My 84 yr old mother lives with me, has mouth problems, some of these may have been mentioned, but eggs, grits, cheese, mashed potatoes, pasta dishes with ground meat, or dark meat chicken cut small, soups, for veggies, we eat a lot of petite sweet peas, canned asparagus, creamed corn, red beans cooked in crock pot til soft, frozen pot pies are cheap and really good, also may want to consider ensure.