Bariatric Surgery Tool Recommendations

 Here is a link to my Amazon Idea List for tools I found very useful for my Surgery:

Amazon Idea List  

SouperCubes 1/2 cup

I found these to be amazing pre-surgery to do some prep work in making foods like soups and purees - this is a great size because you start with a lower quantity of foods you can eat. So one of these with soup at the start would be good, but then from there if I made other foods I could store it in this one and then pop them out and have meal components. 

SouperCubes Set 

I did get the set and it worked well for me to have a variety of different sizes. The one I go to most now is definitely the 1/2 cup. But the other sizes allow for somethings like freezing a Sheppard's Pie or Chilli in a slightly larger size. 

Immersion Blender  

Let's just say me and my immersion blender have become very good fiends. I have a regular one that is just the stick because I have a bunch of other tools already - that being said if I was getting a new one I might get one like this one here (click the link) that has a whipping attachment. But this is an integral part of the gear especially for the Puree phase - it did really well for a lot of things - like pureeing Tim Hortons canned Chilled or Heinz Baked Beans during that phase. 

The Last thing is a Vitamin - the Ascent X Series

So there are many different kid of Vitamixs out there - I got mine from Costco during the RoadShow and that's the better one compared to the one they routinely carry in the store. 

The reason why? This one allows you to also get the food processor attachment. So I went from having a separate blender and food processor to having just the one based and two different tops saving me kitchen space. Plus overall the power and quality for the Vitamix is just hands down amazing.  I will say originally when someone wanted to get the Vitamix I was opposed and thought it was stupid to spend that much money on one but I relented. Well let me tell you there is a reason you find this in professional kitchens - it's a WORK HORSE - I put frozen yogurt cubes and frozen berries in and make a smoothie like it was nothing. I also have soups I make that are so velvety and creamy people swear that I've added milk to them when reality it is just veggies and some broth.  I loved it so much that when I found they had one that you could use with a food processor we sold our old one for almost what we bought it for 6 years later and then got a new one and the food processor attachment. 

I Model VM01858 but the new Ascent X Series looks to be the comparable model now.