Soft food suggestions, or "why do we have wisdom teeth anyway?!"

Shadowfire

Got a couple of wisdom teeth pulled today, and I'm looking for some ideas for soft foods. I already have the obvious soups, pudding, and ice cream, but I want some ideas for stuff that can be made at home. Those "recipe" things. ;-)

cloudeagle

Smoothies. Fruit will add some sorely needed variety to your mushy diet, and there's all kinds of things you can add to them for new and interesting flavors (honey, yogurt, etc.).

Try http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Drinks/Smoothies/Main.aspx

(incidentally, allrecipes.com is an awesome starting place for new recipes, ideas, ways to put new spins on old favorites, etc.)

EggyToast

Well you can make applesauce at home, but unsweetened applesauce is easier to get at the store.

Pastas qualify as soft foods, especially since any pasta that's left over will easily dissolve if it makes it into your sockets. Put a little butter and get your chew on.

webguy20

Also maybe a few protein shakes. Itll be hard to eat most meats and you need the protein right now to help build up your red blood to heal your sockets.

E.Coyote

corned beef hash is a good one most people don't think of.

Dalboz

If it's brothy soup (like chicken noodle) and you need something more filling, you could try putting a piece of cheese in the soup.

Hachface

cloudeagle wrote: »

Smoothies. Fruit will add some sorely needed variety to your mushy diet, and there's all kinds of things you can add to them for new and interesting flavors (honey, yogurt, etc.).

Try http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Drinks/Smoothies/Main.aspx

(incidentally, allrecipes.com is an awesome starting place for new recipes, ideas, ways to put new spins on old favorites, etc.)

You actually shouldn't drink things from a straw right after you've had your wisdom teeth removed because that can pull out your blood clot and give you a dry socket, which is incredibly painful.

Shadowfire

Hachface wrote: »

cloudeagle wrote: »

Smoothies. Fruit will add some sorely needed variety to your mushy diet, and there's all kinds of things you can add to them for new and interesting flavors (honey, yogurt, etc.).

Try http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Drinks/Smoothies/Main.aspx

(incidentally, allrecipes.com is an awesome starting place for new recipes, ideas, ways to put new spins on old favorites, etc.)

You actually shouldn't drink things from a straw right after you've had your wisdom teeth removed because that can pull out your blood clot and give you a dry socket, which is incredibly painful.

Yea, but we have one of those crazy Magic Bullet things (Christmas gift), and I could always just drink from the cup. I know I also have to be careful of excessively hot foods, so I have to let anything I cook cool down before eating. I'm working on a noodle dish for tonight, but these ideas are great. Coyote, I'm not a big fan of corned beef hash, but you reminded me of my creamed tuna, so that'll be dinner tomorrow.

Thanks for the ideas, folks. I need to figure out how to make a few of them work in the microwave at work tomorrow. ;-)

alienfirst

Ravioli! Other than that... I got nothing. I was on soft food for the first day, but after that I was fine and munching away on everything in the normal fashion. Loved having an easy time with those wisdom teeth.

Trillian

My boyfriend's dad has always joked about wanting to buy a McDonald's happy meal with a chocolate shake and just blending it all together. Maybe you could try it and report back to us?

That and pumpkin pie filling or the cheesecake filling in a can (yum yum) would be great desserts.

Solvent

Chao Ga (Vietnamese rice porridge with chicken.)

• 6 cups water
• 6 cups chicken stock
• 1/2 cup glutinous rice (short-grain rice, like arborio)
• 2 cups long grain rice
• 1-2 cup chicken meat, shredded
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• Some chopped spring onion
• 2 tablespoons sliced mushrooms (optional)

Place rice and glutinous rice in a large pot with water and stock.
Bring to boil then lower heat, cover and simmer, stirring occasionally.
Cook until rice is very soft and mixture is thick. Roughly 45-60 minutes.
Add fish sauce, sugar, shredded chicken, mushrooms, spring onion.
Let it simmer an additional 5-10 minutes.
When served, add cracked pepper to your liking.

ihmmy

i ended up eating a lot of mashed potatoes when I had my wisdom's pulled, easy way to get some starch in. Also, crackers that dissolve easily (like bretons)

RUNN1NGMAN

I lived on mashed potatoes and tomato soup when I got mine out.

oldsak

Trillian wrote: »

My boyfriend's dad has always joked about wanting to buy a McDonald's happy meal with a chocolate shake and just blending it all together. Maybe you could try it and report back to us?

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You could get crazy with some mac and cheese. Make one with goat cheese, spinich, kalamata olives, and garlic. Or perhaps one with mozzerella, roasted tomatoes, basil, and roasted garlic.

Casual Eddy

A great excuse to drink milkshakes as long as you avoid using a straw, like hachface said. If you are still bleeding cold things will help to clot the sockets. I'm impressed that you made this topic though. I was pretty whacked out on painkillers for most of the day when I got my wisdom teeth out.

You can probably get away with Wendy's chili if you rinse the sockets out afterwards and you let it cool. Or, you know, homemade chili.

Oh and eggs.

Shadowfire

Casual Eddy wrote: »

A great excuse to drink milkshakes as long as you avoid using a straw, like hachface said. If you are still bleeding cold things will help to clot the sockets. I'm impressed that you made this topic though. I was pretty whacked out on painkillers for most of the day when I got my wisdom teeth out.

You can probably get away with Wendy's chili if you rinse the sockets out afterwards and you let it cool. Or, you know, homemade chili.

Oh and eggs.

The painkillers I was given are 600mg ibuprofen, so nothing major. Honestly, I didn't want much of anything. I hurt my back a couple years ago, and was given Vicodin... it didn't make my back hurt less, but it did make me pretty happy about the pain. :P

I ended up having some minestrone today for lunch... it was the soup at work. Grabbed a cup, left it in the freezer for 10 minutes to cool, and nom nom'ed down. I haven't been doing milkshakes, but the good fat free pudding has been a staple.

We're doing pasta for dinner tonight... I never thought of it as a soft food, but since it's been mentioned here, that's dinner! Not sure about tomorrow... going to depend on whether my mouth feels -any- better (hurts like hell tonight). Thanks again for the tips, guys.

Dava

When I had mine out, I got tired of pudding and ice cream real quick. I wanted something with substance, and an avocado saved my life. Best avocado I've ever had! Also, breakfast burritos are a lifesaver. Scrambled eggs and cheese in a soft tortilla.

Cyvros

Seconded on the rice porridge (and oat porridge is good as well). It's pretty easy to make (although I can never remember how to myself) and my mum used to cook it a lot after my brother had his braces done.

Fizban140

I maned up and chewed normal person food a day after, I used mostly my front teeth but I got it done.

Feels Good Man

I did the mashed potatoes / scrambled eggs / warm soup thing. Warm, not hot.

(and ice cream. )

Sueve

get high off vicadin

eat anything