Pumpkin Pie & a Blender:
This entry is cross-posted on Emily’s excellent blog for those forced onto a liquid diet, Jaws Wired Shut. Check it out!!
When I was little, our neighbour grew these prize-winning pumpkins. They were MASSIVE. And every year, the vines would grow under the fence and a good number of pumpkins would grow in our yard. And by ‘a good number’, I’m talking like 20-30. Needless to say, we had a problem with hooligans smashing pumpkins in our neighbourhood. We also had an absurd number of Jack-O-Lanterns, which led to an absurd number of smash Jack-O-Lanterns in our driveway.
That said, it also meant that we had easy access to pumpkin for eating. My mom makes delicious pumpkin pie that starts with a real pumpkin and not some crap from a can. And oh, the difference it makes. I definitely have a heart-on for all things pumpkin.
A few months back, I posted that I’d had my wisdom teeth out and was trying to find interesting things to eat, Connor from Hold the Beef recommended a pumpkin pie shake. I got the recommendation at about 8:30am and was at the grocery store 10 minutes later, buying up all the ingredients. Not only until I got home and got to talking Emily did it hit me that an actual pumpkin pie is pretty blendable (and in my case, soft enough to eat as-is, but I was pretty paranoid for the first couple of days). So we decided to try a delicious experiment: concocted shake vs. blended pie.
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The Fun of a Liquid/Soft Food Diet
It’s been a long time since we posted. Partly because both Kate and I are trying to eat sensibly, which runs against what this site is all about, and partly because Kate has been busy and I’ve been lazy. But good news!
I got my wisdom teeth out yesterday!
Why is that good news? Because I means I have the opportunity to find all sorts of weird crap to eat. I’m not in much pain (none, actually) less than 24 hours later, but I still want to go by the book when it comes to my diet in recovery. Our friend Emily, thankfully (and unfortunately), had to go through a much more prolonged ordeal this summer, and started Jaws Wired Shut. It’s a pretty amazing resource for all those on a blended diet for whatever reason, and even got some press in a New York Times blog.
So now that I’m off the first day’s relatively boring clear liquids diet, it’s time to start playing around. For lunch today’s, I’ve made myself this delicious Banana & Avocado Shake. An avocado, a banana, some plain yogurt, and some milk. I threw in some protein powder, some vanilla Progressive Harmonized Vegan stuff that I picked up this morning. So far, it doesn’t seem to be as soluble as the non-vegan stuff I usually get, but… this is what they had at GNC this morning.
Anyway… completely delicious. And significantly more filling than a bowl of straight-up chicken broth.
If anyone has any ideas to help get me through the next week, send them along!
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