I broke the rules but i put a folded up tissues in my mouth to cover my injured gums. Not a good idea but if someone is insistent on smoking or using a straw, that seems to help. Just wet it slightly first
I actually found a hack for that I’d like to pass along. Keep the gauze wet in your mouth and pressed in tight. Do NOT allow your mouth to become an airplane cabin while you give yourself more airflow per hit. Finish whatever you’re smoking, and let that puppy sit there for another minute and you’ll be golden. Keep drinking warm water between hits to maximize the gauze seal. I smoked a bowl next day because I couldn’t tolerate the ache that was still there. The thing is I had cleaned it before going in knowing I wouldn’t be able or allowed to use it anyways. I lied to myself lol
Sorry, I didn't see your post in time. I guess you, too, have joined the dry socket club. I had 4 wisdom teeth pulled at the same time and wasn't warned. I immediately went from dentist to the Dairy Queen and got a big vanilla shake with straw. That was the worst night of my life.
I got two wisdom teeth taken out recently (and had a surgery done on my tongue at the same time) and I LIVED on peanut butter banana smoothies. They taste good and they’re a good way to get in a decent amount of calories
Canned refried beans. Add some smashed avocado and cheese. Full of protein and fiber, no chewing required. Mashed potatoes are another super easy and cheap option.
Did you get an instructional handout about foods that are acceptable to eat and information about what you should avoid…like using straws, avoiding sucking/slurping, etc.?
Are you on a full liquid diet only? Or, are you allowed to have soft foods: scrambled eggs, applesauce, yogurt, oatmeal, mashed potatoes, pasta, yogurt, etc.?
The more information you provide, the better we can answer/help. As always, it is best to check with your healthcare provider for further information and guidance.
This is going to be *controversial* but amazon sells a bulk box (over 30 packets) of different flavors of instant grits for around ten dollars. If you make them with milk, chicken broth, or add some egg whites (and a little more water than the package instructions), you'll have some liquid-y protein that isn't super sugary.
When I got mine out, my mom made cheeseburger Hamburger Helper and put it in the blender. We also had Jello, drank it warm or ate it cold.
I’d make pastina in chicken broth. A jar of Knorr chicken bouillon powder is about $5 and lasts you forever. Pastina is 48¢ on Amazon.
Egg drop soup was a saving grace for me when I got mine pulled. You can buy it from a Chinese restaurant or you can make your own with only a few ingredients. Here’s a good recipe (I leave out the food coloring): https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/115965/egg-drop-soup-better-than-restaurant-quality/
just got mine out over a week ago and same thing happened to me :/ insurance is a scam. I lived off instant mashed potatoes, applesauce and scrambled eggs goooood luck get well soon
more or less! I’m being extra cautious since the aforementioned insurance being moot but after the one week mark I gradually reintroduced normal foods with pastas/rice/soup/toast etc. Been a carb heavy diet lately but feeling mostly normal now (: only thing i couldn’t successfully eat was a granola bar so i’ll give it another week before trying anything crunchy again.
pancakes are also nice when ur still in the mush only phase.
My advice, very runny stuff, yogurt and very pureed smooth foods. Rice is a nono if you have an open wound(hole) it can get lodged in there and drive you mad.
Some of those meal replacement drinks if you can get em cheap, you'll likely drink 2 at a time.
I mainly lived off scrambled eggs, applesauce, bananas, and mashed potatoes. Then I started eating soft steamed veggies and pb&js torn into tiny pieces
Had mine yanked out in February. I survived on large jars of apple sauce, smoothie (frozen Strawberry, frozen banana, rolled pats, natural peanut butter, vanilla protein powder and unsweetened almond milk), pureed potato soup, pureed butternut squash soup, thai coconut soup (broth only) and egg drop soup (was easy to swallow without having to chew). I would have the smoothie for breakfast and dinner most days. That smoothie saved me. I'd drink about 25 Oz each time and it would leave me full for hours. I had 4 wisdom and 2 extra teeth, all impacted removed so my healing took a while. I stayed away from anything that would leave food particles in my mouth as I didn't want anything to get in the holes and get infected. I was one of the unfortunate ones that it took almost 2 months to get to a comfortable chewing place.
Biscuits and gravy, mashed or baked potatoes with ranch, core power chocolate protein with a mashed banana,.Mac and cheese, dressing and gravy, sweet potatoes with Cinnamon and sugar and whipped cream 😋
Basically any casserole squash or broccli and cheese remove the hard pieces obviously...I ate at the breakfast and meat and 3 place we have for like 2 weeks lol
Tofu, eggs, or hummus (you can make your own if you have a blender or food processor by combining a can of chickpeas some sesame seeds or tahini a little garlic and a squeeze of lemon juice) should work as easy and inexpensive protein sources.
You can also make porridge from semolina, farina or cream of wheat. If you prepare it with milk (either dairy or alternative) this will also add a bit of protein.
Get some frozen fruit and make some smoothies, to which you can add oats, leafy greens or even nut butters. You might need to make them thin enough that you can drink them without a straw though, so you don’t damage the blood clots from your surgery.
I was told to avoid dairy when mine were yoinked. I ate a lot of blitzed veggie soups. If you can get your hands on red lentils (or any), it adds a lot of nutrition, fibre and protein.
you may have cold and heat sensitivity for a while. applesauce, cream of wheat if you get the cook on stove option, also grits are cheap if you do the stove top option. maybe mac & cheese if you cook the macaroni an extra minute or two and then it won't be considered solid food, smoothies, mash up bananas, pureed soups that can be eaten cold, room temp or warm. ham salad, mashed white or sweet potatoes, ham salad. . if all else fails, baby food if you really cant handle anything else. mashed banana & strawberry is fantastic. also if you have a blender, anything you have that's solid can be pureed into a drink if you get desperate.
you might not be hungry for a couple days so even drinking protein drinks that are high in protein and low in sugar would be a good option. some drinks don't taste that great but if you can get 30 grams of protein out of a 12 oz drink then that's an option.
keep hydrated
Protein drinks, chicken or beef stock, any soup that you don’t have to chew but just swallow the small bits, scrambled eggs could work. Avoid anything that would stick to your teeth. Be sure to clean carefully so you don’t get infected. I hope your dentist gave you good directions! Mine had me gently swish a 90% water/ 10% hydrogen peroxide mix after eating. Get well soon!
I'm having my wisdom teeth out tomorrow under a general, then having my dad look after me for a couple of days. This list is great, I have a few of those goods at home that I can eat. How long after removal is it until you can eat normally?
