Please give me your top 5 ways to increase calories

JassiBear

Easy.... sauce everything......... butter sauce on veggies or olive oil dressing................. ranch dressing......cheese-based sauces......cream-based sauces.. just eat with sauces and you don't have to really worry about eating a whole lot more food just to get some calories. 2 tbsp of ranch dressing is usually 120 calories about and that's a good bump.

gakette420

I make my own trail mix with Quaker simply granola cereals, different kinds of nuts and seeds, and Brookside chocolates. I never make the same mix twice so it doesn't get boring. HTH

zenalasca

Oils and fats when added to food can actually make you eat less because it is more filling. For example, roast chicken and a bowl of vegetables cooked to crispiness in half an inch of olive oil made me feel so full I literally sat there for ages feeling extremely ill and had to throw it all up (ever since I've been mindful to not eat too much of one type of food in succession, even if I took breaks in between).

When I lived with my dad we basically ate all wholefoods, and since then I have realized that the following are the most calorie-giving:

Tahini (I loved it with honey, but I also drained out the oil and could eat a quarter of a 500 g jar at once)
Craisins (don't make you very full but are very high in calories -- used to take them by the handful)
Bowls of crumbled up rice cakes or any healthy cereal I guess with lots of dried fruits, seeds, nuts, anything you want.

Experiment with various foods to see what works best. This is what I had to do to learn what was calorie efficient TT

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

What's granola? Is it like muesli or more like flapjack?

Short on nutrients? Thank you Sailor! This is what I'm struggling to explain. He doesn't want any more sugar and we don't drink alcohol. So, presume the rest is what we're after.

Beef jerky appears to be a salty, novelty snack or dog food.

Granola is a delicious snack food made with oats, nuts, and some kind of sugar, honey, or syrup. Some people use it as a yogurt topping but I prefer to just eat it by the handful.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/granola-recipe.html

http://www.chow.com/recipes/30062-basic-granola

lizziebeth1028

Especially for someone who has a tendency to eat too much sugar (from fruit, sweets, jellies, ice cream etc) and who doesn't like avocados or peanut butter.

Nuts
peanut butter
full fat cheeses
olive oil
avocados

Ditch the 'lite' and fat free versions of foods and opt for full fat.

mondvay

http://i.imgur.com/jcjTX.jpg
You could also drink a glass of full fat milk with every meal. If you're only looking to up your calories without any specifics I'd say it would be easier to drink them than to eat them

logg1e

He doesn't eat "lite" versions of anything. Even avocado.

logg1e

That looks gorgeous Mondvay!

nxd10

Cheese/whole milk/cream/butter
Brown rice/lentils/beans
Bread
Cashews/almonds

Frankly, dropping milk, cheese, and bread and cutting down on nuts was all I needed to do to drop my weight. If I need calories, those are my go to guys.

kirkor

What are your goals?