Just had mouth surgery and need some food advice...

[x-g.o.p.er]

I just had my upper palette operated on a couple weeks ago, and I can only eat soft foods for another four weeks. I am soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo sick of tomato soup, cream of ______ soup, mashed potatoes (although my wife makes stupendous mashed potatoes) and beef or chicken bullion that I could scream.

I would appreciate any and all advice and/or recommendations on some food that I am missing out on that I can't think of right now. If other DU'ers have had this, and discovered some culinary art that they used to get through this, I would be forever grateful.

My perpetually hungry stomach thanks you in advance. And remember, no beef, pork, or chicken.

But I have lost 20 pounds, and I am well on my way to 30...I look mahvelous if I do say so myself, lol.

[supernova]

1. scrambled eggs

and omlettes (sans chewy stuff) come to mind.

There's also cous cous if you feel like pasta.

[x-g.o.p.er]

15. I've had tons of eggs, too

Scrambled, over-easy, hard-boiled (minus the yoke). THanks, but I should have mentioned those, too.

[Trajan]

2. Wow .... Bummer ....

I think ....

Anyways: ... I would recommend Yogurt with pureed fruits ...

Or: ... juices and/or smoothies with LOTS of fresh fruits and/or veggies ..

Last but not least: a shot of JD ..... smooth as river mud ....

Goodluck ....

[camero]

3. Ice cream

It's what I ate bsides the soup and eggs when I had my wisdom teeth taken out.

[Streetdoc270]

4. What did your doc say about blender foods?

I would ask about it boneless/shinless chicken breast puree'd in a blender should go down well, along with any green veggies (asparagus/green beans). Lentill soup would be good, and don't forget Milkshakes!!!!!

Chocolate Icecream, Milk, 1/2 Bananna,and one Tablespoon smooth Peanut Butter blended till smooth

[x-g.o.p.er]

16. Never said a thing...

but I'll ask him. Thanks for the tip.

I haven't had this many milkshakes since I was a kid!!

[absyntheNsugar]

5. Indian Lentil Soup or

Hot and Sour Soup (vegetarian)

[havocmom]

12. There's an Indian dish with lentils and spinach that is great

spicy and satisfying

I made a great soup with cooked brown rice, garlic, lemon and chicken broth all run thru the blender. It was thick and very good. Dinner party guest just loved it and asked for it everytime it was my turn to cook.

[Ilsa]

6. Hmmm.

Homemade mac and cheese
Scalloped potatoes
Homemade dumplings, no chicken
Refried beans and salsa (puree it if you have to) and grated cheese
Quiche?
Instead of Beef in marsala sauce, just use mushrooms and egg noodles.

[x-g.o.p.er]

9. Those are outstanding ideas!

Thank you!

[Changenow]

7. Smoothies.

There are limitless combinations you can swirll around, yogert, you could even throw some nuts in the bleder before you add the liquid stuff.

I just made some vegetarian moussaka (using eggplant rather than meat)which cooks down to a very mushy consistancy. How about a cheese quiche? Just don't eat the crust you could even toss some well chopped spinach and onion in there.

[x-g.o.p.er]

11. I've had smoothies and milkshakes

Any chance I could get the recipe for that moussaka? I've never heard of it, but anything besides tomato soup one more time.

Feel free to PM me if you'd like, or post here. EIther way, thanks in advance!!

[Changenow]

25. Vegetarian Moussaka

2 eggplants
2 medium onions
4 TBSP cooking oil
1 TBSP parsley
1/2 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. cinnamon.
1 14 1/2 oz can whole tomatoes (cut up)
1 15 oz can kidney beans
1/2 c. shredded Parmesan cheese

Peel, slice and soak the eggplants in slightly salted water. Dice the onions and saute them in the cooking oil until transparent, set aside in mixing bowl, add the tomatoes, beans, allspice and cinnamon and stir. Saute the eggplant in cooking oil for about 5 minutes. Spray or oil a deep casserole dish and layer the eggplant and onion mixture. Between layers sprinkle with the Parisian cheese.

Topping:

1/2 stick unsalted butter
3 TBSP flour
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 1/4 c. yogurt, sour cream or ricotta cheese (I like the sour cream)
3 eggs beaten
1/2 tsp. nutmeg

Melt butter until it rises. add flour. Stir for several minutes. Add milk slowly, cook until thickened and add salt and pepper. Cool slightly. In another bowl, mix sour cream (or whatever), eggs and nutmeg. Add milk sauce to this. Pour over the casserole filling (don't overfill since it rises and can boil over). Bake one hour at 375 degrees. Cool 20 minutes before cutting.

For your needs puree the beans and the tomatoes and cut the onion in the food processor. The eggplant cooks down to mush.

The recipe is more time consuming than most, but well worth the effort.

on edit: Changed the alspice and cinnamon to 1/2 teaspoon.

[Shrek]

8. Pudding

Oatmeal (add brown sugar or maple syrup if it's too bland for you)

Bananas

Any kind of pasta

Ice cream

Beer! Lots of beer!

[x-g.o.p.er]

13. Can't do the oasta because...

I have a pallette expander in the top of my mouth, and pasta seems to get lodged in there and doesn't come out...spaghetti especially. I don't know why that is. Probably the same force that mysteriously steals one of my socks from the dryer...

And I'm all over the beer!!

[Shrek]

19. Ah, I hate that.

I remember when my wisdom teeth were pulled, I had this enormous crater at the back of my mouth.

As soon as I could stand it, I sunk my teeth into a nice greasy burger and managed to get a good chunk of meat stuck in the crater. No matter what I tried, it WOULD NOT COME LOOSE. I think it just eventually rotted away -- either that or it attached itself to the crater and became part of my gums.

Good luck!

[everythingsxen]

10. When I had my Wisdom teeth pulled...

I liked Ravioli.

I ate beef raviolis natch, but you could get cheese. Just cut it up before you eat it and you can let it slide over the tounge and it tastes yummy! Mmm mmm!

Also, and this may be delusion on my part- I think the tomato and garlic in the ravioli sauce helped my mouth heal.

My best thoughts for ya! Get well soon!

[x-g.o.p.er]

14. I almost had some ravioli the other day...

But I was paranoid about the beef in it.

[everythingsxen]

23. yeah. like I said, just get chesse ravioli..

Or I am sure they must make a vegetarian ravioli or something.

You could always try making your own...

[bubblesby2002]

17. I'm also on a bland soft food diet the doctor thinks I have an ulcer

so I eat scrambled eggs with a little cheese on the top, oatmeal, lots of soup, bread pudding or rice pudding, ice cream, and jello.

I also have fruit smoothies in the morning - frozen strawberries with yogurt and other fruit. They are really good and you can add protein powder if you want.

Good luck

[JohnLocke]

18. Quiche, sushi, applesauce.

[rucky]

20. Just fix whatever you want & put it in a blender

it all mixes up in yer stomach anyways.

cheeseburger smoothies YUM!

[girl gone mad]

21. I'm a freak..

but I drank a lot of Slim Fast after getting my wisdom teeth removed.

It's pretty filling, but make sure it's ice cold when you drink it.

[cmf]

22. How soft?

When I had my wisdom teeth out, I started off on the yogurt, pudding, jello, ice cream, and instant breakfast. Then I branched out to cream of wheat, oatmeal, mashed potatoes, mac and cheese, risotto, ravioli, and polenta.

I didn't lose any weight, though. :eyes:

[sbj405]

24. Butternut squash soup, Carrot-ginger soup

I have recipes if you like.

[RebelOne]

26. Milk shakes are always good.