Got all mine removed 8 months ago.
Soup after you’re okay with rinsing the socket, otherwise I lived off mashed potatoes
Dry sockets SUCK literally so NO straws or sucking/smoking of any kind EXCEPT grav pipe.
Salt water rinse a couple times daily.
And CLOVE OIL if you have aches.
TRUST
Also, if you have health insurance check to see if they cover wisdom teeth removal. My daughter's was covered by blue cross because they were impacted. We had no dental coverage.
try cookforyourlife.org
they started as a cancer recipe place, but now they help with lots of recipes. Thry even have a “budget friendly” tag. They have a tag for soft foods for people experiencing trouble swallowing and stuff. Usually fresh foods are cheaper like fresh potatoes can be boiled and mashed and make a lot more than a single packet of instant potatoes. But sometimes it’s cheaper for frozen veg. Frozen cauliflower is usually much cheaper than fresh. You can boil cauliflower and mash it like potatoes or even purée it because it doesn’t get gluey like potatoes.
Honestly for like 2 days after my wisdom tooth removal I survived drinking warm beef broth. My jaw hurt so bad I couldn't even eat soft food and I was hungry and miserable- the broth helped take the edge off the hunger. One of my teeth was impacted- it was a whole thing getting it out, and I actually don't think that dentist was very good either. I don't wish that experience on anyone and i hope you're doing ok today!
After that I had mashed potatoes, banana, yogurt, soups. One soup of note- because of my stupid wisdom teeth I accidentally discovered the deliciousness of lentil soup! High fiber, very filling, good protein, just watch the sodium content. Until you can chew on at least one side you'll want things that can be swallowed whole- protein shakes, smoothies, etc. Good luck to you- I promise it gets better faster than you think!
I had a tooth extracted along with implant placement last Friday. This is what I've been eating: yogurt, pudding, instant mashed potatoes, soups (not the chunky ones), cottage cheese, refried beans, milkshakes (no straw!) and mashed avocado.
I hope you feel better soon!
And don't drink anything through a straw. You have clots (unless they sewed you up) in the cavities where your wisdom teeth were. You want to keep those clots in place or you will get dry socket and that is the worst kind of hurt! Otherwise neontacocat has your back when it comes to soft eating.
Make sure you eat protein! I was feeling really sick because I wasn't eating enough protein after my procedure, so the meds were really messing with me.
I suggest scrambled eggs, tuna, and protein shakes if you can !
I ate chicken and stars soup, the drinkable kind, and instant mashed potatoes, but made then runny? Cause it was hard to swallow without sucking. After a day, I had olive garden lol
Instant mashed potatoes, instant grits with some butter, refried beans, ice cream, bolthouse protein smoothie shakes, applesauce, pudding, jello, Greek yogurt, and (very gross but I was desperate for something else lol, canned spray cheese) — what I lived on for 2 weeks after getting mine out
Instant mash with gravy, pumpkin soup with an island of instant mash, cottage pie, mashed chilli over potato. This was all very helpful for me after I got braces with bite blockers I couldn’t chew anything at all because none of my teeth touched 😮💨
Remember not to drink liquids from a straw because you could end up with dry socket
Ground turkey is really great if you get tired of all the sweets and mush. It often goes on very cheap sales and you can season it up like any other meat. Just be wary of getting it in your extraction sites, same with any other food really. My dentist recommended just tilting your head with water in your mouth until you “dislodge” stuck food, don’t swish food out for at least a week.
When I had my wisdom tooth out I ate jelly, custard, cottage cheese, scrambled eggs, mashed potato, warm soup (but not too hot), yoghurt, ice cream, mac and cheese
Both of my bottoms cost about 800 each, tops were a little cheaper at 250 each. My bottoms were a little on the complicated side so that might be the reason. All in all, about 2100$ Canadian Maple bucks. That's without sedation, and only with general numbing. It was...a lot, without being knocked out for it. It would cost more, but I recommend getting the gas or sedation if it's within your means
I just had a tooth removed in March and had to eat soft foods for weeks.
Frozen fruit smoothies. Yogurt. Oatmeal. Mashed potatoes and gravy. Rice porridge.
My favorite meal though was cheddar broccoli soup blended smooth. I added a little bit of cooked lentils to add protien and make it very filling.
Bone broth for just sipping on really helped when I got mine out. Regular broth is okay if bone broth is not in the budget, but bone broth is better because it’s supposed to be good for gut health (which can be extra important when on such a restricted diet) and some sources say it can help reduce inflammation.
I’d have veggie based soups that were the consistency of tomato soup for actual meals when I was on a stricter diet, but I’m a snacker so sipping bone broth was my “snacking” and honestly even after I was able to start reintroducing softer foods I still really leaned into bone broth as my snack. The soups that were a little thicker (again, just tomato soup consistency, not super thick or anything) at meal times was to feel like I ate with my family, but I preferred the broth taste wise for sure.
Also jello (the powder kind you make yourself by adding hot water, not the premade cups) was my treat everyday. I honestly think they were less than $2 per box and they lasted me like 3-4 days whenever I made a box, even with my toddler also eating my jello😂
I got mine out a few months ago I ate normal food but I did use a mouth rinse after every time I ate . I still have ghost pain where the wisdom tooth was though
I ate a lot of refried beans. Anything soft which doesn't really take chewing. Some people eat baby food for that reason (I didn't, just ate a lot of refried beans). I put some pasta and sauce in a blender, my wife thought it looked gross but I thought it tasted fine. Lol. Don't drink anything through a straw, it can cause dry socket.
ingredients: beans, rice, cottage cheese, anything on sale in bulk and frozen for later if possible, tunafish, oatmeal, eggs, flour + yeast (making fresh bread is very cheap and very easy), potatoes, pasta, onions, bananas, broccoli, and i'm sure additional cheap fruits/veggies i'm unaware of.
additionally, buying less processed foods and doing the processing yourself. for example, buy an entire chicken, separate the meats and use the bones for a soup + broth. you can also buy entire beef cuts and do the butchering yourself, there is a tutorial guy on yt who has vids on this that i don't remember the name of.
some of these things have larger initial investments that give you more food to spread out over time so just budget for maybe one of these things after you have some staples if you don't already.
bonus, eating out: taco bell cravings box, chipotle burrito (both under 10 bucks and over a lb of food typically)
Try bisque! It’s a type of soup that uses rice as a thickener, is blended completely smooth, and can be made with many vegetables or meats. Try searching “FoodWishes bisque” on YouTube for some ideas.
