Ideas for Soft Food Diet

[zasilva]

I had oral surgery yesterday and I'll be on a cold and soft food diet for a couple of days. I'm getting two more surgeries done in the next month so I'll be on the diet again soon. Last night my husband made cold cucumber soup, hummus, and baba ganouj for dinner. Does anyone have any ideas or recipes for soft and cold foods that are tasty and well-balanced nutritionally?

[jsolomon]

Gazpacho topped with boiled eggs

Ice cream, especially good quality ice cream is always a complete food--it's by definition.

Do you have example foods in the soft food category that the oral surgeon gave you.

You might be in luck where brie and ripe pears are soft foods!

[Milagai]

scrambled eggs with cheese or other additions?

soups?

pureed dals (all the taste, none of the chewing).

milagai

[Badiane]

Puddings made with whole milk

Mashed egg salad

Mashed potato salad

Mashed Sweet Potatoes

Avocados

Cottage Cheese with pureed fruit or vegetables

Custards...I often make a pumpkin pie filling with silken tofu blended into it for my Dad when he is having issues eating.

Fruit purees mixed with yogurt...also nice frozen.

V-8 Juice

Milkshakes...but eaten with a spoon...you don't want to be using a straw after oral surgery.

Also, meal replacement shakes can come in handy...stuff like Ensure. Good if you have to go out and aren't sure if you will get caught short.

[OnigiriFB]

potato and leek soup. Good cold (vichyssoise) or hot (cockaleeke).

[loiosh]

Cheese grits.

[mizducky]

Smoothies. You can really pack the nutrition into these if you include such ingredients as yogurt, soy milk, soft/silken tofu, nutritional yeast, powdered milk--only use smallish amounts of these ingredients so that they don't overwhelm the fruit. Some smoothie recipes use ice cubes/crushed ice to give texture, but I much prefer frozen fruit as that gives you both texture and flavor/nutritional value. Trader Joe's has a good selection of pre-cut frozen fruit, and even the most mainstream chain supermarket usually has at least frozen strawberries. A banana somewhere in the mix also adds texture and body.

Chilled cubes of tofu dressed with a little soy sauce and toasted sesame oil--if you can get really fresh tofu, this is quite nice and soothing.

Borscht tastes excellent cold. You can make one with a variety of vegetables in addition to the beets, blend it smooth, and add a bit of sour cream or yogurt for a variation.

Wishing you a speedy recovery.

[jsolomon]

Oh, I forgot to mention, good pain pills go down great with beer or wine.

But, once I get through med school I'll make more responsible recommendations.

[maggiethecat]

Thiis seems to me to be a God-given excuse to eat as many mashed potatoes as you wish, and an opportunity to explore their glories. With gorgonzola? Colcannon? Mixed with mashed turnips and carrots? (Pretty good, actually.) Maybe topped with poached eggs?

[Maison Rustique]

LOL! I'm with Maggie--potatoes: mashed or twice-baked. You don't "have" to eat the peel if you can't.

[Jensen]

Chufi's stamppot

[miladyinsanity]

Rice porridge, made with home-made chicken soup.

Sorbet

I second the mashed potatoes. With cheese. Or saffron.

Steamed tubers, like sweet potatoes, or yam or lotus root--the latter 2 dipped in sugar after steaming.

[spaghetttti]

Cold and soft?

Desserts: puddings and custardy things keep popping into my head. Banana pudding, creme brulee, chocolate pudding but hzrtw8's steamed egg custard is blowing my mind.

It looks great to me, what do you think?

[miladyinsanity]

Chawanmushi is a type of egg custard too, right?

My mom likes to add tofu to miso soup, but sometimes, she just slices it (it's optional to steam it), and douses it in a mixture of soya sauce, onion oil, sesame oil and sliced shallots.