Some Further "Soft Food" Meals

"O brave new world, That has such people in't!"

- Miranda, The Tempest, William Shakespeare

Adding new foods daily to our limited diet, as jaw mobility returns slowly and the ache subsides a bit, is such a pleasure, almost a re-discovery of culinary joys after weeks of yogurt smoothies and tomato soup.

Above are two recent meals, delicious enough to serve even your jaws are flapping without complaint: a baked potato topped with herbed cottage cheese and pickled cilantro slaw and a bowl of Cream of Ramps soup, and a quick and easy version of sukiyaki (fried tofu, carrots, onions and green garlic shoots slow simmered in rice wine, soy sauce, sesame oil, mirin and Japanese mixed peppers).