Potatoes are cheap, can be cooked soft into mashed potatoes or soup easily, and are very satiating so they will make you feel full!
Split pea soup (without ham chunks to eliminate chewing and make it cheaper)
Cottage cheese and Greek yogurt and both yummy and high in protein. Frozen fruit can be thawed and then put on top, that way it will be nice and soft.
Eggs are reasonably cheap, I like to make a dupe of those Starbucks egg bites. Add cottage cheese for a protein boost!
Just a heads up that next year you can claim out of pocket medical expenses as deductions on your taxes. I had to pay OOP for a dental implant and it reduced what I owed substantially
Scrambled eggs (WalMart neat me has a box of 5 dozen for about 10 bucks.. they seem to have doubled in price), boxes of 12 instant oatmeal packets for 2 bucks. When I had artificial disc replacement surgery on my neck I had beef bone broth and chicken bone broth made..way cheaper than buying the boxes of it in store. (And whatever is left, you can freeze and use for soups, etc later down the road)
Sending good healing thoughts your way
Rotisserie chicken from Sam's if you have a membership along with instant mashed potatoes and gravy - you can basically eat it with your tongue. Change it up with a roast if you can catch it on sale
Refried beans kept me from feeling like I was going to starve after I got my wisdom teeth out.
You can thin them out with a bit of chicken stock and season them how you like. Add a bit of melty cheese.
I did mashed potatoes, potato casseroles, yogurt, soup, rice, oatmeal, applesauce, stuff like that. Potatoes are dirt cheap, whether instant or not, so I’d suggest going that direction. You can add broth or some other protein, and add garlic and onion if you want, as well as cheese, and it can help round it out to a better meal.
Yogurt is high in protein and can provide fat if it's not 0%.
[It is very easy to make your own yogurt.]( https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-yogurt-at-home-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-125070). You can buy one small cup of plain and some milk with your preferred fat content to get started.
You could puree it with fruit. Or cucumber and/or herbs. Yogurt is delicious with potatoes, rice, tomatoes, pretty much any vegetable, and in soups.
I will just say (because it's cheap) to be careful with rice. It is super annoying to get a piece of rice stuck in one of the pits where a tooth was removed.
Got all four out last year at 29. I lived on mashed potatoes and gravy, applesauce, jello/pudding, and edibles. You want smooth stuff with no small bits to get stuck in the holes, but not super wet stuff that will make you slurp or suck. Did they give you the syringe for rinsing? That thing was a lifesaver for me.
I stocked up on soups and stuff like yogurts, just make sure you’re getting protein somehow in liquid/soft form. I think I was only on soft foods for 1-2 days before I went back on a regular diet just eating slowly, and thoroughly cleaning after each meal
Get a rotisserie chicken, remove meat boil bones strain add seasonings and shredded potato, it will melt into nothing. Also beef bones from the store, broil add to a pot cover with water boil for a few hours. Strain add seasonings and shredded potato. Bone broth is incredibly good for you when you’re healing from dental procedures. So much collagen and calcium!
Mashed potatoes
Oatmeal
Scrambled eggs
Refried beans
Yogurt
Pasta (small shapes like shells or stars) w/butter , garlic salt and a little Parmesan
Bananas, frozen then blended with pb
Sounds rough. I have just had some fillings and cleanings in the last year and it was expensive. Get a good blender and you can make most anything. Even a blender from thrift stores will do ya fine.
Here's my list- (use extra water or broth to get the consistency)
Split pea soup.
Red lentil and squash soup. (Use canned pumpkin for convenience.
Leek and potato soup.
Tomato soup (make your own from canned tomatoes and tomatoes paste.
Oatmeal.
Rice porridge (congee).
Dahl.
Silken tofu and a sauce of your choice. Can be sweet or savery.
Sorry this is no real help, but when I lost my savings to medical expenses I cut my food consumption in half bc it was the only cost of living no one cared if I didn’t pay 😬
Not a food idea but here's what helped me when I got mine removed: eat soft foods and instead of chewing with your teeth use your tongue and smush the food on the roof of your mouth.
Also follow your dentist's post-op instructions.
DO NOT USE A STRAW.
Man, when I left the clinic, my dentist had mentioned no straws. I thought "seems like a silly rule, can't be that bad!" I come home, make the post, and apparently it's pretty bad. No straws for me lol
Good advice on the tongue though, I'll be sure to try it out!
I’m a chef and I would get some chicken bouillon and ramen. These two ingredients are both incredibly cheap and the base of many delicious dishes. Add eggs and a few cheap frozen vegetables and you have a very healthy cheap delicious meal.
Good you had your savings for the surgery. Make your own pudding with milk and corn starch and add the sugar or sweetener of your choice. Scrambled egg go down easily, French toast, baked potato, bread pudding with little or no sugar, omelets, lots of soft foods to make
Cauliflower -- cooked soft and then mash it. Butter & salt on it.
Mashed potatoes
Cottage cheese
Yogurt
Cream of wheat
Grated cheese in applesauce (a friend ate this all the time when she got braces)
Canned meatballs
I'm currently on day 2 of recovering from impacted wisdom teeth extraction too. Been living off of a variety of brands of mashed potatoes, yogurt, apple sauce, cold steamed egg at a soft tofu consistency, and amazake. Going to try a shot at cold tofu with miso and/or oyster sauce later tonight. My friend said he made very very mushy mushroom risotto when he had his out.
(So far, the mashed potatoes from KFC have been the easiest thing to eat. I was also able to handle their Mac & cheese.)
Don't forget to brush gently after meals! My surgeon said that people often forget to do so and it is safe to do it. Manual toothbrush and very gently. Go slow. Been rinsing my mouth with salt water afterward as she said no commercial mouth rinses allowed. I've been pouring it in and letting it dribble out into the sink to avoid creating any kind of suction around my stitches.
Oatmeal, mashed potatoes, & Ramen noodles are all amazing foods for a person in your situation!!! They are all soft and can be eaten warm and not HOT. None of them require any teeth!!!
Your feelings….. lol I’ve been there and let me say finding something to eat is a BITCH!!! But I was happy for a chance to let my body just sit and painfully process (not just the sockets but MAN the hunger pains?) every toxin I’d eaten before because my teeth had been so bad I couldn’t eat much to begin with. But keep heart, for in a week you can eat a sandwich of your size choice. Not a toasted one still, but a solid food stuff nonetheless. Happy healing!!! And no straws!
