<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Thanks to all of your for your suggestions - most of them constructive! If you like creamy soups, like tomato soup, you might like these, especially as a hot soup out of a mug. Dissolve 1 cube or 1 Tbsp. chicken bouillon in 1/2 C. hot water Add 1 jar baby food chicken and 1 jar baby food squash. Heat all together and mix. Provides a steaming thick soup. OR Dissolve 1 cube or 1 Tbsp. beef bouillon in 1/2 C. hot water Add 1 jar baby food beef and 1 jar baby food green beans Heat all together and mix thoroughly. Provides a steaming thick soup. Made up these recipes after being sent home after surgery on a "full liquid - semi soft diet" Susan in OH __________________________________________________________ a few GF soft foods I eat: risotto polenta GF waffles (butter & syrup can soften crunchy edges) hummus (good protein) baba ganoush (mid-east spread of pureed roasted eggplant and tahini (ground sesame seeds), garlic, lemon & pepper to taste) tofu & tempeh (even grilled, neither is too chewy and certianly not crunchy) steamed, roasted, or well-blanched veggies sauteed greens baked winter squash creamy PB We also blend lox with cream cheese - you can even make it heavy (2:1 ratio) on the lox or other smoked fish, mashing it well, & spread on a soft warm corn tortilla & roll it up to eat & I often cook garlic or carrots or a parsnip or turnip in the water with the spud before mashing it all together. Best wishes for no more dental surgery!! Jack _______________ I have heard that Jamba Juice and Smoothie King have gluten-free options for their smoothies, but I have never tried one personally since I've been diagnosed. I will get there to try it one of these days. Of course, as always, make sure to check with them on what would be GF. I make my own smoothies. You can put in whatever you like, frozen berries, bananas, orange juice, apple juice, a scoop of vanilla ice cream and ice, any or all of the above ingredients work well. Just put them in a blender and you've got a smoothie! ______________ I've had an implant as well as jaw surgery and had to be on a soft diet for years until this was resolved. As it is, I still can't eat really crunchy foods as it tires my jaw. The foods you describe below sound very appropriate. Also, all GF soups, smoothies, shakes, should be fine. _________________ Interesting about drugs not being made in the U.S. I'm on Pepcid now and it's manufactured in India. How do I know if it's what is truly being prescribed? ______________ Hi, Try eating potatoe soup. I also use ground pork, with onions, seasoned to your taste, and cut up cabbage in it and let it cook down somewhat. You can add pepper sauce to it or a hot seasoning or just leave it meaty tasting. It is great either way. And cabbage helps clean out our systems from glutenation. Quick and easy. Have a great one, and thanks. I am going to have to have work done and am dreading the hassle. So thanks for the input. __________ Your situation is like my daughter after she had wisdom teeth cut out. She also ate puddings, soup, tuna salad (grate the celery or use celery seed instead of crunchy celery), eggs, nut butter instead of nuts, juice pops, milk shake type stuff. I hope they got the infection under control. Make sure they give you enough antibiotics. When my Dad had antibiotics for an infection with a root canal, they gave him 3 weeks worth at a relatively high dose so it penetrated all the tissue. It did the job, and even got rid of his boils (the family doc had given too short a course of antibiotics for the boils, but the dentist cured them by accident). __________ If you have enough money for a tooth implant maybe you ought to get a competent Dentist. Alan Many members suggested smoothies (one made with a Vita Mix but I don't have one) *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the CELIAC List* Archives are at: Http://Listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?LIST=CELIAC