No teeth food

[maxiesmom]

I'm considering this a temporary disability, because I think this group can help me the best. My mom had 6 teeth pulled. And while they can add them to the bridge plate she already has, she will be without it for at least 3 weeks. So I am trying to find food for her that takes little to no chewing. I already have jello, bananas, pudding, yogurt, broth, mashed potatoes, and instant breakfast.

She made a face when I suggested scrambled eggs, and rice was a no for her. Any ideas??? Please help!

 

[fla4fun]

I'm considering this a temporary disability, because I think this group can help me the best. My mom had 6 teeth pulled. And while they can add them to the bridge plate she already has, she will be without it for at least 3 weeks. So I am trying to find food for her that takes little to no chewing. I already have jello, bananas, pudding, yogurt, broth, mashed potatoes, and instant breakfast.

She made a face when I suggested scrambled eggs, and rice was a no for her. Any ideas??? Please help!

You may want to consider some of the high protein meal supplement drinks that are already prepared. They may have more nutritional value than Instant Breakfast. The more protein she can drink the better. Having some peanut butter with the banana is a good way of supplementing her protein as well.

Is it just plain eggs she dislikes? Would she like the taste if they had cheese melted on them or if they were cooked with a tiny amount of bacon or sausage fat for flavoring? They are such a good choice of protein that it would be beneficial to find some way to fix them that would appeal to her.

Does she like riced veggies, like broccoli rice or cauliflower rice? I find those more tender than regular rice anyway and they would be easy to swallow.

In addition to broth, soups like tomato soup do not require chewing.

If she likes fruit, she might enjoy smoothies, especially if you add a little yogurt or milk.

I hope it all goes well and she has her new teeth quickly!

 

[jo-jo]

My mom had very few teeth ( had a plate but she hated it), she ate lots of things. It’s good to have a list ready to go, but don’t be surprised if in a week or so, she can handle more than just jello type food.

How about pastina? Add some sauce , should be very easy to eat. Or even just butter.

I find chicken cooked in an instapot is very soft. Cut up small or shredded?

Apple sauce . Would crushed pineapple be too much? Maybe heat it up some and use a blender to break it down even more.

I know you mentioned yogurt. My DH eats Greek yogurt for the protein. Adds fruit. You could add some mashed fruit.

Add some cheese to the mashed potatoes to up the protein.

 

[ZJ5/9D47]

What are your cooking limitations? InstaPot? Can make thin spaghetti and then cut it up into half inch pieces. With that the sauce is infused into the pasta and delicious. Peas can be smashed on roof of mouth. Baked then mashed sweet potatoes.

Grits and add whole milk or powdered milk/cream. Oatmeal too. Can buy both in instant single-serve packets.

Protein drinks come in lots of flavors. Sam’s Club has a ton of varieties more than my local grocer.

Cheesecake tastes less medicinal than pudding. Most cakes don’t require chewing. YOLO. Also ice cream and french silk or key lime pie.

Pancakes can be smashed on roof of mouth depending on recipe.

So many hearty soups and stews with cream bases or lentil or split pea. French onion. Soaked bread without the crust can be no-chew.

Sloppy joes. I’d cut up the honey bun in teeny tiny pieces.

Deviled eggs cut up in teeny tiny pieces.

Biscuits and gravy.

 

[loves to dive]

Lower or upper? Does she still have teeth on that jaw? Are they going to put temp. teeth in right after the removal? It all depends. I had 5 of my front lower pulled in Nov. I was already missing some so that left 3 on on side and 2 on the other. They immediately put a temp. partial in before I left the dentist. I have been wearing a partial on my upper for over 50 years, missing my two eye teeth there. Frankly, without the lowers in, I can eat anything I want, I just can't bite things like sandwiches. Could do that about 2 days after surgery. The first day after surgery I ate mashed potatoes, soup, pudding and jello. I pretty much ate that for two days. After that I ate pretty much anything I wanted. I would just cut up my sandwiches so they were bite sized. It took from Nov. until now for me to get the lower temp. partial to actually sorta fit so I could eat and bite with those in. I ended up doing most of the adjustments to that myself at home by slowing filing down bits and pieces. I still have to wear over the counter strips on the very front to make them semi-comfortable and while I can bite most things, I won't be eating corn on the cob until I get the permanent partials in May. Heck, even with those lowers out I can eat steak since I still have a few teeth left on the bottom. She will just need to experiment to see what is comfortable after they are pulled. I love tomato soup and oatmeal so that was good for me. After those first two days, I just slowly started adding things into my diet to see what worked.

 

[RF536]

Search bariatric recipes and meal plans After surgery, patients are required to on pureed and soft foods for a while. I found a lot of good ideas on them.

 

[Bete]

My mom gummed her food for 25 years. She was never satisfied with dentures; they were either too tight or too loose. She ate a lot of different foods that way. Practice with different foods to see what works best for her.

Adding to the soft food list: bread, pastas, mac n cheese, cottage cheese, sliced cheese, cream cheese, soft berries like blackberries and raspberries, spam, pate, liver sausage, and peas.

 

[Genie+]

Spinach egg drop soup in chicken broth with pastina stars is a family favorite.

I find a microwaved steam bag of chopped spinach an easy short cut.

Boil about 4 cups of water, add pastina. (Microwave spinach during this time)

After about 6 minutes I add 1tbs Better than Bouillon.

Then add hot spinach and 1 tbs butter. Keep simmering through to this point.

Scrambled eggs up 2 or 3 eggs.

Shut off heat. Pour eggs in a spiral starting from the outer ring.

Put a lid on and wait 5 minutes. Done!

It’s comforting and balanced. Easy to eat.

 

[ahutton]

For several weeks after my stroke my diet was mechanical chop. It was lots of ground meat options with orzo type pasta with a gravy and well chopped vegetables

 

[MICKIMINI]

Cream of Wheat. Rice or tapioca pudding. Eggs benedict without the english muffins. French toast well soaked and fried in butter?

Baked squash: cut an acorn squash in half, remove seeds, place cut side up in pan, add butter, salt and pepper and a bit of maple syrup (or brown sugar) and bake at 400 for about an hour - yum! Makes two servings.

 

[BrightMorningStar]

Casseroles with small bits can be filling. Clean ingredients like veggies, pasta, ground meat..all chopped/ground very small.

Mashed potatoes, scrambled eggs, jello, Orgain vanilla bean, bone broth, soups with tiny noodles like orzo or ditalini, yogurt with fruit, smoothies, oatmeal, applesauce, some types of fish, cottage cheese, pudding, mashed bananas, mashed strawberries, refried beans, ice cream, tapioca, soft cooked veggies like squash, avocado, pears from a can, milkshake, cheesecake (maybe no crust), rice.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Mashed potatoes with super small bits of beef, meatloaf or chicken mixed into it. I did this when my kids had wisdom teeth out.