Are you asking for 'surgery recovery' recipes or generally?
It will be different depending on both of those but also what sort of surgery/stoma he has. If he had an ileostomy (small intestine diversion that by passes the large intestine) this usually needs low fiber diet and avoiding things like olives and popcorn that can result in blockages and to eat things like jelly babies and bananas to thicken the output. If he has a colectomy, then my understanding the long term diet is closer to normal. (My knowledge is more about ilesotomies). What sort of stoma are you talking about?
Either way:
- First port of call should be his stoma nurse who will be able to advise. If he hasn't been allocated one, ask for one. They normally have leaflets and stuff with recipes and advice in them for post -surgery and longer term. A good stoma nurse is a godsend. A bad one will not help and give misleading advice (ask me how I know!) so fingers crossed all is well.
- No one tells you this but you should know there are a number of manufacturers/distributor of stoma care products. What typically happens is that whatever hospital the patient has surgery in, has a relationship with only one manufacturer so they leave hospital with products from them and they just sign you up on the NHS delivery system. But there are others some are better for some products than others - obviously they are all keen to get the job of the supply to a new patient. Be aware also that it is likely your husband will be send home with the cheapest type of pouch/skin adherent barrier - there are likely to be other ones that are available
This is not for right now when he's still mentally adjusting and the stoma still has to settle into its final size post surgery. They tend to shrink. Once the stoma has settled and he's got used to changing the bag and living with it, then you can get samples from all the main manufacturers to test out the different types of bags.
Anyway - the reason I was mentioning this is that most of the manufacturer websites have information about eating and recipe suggestions. However, exactly what he can eat will depend on the type of surgery and whether you are dealing with surgery recovery and in what stage. Here are some of the manufacturers I'm aware of. There will be others I'm sure.
https://www.convatec.com/ostomy-care/meplus-patient-support/diet-after-ostomy-surgery-what-to-eat/
(Amcare owns convatec https://www.amcarebyconvatec.com/ )
https://products.coloplast.co.uk/products/ostomy-care/
https://www.dansac.co.uk/en-gb/livingwithastoma
https://www.fittleworth.com/advice-centre/stoma/dietary-advice-for-people-living-with-a-stoma/
3.There are various support associations for ileostomy and colostomies and their websites have advice. Here are a couple but I'm sure others if you google that will have diet and recipe advice
https://iasupport.org/information-support/
https://www.colostomyuk.org/
Lots of useful links here too:
https://comfizz.com/pages/useful-links
Finally, if your husband hasn't been told this already, there is a strong risk of a hernia after stoma surgery so he should ask for advice about this - for example holding your stomach when you sneeze and this sort of thing because if it herniates, then attaching the bag becomes more hassle as you need a different sort of pouch attachment.