Rock candy. /s

Jk, I kid, but I’m considering having the same procedure. My brother had it done and I asked him about it, but he doesn’t really remember details about how long it took to heal and other minutia. If you wouldn’t mind posting info that you think others would find beneficial to help decide whether or not to go through with the costly and painful procedure after you’re on the other side, I’d read with interest. And if not, good luck with everything (not sarcasm).

If you don’t have one yet, take this as a cue to get a powerful (!) blender. You can literally chuck every meal ever in there, either individually (sides, main, salad) or as a whole.

Tomato soup, yogurt, jello, and any other food that has a very soft consistency that doesn’r require chewing should all be fine after a week or so.

But if if your dentist/oral surgeon said to limit yourself to the three things you mentioned it is better to stick with their guidance. I haven’t had that many pulled at the same time, but was able to eat the ones I mentioned after a day or two of broth and tomato soup.

Don’t ask the Internet!!!

Talk to your oral surgeon. This is part of what they’re there for.

Soup?

There’s a world of soup, so many flavours and ingredients.

Cream of Rice, soup, and mashed sweet potatoes.

Central American style beans are black pureed beans. Go to your local mercado to find some.

My cousin had his jaw elongated, which required his mouth to be anchored shut. He would take his favorite foods, including tacos and burritos, throw them in a blender with a tiny bit of water, and turn them inro.smoothies.

I had a ton of dental work (just got over dry socket, do NOT recommend) and for me it was soup 100%. Here in the US at Publix and some Krogers is a brand of soup called Imagine, and there’s a potato and Leek soup that is absolutely a puree and I have been living on it so much my pee smelled like leeks the other day.

It’s insanely overpriced though…

What I’m saying is, you’ve got a lot of options here, but I’m in camp soup. Remember to be careful with stuff like chicken, which can become little bits that get in your sockets. Maybe stick to broth with egg noodles boiled in.

…I’m gonna have that tomorrow.

Track your macros, get some WPC and make peanut butter+banana+WPC milkshakes.

Savoury dishes will be limited to noodles – from experience.

Serious answer: when my sister had jaw surgery, the simply threw stuff in the blender. Make pasta sauce, add pasta, throw in blender. You’ll feel like an old person for a few weeks, but you’ll be fed.

Even more serious answer: what do your medical peoples say about this?

It is possible that many soft foods could still cause issues, like small seeds in a smoothie or the skin of a bean getting stuck somewhere and causing issues. I’d follow the common advice in this thread and take some ideas of very soft foods to your doctor and ask about them specifically. Might as well make sure, but if they double down on only those 3 foods being safe, I’d trust em at that point.

Smoothies and beans are top options if you have any flexibility though, so many ways you can make/flavor both.

Scrambled egg, porridge, banana, steamed veg, jelly, cottage cheese…

Realistically you will find that after a few days you will be able to chew in areas where the teeth haven’t been removed - it just takes a little bit of time to get used to it.

Not a dentist by the way, just based on personal experience of tooth extraction.

Hardtack… very slowly.

So… have you been told to eat only soft food? Can you still use your mouth to process food a bit? If you’re all stitched up you want to keep it to soups and purees and drinks that you don’t have to process at all. I know someone who misunderstood “soft food” for “stuff that isn’t too tough” and had to seek medical attention when a bunch of stuff got loose in there. Talk to your doctor if in doubt, that wasn’t pleasant.

But hey, from that experience, there are a few things I learned you can do if/when you can process your food in your mouth a bit.

• Starchy snacks will melt easily and not taste like cardboard. Chips, bread sticks, that type of thing are all doable.

• Yogurt and dairy desserts, unsurprisingly. Lots of flavours and textures in that supermarket aisle. Try mixing jams and other spreads into sharper stuff like kefir instead of having just the industrially flavored boring stuff.

• Surprisingly, some cold cuts of meat. If you buy it cut at the shop and ask them to go as thin as possible you will be able to shred it with your hands or a knife as you eat it and essentially still make it through a deconstructed sandwich if you pair it with untoasted soft bread.

• Ditto for fruit salad. Banana, finely chopped strawberries and other stuff that is soft or can be cut small and swallowed whole.

• Soups, creams and stews. Overcook veg and potatoes, and chop any meat quite small (and be ready to cut it smaller when eating) but it’ll be fine. I’m not a fan, but it’s a thing.

• Smoothies, milkshakes and chocolate milk. Get some of the nutrients without having to make it taste the same each time.

• Eggs. Omelettes, scrambled eggs, poached eggs, whathaveyou.

• Pasta. Get over the instinct to keep it al dente and overcook a thicker shape a bit. Just keep the sauce less chunky. Also rice and couscous if you’re bored of pasta.

• Flaky fish. Experiment, but there are plenty of kinds that will flake small and be very soft when cooked. Get some garlic and parsley on there, grill it a bit, it’ll taste great.

The idea is to keep it to things that will melt in your mouth with little coaxing or things cut so fine that all the work has been made and can be swallowed whole. It can be a sustainable diet that isn’t unpleasant with a bit of adjustment.