Guest guest Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Hi . I'm from Salem, Oregon. Who did your surgery? Diane > >Reply-To: orthognathicsurgerysupport >To: orthognathicsurgerysupport >Subject: [Orthognathic Surgery Support ] Best blended foods? >Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 23:00:02 -0000 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I'm one week ahead of you in recovery and SO SO sick of the food I can eat. I also don't cook at all really, I have made a lot of instant mashed potatoes with a lot of milk. I recently discovered these fantastic soups at Shop-Rite...none of the other groceries have them. They are shelf stable but come in boxes- like juice boxes for lunch boxes... what's so good about them is they are COMPLETELY smooth... no peices... no straining... I even drink them at room temprature from the carton. http://www.pacificfoods.com/products-soups.php I use them to flavor the mashed potatoes... butternut squash, brocolli, tomato, roasted red pepper and tomato--- my favorite.;.. they just add a bit of variety so I don't loose my mind. Also, I have also been making farina cereal with a lot of milk, a little cinnomon and sugar... that got boring too so I mixed in a huge dallop of raspberry jelly and it melted in the pot. Careful though... if you take too long eating the farina or potatoes, they thicken and get hard to suck... then I just add more milk. Tonight I am just craving something with more substance so I am making meat sauce and I will try to puree it... hopefully it will be mashed enough. Those soups really made a big difference... I can't tell you how sick of chocolate and yogurt I am... Tova > > Hello everyone, > > Well, here's my update. I am 3.5 weeks post-op and will be on the > liquid diet for another 2.5 weeks. I have lost 15 pounds. I'm tired > of soups and smoothies, but I haven't been adventurous enough to > blend real solid food into liquid. However, I'm thinking about > blending mashed potates and gravy with extra milk or possibly Malt-o- > Meal hot cereal. That tells you how unadventurous I am. > > Please let me know what blended foods are the best, taste yummy and > are worth blending. Thanks! > > > > ~ Swanson > Oregon > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 A notion for both of you: Get some Taco Bell (or other brand) beans, cooked. Add to them some refried rice. Add to all this some salsa, or tomato juice, or whatever sounds good (tomato soup and water or milk?) Whiz it into a thin liquid you can manage, strain it if need be. It'll fill up your tummy. Some sour cream and/or an avocado might be good with this, too. No. 2: Cook a sweet potato. That can mean putting it in the microwave until it's tender, or baking it in a traditional oven. If you use the microwave, poke some holes in the skin with a fork or a knife before cooking. If you use a regular oven, put some aluminum foil under it to catch any sugary drips, which will tend to burn. (If you're really a novice, in microwave it takes about 4-6 minutes on high for a small one; in the big oven it takes 45 minutes to an hour at 400. Put the peeled potato (you can wait until it cools, or not, to peel it) in the blender, add some (you choose): cream, chicken broth, white wine, or a mixture of all. Plus a shot of ginger (how big a shot depends on how hot you like your food) in with it, and whiz it until it's liquid enough to work for you. Add some butter or margarine, if you wish. It will be different, and give you a different taste. You can also carefully add a bit of lemon juice or lemon zest, or both, and some white pepper, but be careful not to curdle the milk/cream/whatever, by adding slowly and blending a lot. Hope that helps. You can also add eggs (or egg-beaters, if you're worried about salmonella) to get some protein. I haven't tried mixing peanut butter into the blend, but that might also be interesting... C. > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > Well, here's my update. I am 3.5 weeks post-op and will be on the > > liquid diet for another 2.5 weeks. I have lost 15 pounds. I'm tired > > of soups and smoothies, but I haven't been adventurous enough to > > blend real solid food into liquid. However, I'm thinking about > > blending mashed potates and gravy with extra milk or possibly Malt-o- > > Meal hot cereal. That tells you how unadventurous I am. > > > > Please let me know what blended foods are the best, taste yummy and > > are worth blending. Thanks! > > > > > > > > ~ Swanson > > Oregon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 It's weird... all of these sound good but it seems that unless it is SUPER thin and not at all piecy, it just clogs the spaces between by teeth. Even the FARINA sometimes clogs the holes... any blended fruit seeds clog the holes. Anything that isn't pure liquid is just a pain. and I don't have the energy to strain everything with the cheeze cloth...it's nasty. Beans wont work...the skins cannot blend into a liquid...canned peas were a nightmare. I've done the sweet potato mixed with chicken broth... it was good but the instant potatoes are so much easier and quicker- I have been sticking with them. discovering the farina was a godsend... at least it lended variety... > > A notion for both of you: Get some Taco Bell (or other brand) beans, > cooked. Add to them some refried rice. Add to all this some salsa, > or tomato juice, or whatever sounds good (tomato soup and water or > milk?) > > Whiz it into a thin liquid you can manage, strain it if need be. > It'll fill up your tummy. Some sour cream and/or an avocado might be > good with this, too. > > No. 2: Cook a sweet potato. That can mean putting it in the > microwave until it's tender, or baking it in a traditional oven. If > you use the microwave, poke some holes in the skin with a fork or a > knife before cooking. If you use a regular oven, put some aluminum > foil under it to catch any sugary drips, which will tend to burn. > (If you're really a novice, in microwave it takes about 4-6 minutes > on high for a small one; in the big oven it takes 45 minutes to an > hour at 400. Put the peeled potato (you can wait until it cools, or > not, to peel it) in the blender, add some (you choose): cream, > chicken broth, white wine, or a mixture of all. Plus a shot of > ginger (how big a shot depends on how hot you like your food) in > with it, and whiz it until it's liquid enough to work for you. Add > some butter or margarine, if you wish. > > It will be different, and give you a different taste. You can also > carefully add a bit of lemon juice or lemon zest, or both, and some > white pepper, but be careful not to curdle the milk/cream/whatever, > by adding slowly and blending a lot. > > Hope that helps. > > You can also add eggs (or egg-beaters, if you're worried about > salmonella) to get some protein. I haven't tried mixing peanut > butter into the blend, but that might also be interesting... > > C. > > > > > > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > Well, here's my update. I am 3.5 weeks post-op and will be on > the > > > liquid diet for another 2.5 weeks. I have lost 15 pounds. I'm > tired > > > of soups and smoothies, but I haven't been adventurous enough to > > > blend real solid food into liquid. However, I'm thinking about > > > blending mashed potates and gravy with extra milk or possibly > Malt-o- > > > Meal hot cereal. That tells you how unadventurous I am. > > > > > > Please let me know what blended foods are the best, taste yummy > and > > > are worth blending. Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Swanson > > > Oregon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Tova, you don't have to use cheesecloth. There are things called Chinois, which generally cost an arm and a leg, or other similar, cone-shaped strainers that should be sufficient. Or even just a plain old strainer like the ones that rescue me when my gravy goes lumpy. Take a spoon, and push the liquid against the mesh, to help get it through, and discard whatever doesn't get small enough for you. And first, add more liquid, and blend longer... Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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