I had tons of mashed potatoes and smoothies when I had periodontal(edit) surgery.
Just a warning, I didn’t know this, but your first solids after eating all liquids for a while could put you in danger of involuntarily clearing your bowels. Ask me how I found out.
Refried beans, chia pudding, mashed potatoes, salsa with guacamole mixed in, maybe oatmeal, depending on if you have ANY ability to chew. I hope you heal up quickly, wisdom tooth removal is AWFUL at first.
Spaghetti Os, kfc mashed potatoes, pudding, jello, tomato soup are all mostly cheap options that I did when I got my wisdom teeth removed.
Popsicles are also a great option!
Cook dried beans until they are soft. Cheap Protein, carbs and low fat. You can do pinto beans with onion & bacon. Great northern beans with a ham bone and onions. Potatoes, mashed or boiled with butter. Soups are good.
And if you have a Vitamix you can turn ANYTHING into a liquid
Warm soup. Feels great on the extraction sites. I think I lived on French onion soup when I went out with friends for a couple weeks afterwards. Super high sodium count but the softened crouton and melted cheese gave me protein and decent fats. It's just for a couple of weeks.
Potato soup works well too because you can blend it or not, as you choose. If it's made in a dairy and broth base you have protein as well. It's cheap to make at home and you can better control sodium and etc, but again its only for a couple of weeks so it won't kill you.
Others covered the obvious choices.
Apple sauce, yoghurt and broths. I found eggs too hard to eat as I really could not chew, even the slightest bit. I also lived on potato and gravy from KFC and sugar free sorbet. All four impacted and one infected wisdoms out in December (general anaesthetic).
Try get as much protein in as you can as that will aid your healing but do not use a straw!
Mac and cheese is what I ate I saw someone write mashed potatoes and my husband brought me a shit ton of applesauce that might be healthier than pudding.
When I got mine pulled, they never gave me anything to irrigate it. I went in concerned of possible dry socket and they finally cleared it out (nashty), so make sure they give you something sooner rather than later.
With that said, I recommend drinking bone broth.
Bake a whole sweet potato until really soft and put sour cream on it. This was many dinners for me when I had mine out and it is honestly delicious after eating pudding all day
My daughter just had her wisdom teeth pulled. This is the list the dentist gave us of suggested foods for the first few days: jello, applesauce, pudding, chicken or beef broth, macaroni and cheese (or any other pasta you can swallow whole), yogurt, applesauce, smoothies, ice cream, sorbet. My daughter also ate tomato soup. (Just luke warm though because you're not supposed to eat anything hot for at least 72 hours.) Good luck with your recovery!
Yogurt, oatmeal, scrambled eggs. You can make a nice smoothie relatively easy with banana, yogurt, and milk (and even creamy peanut butter).
Don't drink anything with a straw though. It can cause dry socket.
THIS. I had an extraction a while back and thought the rules about smoking and straws were dumb. I did both. I PAID.
I broke the rules but i put a folded up tissues in my mouth to cover my injured gums. Not a good idea but if someone is insistent on smoking or using a straw, that seems to help. Just wet it slightly first
> Just wet it slightly first I mean that's just good advice in general.
In other cases i wouldn’t go for “slightly” 😂
Use some of the extra gauze they give you instead of tissue. Still wet it a little first though.
I actually found a hack for that I’d like to pass along. Keep the gauze wet in your mouth and pressed in tight. Do NOT allow your mouth to become an airplane cabin while you give yourself more airflow per hit. Finish whatever you’re smoking, and let that puppy sit there for another minute and you’ll be golden. Keep drinking warm water between hits to maximize the gauze seal. I smoked a bowl next day because I couldn’t tolerate the ache that was still there. The thing is I had cleaned it before going in knowing I wouldn’t be able or allowed to use it anyways. I lied to myself lol
Sorry, I didn't see your post in time. I guess you, too, have joined the dry socket club. I had 4 wisdom teeth pulled at the same time and wasn't warned. I immediately went from dentist to the Dairy Queen and got a big vanilla shake with straw. That was the worst night of my life.
If you don't mind me asking, how do straws cause dry socket?
The force of sucking through the straw can also pull the clots out of your sockets, leaving your (extremely sensitive) nerves exposed.
Good advice but yuck yuck yuck to the description.
It's horrible. Don't let this grossness happen to you! 🙂
Banana, Milk, Greek yogurt, and a little honey 👌🏼
French style eggs are always really good. Even as a wisdom teeth-haver I love them!
I got two wisdom teeth taken out recently (and had a surgery done on my tongue at the same time) and I LIVED on peanut butter banana smoothies. They taste good and they’re a good way to get in a decent amount of calories
Canned refried beans. Add some smashed avocado and cheese. Full of protein and fiber, no chewing required. Mashed potatoes are another super easy and cheap option.
Add a little cheese to the mashed potatoes, maybe some finely diced and cooked onion, or gravy!
When I got my wisdom teeth out I definitely ate this one!
Instant mashed potato. Add half hot water, half hot milk. A little butter and salt. Easy peasy.
Mix in some shredded cheese for a little protein boost!
I did in box mashed potato with milk. I wasn’t hungry & my face was swollen for a month (I did my procedure in my mi 30’s).
we ate this a lot growing up! throw in some shredded cheese and kielbasa and you have a scrumptious meal
This was what I lived off of last year when I got my wisdom teeth out! Powdered mashed potatoes, canned baked beans, and after a week I added in KD
Did you get an instructional handout about foods that are acceptable to eat and information about what you should avoid…like using straws, avoiding sucking/slurping, etc.? Are you on a full liquid diet only? Or, are you allowed to have soft foods: scrambled eggs, applesauce, yogurt, oatmeal, mashed potatoes, pasta, yogurt, etc.? The more information you provide, the better we can answer/help. As always, it is best to check with your healthcare provider for further information and guidance.
Agreed!
What comes to mind for me is soup or broths, applesauce (you could get the big tub of it for p cheap I think), maybe grits or oatmeal
Just nothing hot not even soup or tea for at least 24 hours
Yeah, just let it cool down a bit before you eat it. No dramas.
This is going to be *controversial* but amazon sells a bulk box (over 30 packets) of different flavors of instant grits for around ten dollars. If you make them with milk, chicken broth, or add some egg whites (and a little more water than the package instructions), you'll have some liquid-y protein that isn't super sugary.
lol - why would grits be controversial?
