Claire’s jaw will be wired for 5-6 weeks. She has a splint between her wired teeth so that means she can only get food and liquids between the space behind her teeth where her wisdom teeth would be located if she still had them. She was told not to use a straw so what she uses is a syringe with a catheter tube attached to to the end.
When we went for her consultaion with the Doctor, he gave us a cook book titled "Dinner Through A Straw," some very interesting and scary recipes, like "Baked Fish Dinner"

4-6 OZ Orange Roughy Fish
1 large carrot, cooked tender
6 Broccoli Flowerets, cookeded tender with butter
1 can cream of mushroom soup

Bake the fish for 20 minutes then place everything in a blender and liquefy. YUCK!!!!

Claire is not that desperate yet! We found that the Bella Bullet Blender (basically a Magic Bullet but lot less money!) is awesome, this thing will puree anything!! This morning she had a glass of prune juice (Yuck), a glass of Sunny Delight and scrambled eggs cooked in butter with a brown and serve sausage...pureed. Last night she had pureed potato and leek soup and pureed broccoli and cheese.

The inside of my refrigerator is filled with juices, pureed soups, broths, puddings and anything else we can puree. We have learned that somethings just don't work no matter how much you try to thin them i.e.; cream of wheat and broccoli and cheese.

I am sure in a week or two she will be more adventuresome, we might be blending pizza or a Taco Bell cheesy potato burrito!