Soft Food Diet
There are lots of reasons that force people to use a soft foods diet. My husband is in the midst of lengthy oral surgery. His dentist advised soft foods after tooth extraction. This picture shows some of the food choices we tried. Foods include oatmeal, applesauce, mashed potatoes and junior foods.
Doctor suggested soft food diet
Breakfast
Apple juice, water, milk,coffee,tea,yougurt,cooked cereals, oatmeal or cream of wheat. Scrambled eggs, cottage cheese,toast, applesauce.
Lunch and Dinner
Home cooked broth, bouillon, soups, ground beef, baked or broiled fish, broiled or stewed chicken (finely chopped). Macaroni and cheese, scrambled eggs, bread softened with gravy, baked or mashed potatoes. Asparagus, peas, carrots, lima beans, string beans (all mashed), canned bartlett pears. Jell-O, pound cake. Milk shakes and ice cream.
Our adventures with a soft foods diet.
Trials of soft foods after tooth extraction.
First, I cooked a pound of ground beef. It was slowly cooked over medium heat in a frying pan. The meat was constantly turned and broken into tiny pieces ( crumbled). Then, the meat was refrigerated and added to Junior food jars to enhance flavor and give added protein. It was also added to pre-cooked mashed potatoes bought at the grocery store.
My husband likes oatmeal, so that was easy. We bought individual oatmeal packets and some have flavoring like brown sugar and cinnamon, so that gives variety, too. Jars of baby food and junior food worked well, too, in the first week.
Five days after all his lower teeth had been removed, he tried eating flaked fish. I bought a package of frozen fish fillets and microwaved it. It was easy for him to pry off tiny pieces with his fork. I also bought several kinds of canned soup. And scrambled eggs (with shredded cheddar cheese) completed the soft food choices in the beginning.
Soft Food Recipes
The I-Can't-Chew Cookbook: Delicious Soft Diet Recipes for People with Chewing, Swallowing, and Dry Mouth Disorders
Amazon Price: $12.21 (as of 12/02/2009)
Here is a reader recommendation:
"Showcases 200 soft and tasty recipes for casseroles, soups, entrees, side dishes, beverages, and deserts, August 9, 2005
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
I-Can't-Chew Cookbook: Delicious Soft-Diet Recipes For People With Chewing, Swallowing And Dry-Mouth Disorder by J. Randy Wilson is a unique, one-of-a-kind cookbook that is an invaluable addition to the kitchen cookbook collection of any family chef who must prepare meals for anyone suffering from problems arising from a chewing disorder such as temporomandibular joint (TMJ) problems, stroke, ALS, Alzheimer's, AIDS, lupus, recovering from head or neck surgery, or mouth/throat cancer surgery. Randy Wilson drew upon his love of cooking and his array of culinary skills when his wife was diagnosed with TMJ and needed surgery. Her doctor indicated that she would have to subsist on soft foods for six months. Randy took on the challenge of developing soft, nutritious, and appealing recipes for his wife and their family. The result is his I-Can't-Chew Cookbook which is neither a liquid diet book nor a blender cookbook, but instead showcases 200 soft and tasty recipes for casseroles, soups, entrees, side dishes, beverages, and deserts. Of special interest are the opening chapters on nutrition and tips for getting the most out of meals, including enhancing the dining experience and adapting foods for a soft-food diet when dealing with problems of wallowing and/or chewing. Enhanced with an informative Foreword by oral surgeon Mark A. Piper, I-Can't-Chew Cookbook should be considered as a "must" for anyone wanting nutritious, delicious, consumable dishes for the chewing and/or swallowing impaired."
Eating on Soft Food Diet at a restaurant.
Before my husband's dental surgery, we ate out often. In the past 3 weeks, since the tooth extraction, we have eaten out 3 times. This picture shows you the omelette, fruit and English muffin he ordered for lunch today. The omelette had spinach and finely sliced mushrooms which he was able to eat. The fruit, a cup of mixed fruit - melon and grapes, was not easy to eat. He only managed to eat the inside of the grapes, the melon was just too hard. The English muffin was too hard, too.
The first time we ate out he ordered chili. That worked for him.
Carry out meatball sandwich
Looking for something different to eat when you have no bottom teeth led us to look for a sandwich. This meatball sandwich came from our local Subway sandwich shop. My husband was able to break the meatballs apart with his fork. Then he could scrape off some of the soft inside of the sandwich roll and eat that, too.If everything goes as planned, my husband should only be on a soft diet for three months. Knowing that is only for a relatively short time, makes it easier. We try to keep it like an adventure by experimenting with some new food each day.
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The I-Can't-Chew Cookbook: Delicious Soft Diet Recipes for People with Chewing, Swallowing, and Dry Mouth Disorders by J. Randy Wilson
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Our thanks to all who left good wishes.
He is able to eat maybe 75 to 85 percent of what he ate before surgery. But, everything must be cut into small pieces and it takes him much longer to eat. Steak is causes him the most trouble. He has had to re-learn how to chew with false teeth. On the plus side, he has lost 10 pounds because he eats less. When you eat slowly, you are satisfied with less food than when you gulp your food down.
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- Grateful Mom Grateful Mom Nov 2, 2009 @ 1:50 pm
- My daughter at age 9 just had a tooth removed and was told to eat soft foods for a few days. Thanks for the great ideas for home and school. She loves yogurt, oatmeal & pudding. Thanks again.
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- Laniann Laniann Oct 20, 2009 @ 4:59 am
- Sounds like you came up with some good ideas for your husband, hope he can eat other things now. The surprise in the blender that OhMe's local restaurant created for her sounds good.
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- ClassyGals ClassyGals Oct 1, 2009 @ 1:06 pm
- Thanks for the useful information on a soft food diet. Hope I never have to use one, but if I do I'll know where to go! Five big ones! Great job.
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- OhMe OhMe Sep 10, 2009 @ 9:48 am
- This is a great lens filled with very useful information. I was on a soft diet one time and a local restaurant created a special dish for me. They would put a baked potato, cheese, sour cream and add a surprise in the blender. It was always so good.
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- Tery Tery Sep 10, 2009 @ 2:01 am
- been surfin' the web, looking for more soft foods ideas than what I've thought of myself; had emergency tongue surgery tonight (had a bleeding growth removed ...yeah - gross) & can only eat soft foods for 3 or 4 days. found a few good ones here, to add to my list.
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