What I Ate: the post-surgical soft food diet

Posted on by The Cleft Dentist

It is so important to make sure you have a well-balance diet, even though it may seem so limited with soft foods. You'll see how easy it is to get creative with what you can eat! It is ESSENTIAL to increase your protein intake to help with tissue healing.

Wednesday, March 28th

Day of Surgery

 

Post-surgery:                    

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Pressed Juicery ice cream:

Vanilla Almond & Chocolate Almond- made of only almonds, dates, vanilla, and sea salt

 

Snack:

Mug Cake

Chocolate Mug Cake:

  • 1 scoop Protein Powder
  • 1 tbsp coconut flour
  • splash vanilla extract
  • 1/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 cup milk (any you like)

You can either microwave this for 1 minute or eat as is. I like to eat as is. It tastes like cake batter!

 

Dinner:

Crockpot Sweet Potato Lentils

Crockpot Sweet Potato Lentils:  Serves 6

  • 3 large sweet potatoes
  • 3 cups vegetable broth
  • 1 onion, minced
  • 2 tsp coriander, 2 tsp garam masala, 2 tsp chili powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1.5 cups uncooked red lentils
  • 2 cups milk (any you like)
  • 1 cup water

Cook on LOW for 6 hours. This is great for the day of surgery, so you can just throw it all in a crockpot and not worry about it for later!

 

Thursday, March 29th

Day after surgery

 

Breakfast:

Rebbl

Rebbl Turmeric Golden- Milk:

Turmeric is great to have post-surgery because it helps with INFLAMMATION. I added some protein powder to this to make sure it was well-balanced.

You can buy this at Whole Foods or on Amazon.

 

Snack:

Mug Cake

Chocolate Mug Cake: recipe can be found above

 

Lunch:

Smoothie Bowl

Green Smoothie Bowl:

  • 1 cup spinach
  • 1 scoop protein powder
  • 1/2 frozen banana
  • 1 tbsp. peanut butter
  • 1/2 cup strawberries

Topped with: 1 tsp honey, 1 tsp tahini

Blend altogether!

 I like smoothie bowls because it feels more substantial than just drinking a smoothie. Plus, remember, no straws during this time! It's perfect to top it off with soft foods, and then it feels more like a meal.

Snack:

Banana Bread

Soft Banana Bread*:

  • 3 medium ripe bananas
  • 1/2 cup creamy almond butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tbsp. honey
  • splash vanilla extract
  • 1/3 cup coconut flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • sprinkle cinnamon

Bake at 350º for 30-40 minutes. Topped with honey and creamy peanut butter.

*Recipe from Rachl Mansfield

 This bread is seriously so soft and delicious. Be careful with your toppings and make sure they are smooth and soft enough to do minimal chewing and easy to swallow.

Dinner:

Roasted Red Pepper Soup

 

Creamy Roasted Red Pepper Soup:

Recipe can be found HERE

You already know how I feel about this recipe. It's SO good. It's also surprisingly filling, so one bowl of this one, and you are set! Make sure you give it a good blend so there are no surprises when you're eating.

Hope you got some new ideas!

I just wanted to show 2 days of a soft food diet. You can get really creative with it! If you do not want to use protein powder, or the child is too young for the protein powder, I would suggest using yogurt, oats, hemp seeds, or flax seeds as a substitution.

Feel free to leave me a comment below with any questions you have or any other suggestions you'd like to know for some soft-food recipes. I have many more! I'll be posting them periodically in the Recipes section of the blog.

Also, healing has been going well! I'm still sticking to a soft-food diet to not disturb the implants. I'm also taking Osteoven supplements to help with bone formation!

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