What Can I Eat with My Braces?

Okay take out the word ‘leek’ and this soup will suddenly become totally appealing to kids! Plus lets be real it sounds like an amazing dinner for you too.

Attempting to get your kids to eat fruit might be a challenge, and while combing it with sugar and butter isn’t the healthiest alternative it’s definitely more fun. Plus you’ll feel less guilty about eating it compared to a chocolate chip cookie… maybe

The perfect way to ‘trick’ kids into eating salmon. It may still look like fish, but it tastes and smells like pro sugar heaven. Plus fish is softer than most meats and gentler on the teeth.

A perfect winter (or sadly in this case Spring) treat! It’s sweet enough that your kids will love it but also healthy, filling & smooth enough to be a braces friendly food!

Pan-Seared Tuna with Ginger Vinaigrette

We all know that Mac and Cheese is a winner for kids (and adults too). But Mac and Cheese can have a lot of steps and involve half of your pots and bowls. This simple recipe is not only easy to make, but also easy to eat! Elbow noodles are easiest to chew with sore teeth and the smooth creamy sauce won’t get stuck in your braces… (which can happen with tomato sauce sometimes- and we can’t let that happen!

Mushy breakfast is not usually the most desirable for kids and ice cream is just too much sugar to have for all three meals. This peanut butter banana smoothie is filling, healthy and kid friendly. Plus it’s delicious and couldn’t be more simple.

In all honesty we made this in the hopes of it being a smooth potato and egg dish that would be great for sensitive teeth. It was not as soft as we expected, but it was 10 times more delicious, so we thought we’d include it anyway. After it cools down a little it is still soft enough for a new braces wearer to eat after the initial day or two.

We created "Stuff Your Brace Face" because eating with braces is a new and unique experience. We advise our patients to eat soft, room temperature foods for the first week or while their teeth are sensitive. While we know everyone loves smoothies and ice cream, this blog is for the day you need something more. Here are some suggestions that were tested and approved by the always hungry Isaacson family.