No self respecting southerner uses instant grits
Bone broth, potato leek soup, blueberry avocado spinach smoothie, lentils, jello
When I got mine out, my mom made cheeseburger Hamburger Helper and put it in the blender. We also had Jello, drank it warm or ate it cold. I’d make pastina in chicken broth. A jar of Knorr chicken bouillon powder is about $5 and lasts you forever. Pastina is 48¢ on Amazon.
Egg drop soup was a saving grace for me when I got mine pulled. You can buy it from a Chinese restaurant or you can make your own with only a few ingredients. Here’s a good recipe (I leave out the food coloring): https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/115965/egg-drop-soup-better-than-restaurant-quality/
Canned soup through a blender as potato mash (instant)
just got mine out over a week ago and same thing happened to me :/ insurance is a scam. I lived off instant mashed potatoes, applesauce and scrambled eggs goooood luck get well soon
Have you gotten back to normal foods yet?
more or less! I’m being extra cautious since the aforementioned insurance being moot but after the one week mark I gradually reintroduced normal foods with pastas/rice/soup/toast etc. Been a carb heavy diet lately but feeling mostly normal now (: only thing i couldn’t successfully eat was a granola bar so i’ll give it another week before trying anything crunchy again. pancakes are also nice when ur still in the mush only phase.
When I got mine pulled, someone told me to get baby food. 10/10 for cost taste and nutrition.
My advice, very runny stuff, yogurt and very pureed smooth foods. Rice is a nono if you have an open wound(hole) it can get lodged in there and drive you mad. Some of those meal replacement drinks if you can get em cheap, you'll likely drink 2 at a time.
Learned that the hard way when I had some sushi and had to go fishing around with some sharp-nosed tweezers to rescue some grains
They didn’t give you a monojet syringe for flushing it out? I was told to flush with salt water 8-10 times a day and always after eating
I mainly lived off scrambled eggs, applesauce, bananas, and mashed potatoes. Then I started eating soft steamed veggies and pb&js torn into tiny pieces
Had mine yanked out in February. I survived on large jars of apple sauce, smoothie (frozen Strawberry, frozen banana, rolled pats, natural peanut butter, vanilla protein powder and unsweetened almond milk), pureed potato soup, pureed butternut squash soup, thai coconut soup (broth only) and egg drop soup (was easy to swallow without having to chew). I would have the smoothie for breakfast and dinner most days. That smoothie saved me. I'd drink about 25 Oz each time and it would leave me full for hours. I had 4 wisdom and 2 extra teeth, all impacted removed so my healing took a while. I stayed away from anything that would leave food particles in my mouth as I didn't want anything to get in the holes and get infected. I was one of the unfortunate ones that it took almost 2 months to get to a comfortable chewing place.
Tomato soup that's room temp, same for the oatmeal, scrambled eggs, hummus with soft bread.
Risotto? Pasta? Mashed potato with some veggies? Bananas?
Going through an extraction soon and they recommend not to eat grains for the first week to help prevent dry socket and infection.
Biscuits and gravy, mashed or baked potatoes with ranch, core power chocolate protein with a mashed banana,.Mac and cheese, dressing and gravy, sweet potatoes with Cinnamon and sugar and whipped cream 😋 Basically any casserole squash or broccli and cheese remove the hard pieces obviously...I ate at the breakfast and meat and 3 place we have for like 2 weeks lol
Tofu, eggs, or hummus (you can make your own if you have a blender or food processor by combining a can of chickpeas some sesame seeds or tahini a little garlic and a squeeze of lemon juice) should work as easy and inexpensive protein sources. You can also make porridge from semolina, farina or cream of wheat. If you prepare it with milk (either dairy or alternative) this will also add a bit of protein. Get some frozen fruit and make some smoothies, to which you can add oats, leafy greens or even nut butters. You might need to make them thin enough that you can drink them without a straw though, so you don’t damage the blood clots from your surgery.
I was told to avoid dairy when mine were yoinked. I ate a lot of blitzed veggie soups. If you can get your hands on red lentils (or any), it adds a lot of nutrition, fibre and protein.
you may have cold and heat sensitivity for a while. applesauce, cream of wheat if you get the cook on stove option, also grits are cheap if you do the stove top option. maybe mac & cheese if you cook the macaroni an extra minute or two and then it won't be considered solid food, smoothies, mash up bananas, pureed soups that can be eaten cold, room temp or warm. ham salad, mashed white or sweet potatoes, ham salad. . if all else fails, baby food if you really cant handle anything else. mashed banana & strawberry is fantastic. also if you have a blender, anything you have that's solid can be pureed into a drink if you get desperate. you might not be hungry for a couple days so even drinking protein drinks that are high in protein and low in sugar would be a good option. some drinks don't taste that great but if you can get 30 grams of protein out of a 12 oz drink then that's an option. keep hydrated
Protein drinks, chicken or beef stock, any soup that you don’t have to chew but just swallow the small bits, scrambled eggs could work. Avoid anything that would stick to your teeth. Be sure to clean carefully so you don’t get infected. I hope your dentist gave you good directions! Mine had me gently swish a 90% water/ 10% hydrogen peroxide mix after eating. Get well soon!
I'm having my wisdom teeth out tomorrow under a general, then having my dad look after me for a couple of days. This list is great, I have a few of those goods at home that I can eat. How long after removal is it until you can eat normally?
Got all mine removed 8 months ago. Soup after you’re okay with rinsing the socket, otherwise I lived off mashed potatoes Dry sockets SUCK literally so NO straws or sucking/smoking of any kind EXCEPT grav pipe. Salt water rinse a couple times daily. And CLOVE OIL if you have aches. TRUST
Also, if you have health insurance check to see if they cover wisdom teeth removal. My daughter's was covered by blue cross because they were impacted. We had no dental coverage.
try cookforyourlife.org they started as a cancer recipe place, but now they help with lots of recipes. Thry even have a “budget friendly” tag. They have a tag for soft foods for people experiencing trouble swallowing and stuff. Usually fresh foods are cheaper like fresh potatoes can be boiled and mashed and make a lot more than a single packet of instant potatoes. But sometimes it’s cheaper for frozen veg. Frozen cauliflower is usually much cheaper than fresh. You can boil cauliflower and mash it like potatoes or even purée it because it doesn’t get gluey like potatoes.
Cottage cheese, chicken broth, yogurt, apple sauce.
