If you’ve ever had oral surgery or any type of procedure performed that prohibits you from practicing normal eating habits, you’ll know how painful it is to have to see food everywhere when you can’t eat normally. Due my intake of painkillers during my wisdom teeth extraction surgery recovery, I watched a lot of television (didn’t want to read books or watch movies by fear of not remembering anything after I stopped taking painkillers). It was during that faithful weekend back in November of  2005 that I realized the extent to which we are bombarded by food advertisement on television. Seriously – about every second ad on television is for some sort of food product. Do you know how cruel that is for someone who loves food and can’t eat? Ugh!

Do you know what’s even more cruel? A certain boyfriend who ordered a delicious Philly Cheesesteak pizza from Domino’s on the second day of my recovery. Sure, let me site here and struggle my way through a baked potato only to wash it down with Boost while I watch you eat that oh-so-delicious-looking pizza. Ughh!

Well by the third day I had had enough. I was feeling weak and hungry and couldn’t stand to intake another drip of Boost, so I decided to do something about it. I opened the fridge only to find the pizza box from the previous night staring at me. I just had to have some. So I got creative – I took out a knife and a cutting board and started cutting two pieces of pizza into tiny bits, which I then threw into the blender, which rendered it into mush. I transferred the pizza mush into a bowl and added a little bit of water to moisten it up a bit. I then microwaved the concoction until it was hot and the cheese had melted. Sounds disgusting? Well it didn’t look like much – but it was delicious. And I’d totally do it again. In a heartbeat.

Want my advice? Don’t starve – blend your food and you’ll survive oral surgery recovery without experiencing too much food-deprivation misery.