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OT: liquid diet due to dental issues, what to eat?!

Victoria

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Yes, I am having dental problems again and unfortunately this time, its 3 teeth hurting all at once and all three are on different sides of my mouth so I can't actually chew anything. I am seeing dentist tomorrow for root canal for one tooth and there will be another root canal for the other but in the meantime I need some ideas on what I can puree. I am not going to survive on broth and shakes alone. If anyone has any ideas on what I can make for food, it would be appreciated

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Angie

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Puree cooked carrots with potato and add LOTS of butter.

Eat melted chocolate.

Hope that your teeth feel better soon.

Sheila

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Applesauce? Ice cream, yummy!!!

Mamapicklejuice

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Butternut squash soup! Feel better soon!

christy

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Ugh...so sorry to hear that you are having more dental issues. When I had gum graft surgery, I ate a lot of greek yogurt, mashed potatoes and creamy soups. Hope you feel better soon!

velvetychocolate

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Try Amy's Soups brand Thom Kha Phak Thai Coconut Soup:

http://www.amys.com/products/p.....ups/000513

Available in a lot of grocery stores, and it's gluten free.

You can also try Progresso brand Traditional New England Clam Chowder (also gluten free, and it says so right on the label):

http://www.costco.com/Browse/P.....lang=en-US

These aren't the "best" things - but they are good, when you're not feeling well, and you need something fast that is also gluten-free.

Also - if you're up to it, try boiling up a dozen eggs, plunge into ice water, peel the eggs and make a giant batch of 'egg salad'. Chop cold, hard boiled eggs, add snipped up green onion ends, salt, pepper, decent mayonnaise. Mix up - eat.

Also recommended for a fast snack is some sort of almond butter. You need protein when you're not feeling well, and I know what it's like to not want to cook and I *also* know what it's like to be dealing with a dental issue. So, having said that - I recommend grabbing a jar of almond butter for super-fast nutrition.

http://www.maranathafoods.com/.....alt-creamy

Meanwhile, I also like the suggestions for things like mashed up cooked carrots mixed with potato and suggestions such as butternut squash soup.

Get yourself some nice baby carrots, some sweet potatoes and regular potatoes from the local grocery store. Half a baked sweet potato is immensely satisfying, healthy and definitely not stressful on aching teeth. For the carrots, you can buy a bag of those baby carrots, toss in olive oil, salt, pepper and roast them in the oven. Mash up with an old-fashioned potato masher, and throw in some baked potato a la Angie and lots of butter, and you'll be feeling pretty good.

Roasted carrots recipe:

bag of baby carrots
splash of olive oil
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
toss...
transfer onto parchment paper lined cookie sheet or even a foil lined cookie sheet
bake in oven at 400F for 20 minutes at the most.

They are done at this point, but for anyone battling dental issues, I'd recommend throwing these hot cooked carrots into a bowl, drizzling some chicken broth or vegetable broth in there and adding some butter into the mix and mashing them up like you would for mashed potatoes. The texture wouldn't be exactly like mashed potatoes, but they'd be sufficiently mushy for anyone who didn't want to chew food. If you want to add potato - it's pretty easy to cook a potato in the microwave - just rinse, pat dry, poke with a fork and select "one potato" on your microwave. Less than ten minutes later, the potato is done, albeit without the crispy potato skin you'd get if you'd baked it in the oven. Don't even bother worrying about the peel - throw that in with the carrots and mash it all up together. I have not tried this myself, but I really like Angie's idea of carrots and potato together.

How about yogurt? I don't really eat much in the way of dairy foods so I'm not all that 'up' on the latest and best yogurts out there, but yogurt strikes me as a good idea when your teeth are hurting and you need some quick food.

In terms of the soups, just heat them up, but let them cool off quite a bit before eating. Seems to me I remember that I didn't want anything overly hot or overly cold when I was battling my own dental issues.

You need 'fast' food that you can eat. Canned gluten-free soups, baked potatoes, sweet potatoes, mashed carrots with potato a la Angie, a jar of nut butter that you can just eat a spoonful or two out of, some yogurt, maybe some egg salad if you feel up to making it. What about mixing up some Greek yogurt with some gluten-free peanut butter or nut butter for a powerful nutrition punch that doesn't require cooking and doesn't hurt your teeth? I'm thinking some scrambled eggs might work well too.

