Re: O.T. --- Dental Appointment Today and Light Eating --- O.T.

ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

Tonight's dinner consisted of a bowl of chicken and rice
soup my neighbor made for me due to a dental procedure
today.  After leaving the office and picking up three
prescriptions I thought about a milk shake.  Nope, not
gonna pay those prices so I stopped at Aldi and bought
a half gallon of vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce and
hot fudge sauce. (I like chocolate!)  Also, a jar of
caramel sauce.  A vanilla shake with an egg dropped
into the mix would be good as well.
 
I came home, got the stick blender out, poured a little
glug of half-n-half into the container and made myself
a sorta soft-serve chocolate milk shake.  The soup was
tasty and much appreciated and I suspect scrambled eggs
will be part of my menu and most likely some mashed
potatoes as well.  Oatmeal is another good option.
 
I'll be on soft foods for 2 or 3 or more days due to a
granular bone graft.

I did several soups for Don this past week too as he recovered from
surgery,

Here's a simple one done with beef broth normally but I used a can of
campells beefy mushroom.

2 cans Campbell's beefy mushroom soup, 2 cans water (it will simmer
down a bit).
a full handful of fresh green beans, cut bitesized
1 carrot shaved down then shavings cut across to bite sized
3 large cremeni mushrooms, cut to bite sized
1 can store brand diced tomatoes
1 small yellow summer squash, cut to 1/2 moons (added at the end)
Fresh Basil to taste from the garden (1/2tsp)
Black pepper (1/4 to 1/2 tsp)
pinch of garlic powder
Whites of 2 green onions, cut across so you get pretty rounds

Simmer all but the squash for about 1 hour.  Add the squash which may
be presteamed in a wet towel in the microwave if desired) and heat
until squash ready,  Serve with side bowl of basmati rice which the
eater may decide to add to the soup or have separate,

In you case, if the texture of the green beans is a bit much (shouldn't
be after a 1 hour simmer but you'd know best) this one will work fine
with canned if you don't mind canned.