I am a pre-op as well and I was thinking about pretty much the same things.
I found protein shake in Trader's Joe that has 36 gram of protein and 2 gram of sugar. I drink it now in the morning for breakfast.
I always make my own broth. It tastes good and really is an easies thing to make. Just put chicken in the water along with salt, pepper, pilled carrot and one whole onion. Bring it up to boil, take of icky grey staff from the top of the pot, reduce hit to prevent broth from boiling and leave it for a couple of hours. I love to use kosher chicken; it tastes the best and has less icky staff. You can get Empire Kosher brand chicken in Trader’s Joe; I also got it frozen from COSTCO. You also can control how much fat is in you broth - when you put it in a fridge fat will "freeze" up on top of the pot. It will look like white battery mass; I just take it all off.
I make broth from beef and lamb as well. I add bay leave and whole black papers to it. Chicken broth is still my favorite, though.
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