Really hope you feel better soon. It's awful dealing with dental stuff...

Ack!

Hope you get this fixed up, pronto.

One last thing, I noticed that the store branded Target version of Advil (I think the brand is called "up and up" or something along those lines) - is marked right on the bottle (at the back), "Gluten free". Advil/ibuprofen works very well for dental pain until you can get things fixed up at the dentist.

http://www.target.com/p/ibupro.....A-11004791

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Oh, I hope you're feeling better soon! How about a protein smoothie? Some milk or milk alternative, maybe some Greek yogurt, protein powder, and fruit of your choice. You could even throw in a handful of spinach.

My fave smoothie, although this might be too grainy for you now: skim milk, protein powder, big glob of peanut butter, cinnamon, honey, frozen banana, and a handful of dry oatmeal. Nom!

Victoria

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velvetychocolate: Thanks for great suggestions! Its especially hard if you are like me and have glutten and lactose intolerance and like to eat healthy stuff! I am missing salad already:(. . Definately will try roasting and mashing some vegetables like you suggested. I don't think I ever had three teeth hurting all at once, what are the odds?
Wish me luck for first root canal tomorrow

Jenava

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Mmmm...a good excuse to eat Kozy Shack pudding! I like their tapioca or chocolate or rice puddings...well, really, any of them!

velvetychocolate

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By the way, that Kozy Shack pudding that Jenava recommends is *also* gluten-free.

"Is Kozy Shack gluten free?

Kozy Shack puddings, flans, and gels are gluten free."

from their website:

http://www.kozyshack.com/prod_faqs.html

I like this idea. Nothing better than comfort food when you're not feeling well. Seems to me that their products are made with simple, wholesome ingredients.

Hang in there, and I'm sure you'll feel a hundred percent better once the root canal stuff is done.

AJ

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I'm so sorry about your dental woes.

Can you borrow a juicer machine from a friend?

catgirl

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I have had tooth issues many times. I highly suggest spinach smoothies, which sound disgusting but are incredibly healthy and tasty. I make them with vanilla yogurt, a banana, as much spinach as will not destroy your blender, and anything else you want to throw in (blueberries are good). II promise you will not taste the spinach. The Vitamix website has tons of good recipes for soup and other pureed items.

Victoria

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Una: sounds good, I may make it. I am just happy I have a blender(which incidentally was our wedding gift 3 years ago and haven't even been opened until today). I can't remember who gave it to us but God bless them!

deedee1221

i juice daily, and was goin to suggest but i saw someone did already

christieanne

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You have to break out the blender. I got my Oster for wedding gift 18 years ago and still going strong (and is has ice crusher) so smoothies are my favorite thing.
My smoothie fix;
banana (frozen if you have it), some yogurt (plain or flavored - whatever), splash of juice of choice, any kind of fruit (I like to freeze my own but berries, papaya, beets, pineapple) , protein powder, spinach leaves, blend it all up (I fill the blender up halfway then add 1/2 as much liquid) and we split it.

Hope the root canal is as pain free as possible - you will feel some relief at least (hopefully!).

Victoria

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thanks, christieinanne: I used blender today already, made some soup for dinner then pureed it.

Mander

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I occasionally make bean soups (various flavors and ingredients, depending on what's in the house) and puree them. Sort of like a hot bean smoothie. As long as things like onions are well cooked first they should liquify ok.

My mother in law also purees steamed broccoli together with pesto, which is surprisingly tasty.

Jenava

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I still think pudding sounds better than a hot bean smoothie! LOL...

Nadia

If you like Orange Julius type drinks you could try this:

1 banana
1 cup or so of orange juice or something citrussy
1 egg (if you're squeamish about raw egg try plain or vanilla yogourt instead)

Blend it up* and enjoy a tall frothy refreshing drink.

Healthwise this gives you plenty of protein, potassium, calcium, and vitamin C. You can also add protein powder if you want a more substantial drink. I've never tried it but some people add flax powder or the like for fibre. If you use orange juice with pulp that will add some fibre too.

*Obviously after cracking the egg and discarding the shell

Addendum: Oops, just saw you're gluten and lactose intolerant. So I guess the yogourt would need to be substituted and does flax have gluten? I confess I'm ignorant of that sort of thing.