~~posted by Jen The Inspiration! Back in the days before my RNY Gastric Bypass on July 21, 2008, I adored dessert. Sometimes if we went out for dinner, I would have them wrap half of my dinner so I could order double dessert. Thinking back on my eating habits in those days now kinda nauseates me at times, but I …

~~posted by Jen Welcome to our first ever Soup Week! Yesterday I posted the BF Basics guide to making soup, along with the Downloadable Shopping list for the Cook Along. This recipe falls into the “slow cooker” category. It can be made on the stove, but the Crock Pot is just easier. For many years, I made chili the standard …

~~posted by Jen I’m sure you already checked out the Downloadable Shopping List I posted earlier today and saw that the first recipe we’re making is Jen’s Chili. I usually cook the meat and onions overnight on low in the Crock Pot the night before I plan to make the chili, so I wanted to give y’all a heads-up about …

~~posted by Jen OK, y’all, here we go! Soup Week has officially begun and our Cook Along Contest starts tomorrow! Double check the Top 5 Soup-Making Essentials to make sure you’re geared up, then peruse the BF Basics of Soup-Making in case you missed it this morning. Now, are you ready? As promised, here’s our downloadable shopping list, and it’s separated …

~~posted by Jen So we’re about to kick off our first ever Soup Week here on Bariatric Foodie tomorrow! With that in mind, I thought it might be a good idea to cover the basics for making soup at home. There are a few essential pieces of kitchen equipment that are quite helpful for soup making, I covered those earlier …

~by Nikki Oh Yeah! Chocolate Peanut Butter Wafers Now that life has settled down a bit, I’d like to get back to reviewing some of the things that folks have sent me over the past few months. Next up…Oh Yeah! wafers. These came by way of a very good friend from Arizona (she knows who she is). I was excited …

~by Nikki Sushi. Impossible after weight-loss surgery right??? Not so much! I am a sushi-lover and have been since before surgery. In fact, I remember that my very first post on Obesity Help was a word of thanks to someone who posted that they could, in fact, eat sushi. I was so relieved! With that information, I waited patiently until …

  The Inspiration! (Recipe courtesy of former Bariatric Foodie co-writer Jen Stockinger.) I’ve seen lots of newer post-ops asking about protein shake recipes on OH lately, so this morning I decided to share a new shake recipe instead of the super secret meatloaf. The meatloaf recipe will be posted this weekend, so stay tuned! I was trying to think up some …

~~posted by Jen Last night was the bi-weekly fridge cleaning at my house, and y’all know what that means! Anything I find that needs to be used is fair game for a new concoction! I had 2 packs of imitation crab meat that were purchased a couple weeks back with the intention of making my Crab Dip, but they got …

~by Nikki This might sound corny but, this is a recipe that was born of friendship. Which makes it precisely the kind of recipe I love. You guys know me well enough now to know there’s almost ALWAYS a story behind my food. So my wonderful friend Pam sent me a picture of something called “peanut butter salad.” It looked …