, until recently. I like chai just fine. I just wasn’t passionate enough about it to go buy the ingredients and mix it up. And I get my protein well without it so it was always a …

~by Nikki We’ve been talking about breakfast a lot lately, haven’t we? I guess we go through cycles, just like any other food blog. Rest assured we have plenty of stuff for the other four meals of the day coming up (and Jen has already led the charge with a great snack recipe and me just yesterday with my “magical food”!). …

What’s in a meatball? When you make Nik’s…a whole lot! I know a lot of you buy your meatballs at the grocery store. It’s convenient, I know. There are many brands that have turkey and lean beef and they are quite tasty. I don’t tend to buy pre-packaged meatballs, though. Why? (Broken record in 5, 4, 3, 2…) Well first …

~~posted by Jen One of my absolute favorite stores is Trader Joe’s (aka TJ’s). It’s a smaller market specializing in organic and natural foods at reasonable prices. While I really like Whole Foods, they don’t call it “whole paycheck” for nothing, but leave it to Nik to come up with a budget-friendly Whole Foods shopping trip! I love TJ’s produce …

~~posted by Jen 3 Cheese & Tomato Spread on half of a Pop Rice Today was crazy busy, I went out to lunch and a double feature at the movies with some friends and got home just in time to watch a little football before “Amazing Race” came on. We needed some snacks for tv viewing of course. Well, the …

~~posted by Jen Who hasn’t drooled over those IHOP commercials for stuffed French Toast? And if you say you haven’t, then you’re probably lying! Those commercials are too much for me, so I had to make up a protein version we could enjoy post-WLS. It’s way easier than you might think, and looks really pretty on a plate. A very …

Ah Denny’s…great American slinger o’ pancakes! What have you to offer me, the surgically altered, health conscious, slightly carb-phobic post-op??? You’d be surprised. Denny’s has come up a bit in the world from its roots as a culturally insensitive greasy spoon. I can say that I eat there at least once every two months (and if the divas had it …