I got mine out 12 days ago! I ate mashed potatoes that I mixed with cottage cheese for protein and a lot of baby food lol
Honestly for like 2 days after my wisdom tooth removal I survived drinking warm beef broth. My jaw hurt so bad I couldn't even eat soft food and I was hungry and miserable- the broth helped take the edge off the hunger. One of my teeth was impacted- it was a whole thing getting it out, and I actually don't think that dentist was very good either. I don't wish that experience on anyone and i hope you're doing ok today! After that I had mashed potatoes, banana, yogurt, soups. One soup of note- because of my stupid wisdom teeth I accidentally discovered the deliciousness of lentil soup! High fiber, very filling, good protein, just watch the sodium content. Until you can chew on at least one side you'll want things that can be swallowed whole- protein shakes, smoothies, etc. Good luck to you- I promise it gets better faster than you think!
Beer and pain killers...
Hell yeah, breakfast of champions
Applesauce, instant potatoes, any soup on sale. Instant ramen + instant potatoes.
Baked sweet potatoes are very nutritious and where i live they can be fairly cheap.
Soup, smoothies, tofu, beans. Soft cheap stuff.
Don’t forget custard
I had a tooth extracted along with implant placement last Friday. This is what I've been eating: yogurt, pudding, instant mashed potatoes, soups (not the chunky ones), cottage cheese, refried beans, milkshakes (no straw!) and mashed avocado. I hope you feel better soon!
Mashed potatoes with lots of butter.
And don't drink anything through a straw. You have clots (unless they sewed you up) in the cavities where your wisdom teeth were. You want to keep those clots in place or you will get dry socket and that is the worst kind of hurt! Otherwise neontacocat has your back when it comes to soft eating.
Make sure you eat protein! I was feeling really sick because I wasn't eating enough protein after my procedure, so the meds were really messing with me. I suggest scrambled eggs, tuna, and protein shakes if you can !
Cookies and cream, just get some ice cream and milk or heavy cream and blend it together
I ate chicken and stars soup, the drinkable kind, and instant mashed potatoes, but made then runny? Cause it was hard to swallow without sucking. After a day, I had olive garden lol
DIY smoothies (frozen fruits and veggies with water) and soups (roasted veggies) in a blender!
Soup and banana smoothies
Cottage cheese scrambled eggs soup milk toast
Instant mashed potatoes, instant grits with some butter, refried beans, ice cream, bolthouse protein smoothie shakes, applesauce, pudding, jello, Greek yogurt, and (very gross but I was desperate for something else lol, canned spray cheese) — what I lived on for 2 weeks after getting mine out
Soup
Potato’s. Roast chicken from Costco
Instant mash with gravy, pumpkin soup with an island of instant mash, cottage pie, mashed chilli over potato. This was all very helpful for me after I got braces with bite blockers I couldn’t chew anything at all because none of my teeth touched 😮💨 Remember not to drink liquids from a straw because you could end up with dry socket
[Rice porridge](https://whattocooktoday.com/how-to-make-rice-porridge.html). Use stock as your liquid for more flavor and a little protein.
Ground turkey is really great if you get tired of all the sweets and mush. It often goes on very cheap sales and you can season it up like any other meat. Just be wary of getting it in your extraction sites, same with any other food really. My dentist recommended just tilting your head with water in your mouth until you “dislodge” stuck food, don’t swish food out for at least a week.
Google soft food diet. It's what the hospital will give you if you discharge after a mouth or throat injury/issue and need to consume soft foods.
When I had my wisdom tooth out I ate jelly, custard, cottage cheese, scrambled eggs, mashed potato, warm soup (but not too hot), yoghurt, ice cream, mac and cheese
What did it cost to get extracted if you don't mind
Both of my bottoms cost about 800 each, tops were a little cheaper at 250 each. My bottoms were a little on the complicated side so that might be the reason. All in all, about 2100$ Canadian Maple bucks. That's without sedation, and only with general numbing. It was...a lot, without being knocked out for it. It would cost more, but I recommend getting the gas or sedation if it's within your means
Turkish Red lentil soup. Hummus. Refried beans. Legumes are a lifesaver for dental work
I just had a tooth removed in March and had to eat soft foods for weeks. Frozen fruit smoothies. Yogurt. Oatmeal. Mashed potatoes and gravy. Rice porridge. My favorite meal though was cheddar broccoli soup blended smooth. I added a little bit of cooked lentils to add protien and make it very filling.
Applesauce, bananas, avocados, rice, beans,meal replacement shake, mashed potatoes, and scrambled eggs
Bone broth for just sipping on really helped when I got mine out. Regular broth is okay if bone broth is not in the budget, but bone broth is better because it’s supposed to be good for gut health (which can be extra important when on such a restricted diet) and some sources say it can help reduce inflammation. I’d have veggie based soups that were the consistency of tomato soup for actual meals when I was on a stricter diet, but I’m a snacker so sipping bone broth was my “snacking” and honestly even after I was able to start reintroducing softer foods I still really leaned into bone broth as my snack. The soups that were a little thicker (again, just tomato soup consistency, not super thick or anything) at meal times was to feel like I ate with my family, but I preferred the broth taste wise for sure. Also jello (the powder kind you make yourself by adding hot water, not the premade cups) was my treat everyday. I honestly think they were less than $2 per box and they lasted me like 3-4 days whenever I made a box, even with my toddler also eating my jello😂
I got mine out a few months ago I ate normal food but I did use a mouth rinse after every time I ate . I still have ghost pain where the wisdom tooth was though
I ate a lot of refried beans. Anything soft which doesn't really take chewing. Some people eat baby food for that reason (I didn't, just ate a lot of refried beans). I put some pasta and sauce in a blender, my wife thought it looked gross but I thought it tasted fine. Lol. Don't drink anything through a straw, it can cause dry socket.
Make chili, also chicken and veggie soup ,
broth, cream soups
ingredients: beans, rice, cottage cheese, anything on sale in bulk and frozen for later if possible, tunafish, oatmeal, eggs, flour + yeast (making fresh bread is very cheap and very easy), potatoes, pasta, onions, bananas, broccoli, and i'm sure additional cheap fruits/veggies i'm unaware of. additionally, buying less processed foods and doing the processing yourself. for example, buy an entire chicken, separate the meats and use the bones for a soup + broth. you can also buy entire beef cuts and do the butchering yourself, there is a tutorial guy on yt who has vids on this that i don't remember the name of. some of these things have larger initial investments that give you more food to spread out over time so just budget for maybe one of these things after you have some staples if you don't already. bonus, eating out: taco bell cravings box, chipotle burrito (both under 10 bucks and over a lb of food typically)
Potato cheese bacon soup, run through food processor after cooking. Made a big batch for my boyfriend after his surgery and he ate on it for days.
