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@katydid, where did you come up with yogurt cultures being bad for healing? everything I find for wisdom teeth removal encourages it to prevent nausea.

i tried to eat mac & cheese. i popped stiches trying to chew. not a good thing. anything cold will help with the swelling and pain. stay away from grilled cheese also. not pretty.

don't use a straw! dry sockets are terrifyingly bad.

i stuck to a popsicle diet after my extraction.

I ate lo mein the day I had my wisdom teeth out, after the gas had worn off. Then I had a Percocet and couldn't eat anything but jello for days.

Simple omelets (cheese, chives, nothing too chuncky or astringent)
Soft boiled or scrambled eggs
Souffle if you're up whipping one up.
Egg salad
Fritatta or crustless quiche
Cheese blintzes
Cottage cheese with soft fruits, cut small (canned peaches. etc.)
Mashed potatoes with gravy.
Baked sweet potatoes. (mashed up)
Tamales
Smoothies.
Ripe banana cut into small pieces (with a little honey and cream)
Greek yougurt with honey
Saute'd zucchini over small pastas (orzo, etc.). Cook the pasta in broth or stock for added flavor. Add a splash of wine. Sprinkle some parmesan on top.
Pasta with garlic, ricotta cheese and vegetables cooked very soft.
Baked tilapia or other soft fleshed fish.
Poached salmon
Soft cheese spreads with very finely pureed vegetables and garlic blended in. Mix with rice, small pasta or serve on soft bread.
Cream of wheat
Polenta
Grits
Smooth peanut butter on soft bread or in a dipping sauce
Pate

Jello (I know...but it will taste good for now and feels cool in your mouth)
Popsicles

Stick with pureed soups until you can close your swollen jaws. You have my sympathy.

Like everyone else has mentioned-- Stay away from acids (tomatoes, oranges), seeds (sesame, popcorn, strawberries, rasberries), crusty breads, etc. Nothing too hot (temp. wise). Warm is not the best, best it's much easier for your gum pain. (Learned the hard way- yikes)

FYI - stayathomecook.com is also available.

John

From one SAHM to another (with AA in mind) :

eAAt
Cooking Mama (warning this is also a Wii game) or Cooking mAmA
Mommy, I'm Hungry...
What's for dinner?
Feed me, mAAm

thought of another one

put your name in front of dishes. it is a pun on words as they are the dishes you make plus the the dishes you clean after cooking/eating.

www.anniesdishes.com or dothedishes.com

now you got me all excited with names. let us know what you decide.

" the blog will just have real recipes that call for real ingredients that real women can make for their families and/or friends- and I want the title to represent just that..."

Keeping It Real
Real Deal
Get Real
Real Cooking
Cooking, For Real
Just Real Recipes for you and me
(....try including your initials in the title too)