faceplant fix-up recipes

Since so many people have been sweet to me with my injuries, I wanted to post a couple recipes that were helpful for me. So if you get face injuries and have to drink through a straw, here are some helpful recipes. Or even if you decide to go on a liquid diet, they work too!

Ensure-type drinks make great stomach-fillers for when you have to get up to take vicodin and antibiotics in the middle of the night.
Matt & Claire bought some really great smoothies, including one that had some kind of fancy probiotic stuff that was really tasty.
Kefir is also really good for straw drinking.

Sport bottles (like the kind you use on your bike) make great alternatives for drinking when your lips are too swollen to fit together and suck on a straw.

Here are two house-made recipes that are pretty marvelous:

Potato-Leek Soup:
4 leeks, rinsed well -- cut the dark green off the top, then cut lengthwise into quarters and chop into bits
2 shallots peeled and chopped
4 russet potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
3 Tablespoons unsalted butter
1 Tablespoon unbleached all-purpose flour
4 cups low-sodium chicken or vegetable broth
1 bay leaf
1 cup (or more) milk
salt and pepper

- In a big pot over medium heat, melt the butter and sautee the leeks and shallots until tender, about 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle flour over it and cook until flour is absorbed, about 2 minutes
- Increase to high heat and gradually whisk in the broth. Add potatoes and bay leaf, cover, and bring to a boil
- Decrease heat to medium-low and simmer until the potatoes are tender and mushy.
- Let it sit and cool for a bit, then remove the bay leaf and blend it all (use a hand blender in the pot or use your kitchen blender, but be careful because it's hot and it splatters). Add salt, pepper, and milk until it's tasty, smooth, and easy to drink through a straw.


Mama's fruit shake
1/2 avocado (peeled)
handful of blueberries (washed well)
2 apricots (washed well, unpeeled)
1 mango (washed well, unpeeled)
rice milk

- Blend it all together until it's smooth. Add protein powder for more nutrition.


Fix-Me-Up Fresh Juice
15 carrots, washed well
3 beets washed and peeled
5 celeries washed well
2 apples, cored

- Get a juicer, or find a friend with one
- Chop them into pieces small enough to fit in your juicer
- Juice it together and mix it up.


Those are a few of the foods that are speeding me on the road to recovery.
Enjoy!