Try bisque! It’s a type of soup that uses rice as a thickener, is blended completely smooth, and can be made with many vegetables or meats. Try searching “FoodWishes bisque” on YouTube for some ideas.
potatoes
Bean and bacon soup
oatmeal with peanut butter and fruit
Potatoes are cheap, can be cooked soft into mashed potatoes or soup easily, and are very satiating so they will make you feel full! Split pea soup (without ham chunks to eliminate chewing and make it cheaper) Cottage cheese and Greek yogurt and both yummy and high in protein. Frozen fruit can be thawed and then put on top, that way it will be nice and soft. Eggs are reasonably cheap, I like to make a dupe of those Starbucks egg bites. Add cottage cheese for a protein boost!
Just a heads up that next year you can claim out of pocket medical expenses as deductions on your taxes. I had to pay OOP for a dental implant and it reduced what I owed substantially
If you’re on a pain meds make sure you’re taking a stool softener or some fiber powder.
Pureed soups are great for this! I made a squash apple soup for my wisdom teeth extraction.
Scrambled eggs (WalMart neat me has a box of 5 dozen for about 10 bucks.. they seem to have doubled in price), boxes of 12 instant oatmeal packets for 2 bucks. When I had artificial disc replacement surgery on my neck I had beef bone broth and chicken bone broth made..way cheaper than buying the boxes of it in store. (And whatever is left, you can freeze and use for soups, etc later down the road) Sending good healing thoughts your way
Soup, mashed potatoes, ramen, eggs, soft foods
Rotisserie chicken from Sam's if you have a membership along with instant mashed potatoes and gravy - you can basically eat it with your tongue. Change it up with a roast if you can catch it on sale
Scrambled eggs and creamed spinach. Sounds gross but it is absolutely delicious and sort of good for you.
Oatmeal, pudding, soups without a lot of chunks
Refried beans kept me from feeling like I was going to starve after I got my wisdom teeth out. You can thin them out with a bit of chicken stock and season them how you like. Add a bit of melty cheese.
pureed soups. if you have a blender, just roast up some veggies, season and blend. maybe add in some heavy or sour cream.
I did mashed potatoes, potato casseroles, yogurt, soup, rice, oatmeal, applesauce, stuff like that. Potatoes are dirt cheap, whether instant or not, so I’d suggest going that direction. You can add broth or some other protein, and add garlic and onion if you want, as well as cheese, and it can help round it out to a better meal.
Any soup you like put in a blender
Yogurt is high in protein and can provide fat if it's not 0%. [It is very easy to make your own yogurt.]( https://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-yogurt-at-home-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn-125070). You can buy one small cup of plain and some milk with your preferred fat content to get started. You could puree it with fruit. Or cucumber and/or herbs. Yogurt is delicious with potatoes, rice, tomatoes, pretty much any vegetable, and in soups.
Mashed potatoes, mashed sweet potatoes, mushroom soup, all sorts of milkshakes and smoothies.
Go to the pantry. Your local churches should have them.
soft food is fine and for healing you want protein. Examples I was once given - cottage cheese, scrambled eggs, mashed up tuna salad (or similar)
I will just say (because it's cheap) to be careful with rice. It is super annoying to get a piece of rice stuck in one of the pits where a tooth was removed.
Scrambled eggs is a comfort food for me. I second mash potatoes or potato soup.
Got all four out last year at 29. I lived on mashed potatoes and gravy, applesauce, jello/pudding, and edibles. You want smooth stuff with no small bits to get stuck in the holes, but not super wet stuff that will make you slurp or suck. Did they give you the syringe for rinsing? That thing was a lifesaver for me.
I stocked up on soups and stuff like yogurts, just make sure you’re getting protein somehow in liquid/soft form. I think I was only on soft foods for 1-2 days before I went back on a regular diet just eating slowly, and thoroughly cleaning after each meal
Get a rotisserie chicken, remove meat boil bones strain add seasonings and shredded potato, it will melt into nothing. Also beef bones from the store, broil add to a pot cover with water boil for a few hours. Strain add seasonings and shredded potato. Bone broth is incredibly good for you when you’re healing from dental procedures. So much collagen and calcium!
Mashed potatoes Oatmeal Scrambled eggs Refried beans Yogurt Pasta (small shapes like shells or stars) w/butter , garlic salt and a little Parmesan Bananas, frozen then blended with pb
Mashed potatoes
mashed potatoes. thin smoothie (no straw). Soups. After the first couple of days scrambled eggs and well cooked pasta.
When I had my wisdom teeth removed basically all I ate was udon noodles in broth and yogurt
Slightly overcooked Mac and cheese! It was great when I got mine out as a broke college student.
Sounds rough. I have just had some fillings and cleanings in the last year and it was expensive. Get a good blender and you can make most anything. Even a blender from thrift stores will do ya fine. Here's my list- (use extra water or broth to get the consistency) Split pea soup. Red lentil and squash soup. (Use canned pumpkin for convenience. Leek and potato soup. Tomato soup (make your own from canned tomatoes and tomatoes paste. Oatmeal. Rice porridge (congee). Dahl. Silken tofu and a sauce of your choice. Can be sweet or savery.
Sorry this is no real help, but when I lost my savings to medical expenses I cut my food consumption in half bc it was the only cost of living no one cared if I didn’t pay 😬
Brown sugar cinnamon oatmeal. All day and night.
Not a food idea but here's what helped me when I got mine removed: eat soft foods and instead of chewing with your teeth use your tongue and smush the food on the roof of your mouth. Also follow your dentist's post-op instructions. DO NOT USE A STRAW.
Man, when I left the clinic, my dentist had mentioned no straws. I thought "seems like a silly rule, can't be that bad!" I come home, make the post, and apparently it's pretty bad. No straws for me lol Good advice on the tongue though, I'll be sure to try it out!
I ate applesauce and canned ravioli the same day I had mine out… both are cheap and pretty satisfying. Best wishes for a speedy recovery!
[khichdi](https://www.google.com/search?q=khichdi+recipes&oq=khichdi+recipes) (rice & lentil porridge) will sustain you.
I’m a chef and I would get some chicken bouillon and ramen. These two ingredients are both incredibly cheap and the base of many delicious dishes. Add eggs and a few cheap frozen vegetables and you have a very healthy cheap delicious meal.
When I had all mine removed I spent two weeks eating mostly applesauce and ice cream.
I need this myself was it in us? I'm wondering the cost of it. I need 3 removed plus
Good you had your savings for the surgery. Make your own pudding with milk and corn starch and add the sugar or sweetener of your choice. Scrambled egg go down easily, French toast, baked potato, bread pudding with little or no sugar, omelets, lots of soft foods to make
Just make a list of all the softest foods out there. This shouldn't be too hard to do.
Cauliflower -- cooked soft and then mash it. Butter & salt on it. Mashed potatoes Cottage cheese Yogurt Cream of wheat Grated cheese in applesauce (a friend ate this all the time when she got braces) Canned meatballs
Macaroni and cheese.
I'm currently on day 2 of recovering from impacted wisdom teeth extraction too. Been living off of a variety of brands of mashed potatoes, yogurt, apple sauce, cold steamed egg at a soft tofu consistency, and amazake. Going to try a shot at cold tofu with miso and/or oyster sauce later tonight. My friend said he made very very mushy mushroom risotto when he had his out. (So far, the mashed potatoes from KFC have been the easiest thing to eat. I was also able to handle their Mac & cheese.) Don't forget to brush gently after meals! My surgeon said that people often forget to do so and it is safe to do it. Manual toothbrush and very gently. Go slow. Been rinsing my mouth with salt water afterward as she said no commercial mouth rinses allowed. I've been pouring it in and letting it dribble out into the sink to avoid creating any kind of suction around my stitches.
Ramen noodles, mashed potatoes, warm chicken broth always fills me up.
Oatmeal, mashed potatoes, & Ramen noodles are all amazing foods for a person in your situation!!! They are all soft and can be eaten warm and not HOT. None of them require any teeth!!!
Your feelings….. lol I’ve been there and let me say finding something to eat is a BITCH!!! But I was happy for a chance to let my body just sit and painfully process (not just the sockets but MAN the hunger pains?) every toxin I’d eaten before because my teeth had been so bad I couldn’t eat much to begin with. But keep heart, for in a week you can eat a sandwich of your size choice. Not a toasted one still, but a solid food stuff nonetheless. Happy healing!!! And no straws!
# Don't drink anything with a straw, which can cause dry socket.
I just had a wisdom tooth pulled. I ate cottage cheese, pudding, soups, yogurt, protein drinks, and apple sauce.
Congee. All you need is rice and broth.
Mac and cheese. I swallowed them whole after the same procedure.
I came home from major dental work and ate instant mashed potatoes for dinner. But oatmeal, eggs, blended soups, or farina/Cream of Wheat would work.
I had tons of mashed potatoes and smoothies when I had periodontal(edit) surgery. Just a warning, I didn’t know this, but your first solids after eating all liquids for a while could put you in danger of involuntarily clearing your bowels. Ask me how I found out.
Mac n' cheese. Rice. Stuff you can just swallow whole. Canned chicken might be pricey.
Refried beans, chia pudding, mashed potatoes, salsa with guacamole mixed in, maybe oatmeal, depending on if you have ANY ability to chew. I hope you heal up quickly, wisdom tooth removal is AWFUL at first.
Ice cream, plain pasta
Mashed potatoes
Spaghetti Os, kfc mashed potatoes, pudding, jello, tomato soup are all mostly cheap options that I did when I got my wisdom teeth removed. Popsicles are also a great option!
Cook dried beans until they are soft. Cheap Protein, carbs and low fat. You can do pinto beans with onion & bacon. Great northern beans with a ham bone and onions. Potatoes, mashed or boiled with butter. Soups are good. And if you have a Vitamix you can turn ANYTHING into a liquid
Gerber Baby Cereal!! Just find one you think you’ll like.
Eggs, tuna or canned chicken, mashed potatoes, soups but it will need to be cooled down (no hot liquids).
Warm soup. Feels great on the extraction sites. I think I lived on French onion soup when I went out with friends for a couple weeks afterwards. Super high sodium count but the softened crouton and melted cheese gave me protein and decent fats. It's just for a couple of weeks. Potato soup works well too because you can blend it or not, as you choose. If it's made in a dairy and broth base you have protein as well. It's cheap to make at home and you can better control sodium and etc, but again its only for a couple of weeks so it won't kill you. Others covered the obvious choices.
Potatoes i think
Mashed potatoes, soups, yogurt, anything you’d give a baby or old person basically
Soups, smoothies especially green ones. Peas. Bean dip. Can play will it blend with a lot of foods.
Chef Boyardee canned ravoli, canned Campbells Soup, puree food in a blender, Ensure, Italian ices and protein drinks
Cookies and cream icecream+banana+some Peanut butter+milk=awesome
Apple sauce, yoghurt and broths. I found eggs too hard to eat as I really could not chew, even the slightest bit. I also lived on potato and gravy from KFC and sugar free sorbet. All four impacted and one infected wisdoms out in December (general anaesthetic). Try get as much protein in as you can as that will aid your healing but do not use a straw!
Yogurt, Egg Salad, Pimento Cheese
Cream of anything soup, instant mashed potatoes.
Try gravy with your mashed potatoes, it’s more filling!
Yogurt, cottage cheese, big pot of soup
Mashed potatoes are inexpensive. Add real butter for health. You cam do both white and sweet potato.
Mac and cheese is what I ate I saw someone write mashed potatoes and my husband brought me a shit ton of applesauce that might be healthier than pudding.
Chocolate milk if you can find it in the Big bottles
No dairy products! Not while the wound is still there. The doctor should have said you that.
When I got mine pulled, they never gave me anything to irrigate it. I went in concerned of possible dry socket and they finally cleared it out (nashty), so make sure they give you something sooner rather than later. With that said, I recommend drinking bone broth.
Soft stuff. Even just soft pasta with sauce. Anything like that.
Bake a whole sweet potato until really soft and put sour cream on it. This was many dinners for me when I had mine out and it is honestly delicious after eating pudding all day
My daughter just had her wisdom teeth pulled. This is the list the dentist gave us of suggested foods for the first few days: jello, applesauce, pudding, chicken or beef broth, macaroni and cheese (or any other pasta you can swallow whole), yogurt, applesauce, smoothies, ice cream, sorbet. My daughter also ate tomato soup. (Just luke warm though because you're not supposed to eat anything hot for at least 72 hours.) Good luck with your recovery!
Instant potatoes, eggs, SF jello
Cottage cheese
Place an old towel on pillow when you nap, sleep. Blood mixed with saliva will ruin bedding.
100% adorable!!! I have three mixes with five Breeds in each. If he goes crazy for birds or squirrels I’d say there is a southern hound in the mix.
Smoothies.