Suggestions for calorie-dense healthy foods?

lamby284
lamby284 Posts: 167 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Im finding that by the end of the day, I need to eat well over 500 calories to reach my goal quota and I just need to get something thats smallish and still healthy. I cant have any dairy products so yogurts and cheeses are a no-go.

>inb4 no dairy plz

lol

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  • LeenaRuns
    LeenaRuns Posts: 1,309 Member
    Nuts and avocados come to mind.
  • deanabailey
    deanabailey Posts: 124 Member
    Almonds, avocado, oatmeal, bananas, beans
  • Yeller_Sensation
    Yeller_Sensation Posts: 373 Member
    Eggs.
  • bacitracin
    bacitracin Posts: 921 Member
    Macadamia nuts!
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  • koshkasmum
    koshkasmum Posts: 276 Member
    I agree that nuts are a great go-to for extra calories. Peanut butter, granola bars, bananas, dark chocolate, are all good too.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Ice cream, pasta, oils, avocados, fatty cuts of meat
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    I usually opt for nuts of some sort...or peanut butter.
  • JessAilene86
    JessAilene86 Posts: 54 Member
    Mixed nuts or a trail mix of some sort? I like to coin up a banana and melt chocolate and dip them in that and refrigerate them to harden the chocolate. I use "enjoy" chocolate chips which are gluten, dairy, soy and nut free. Its about 300 calories for a quarter cup of melted chips and then about another 100 for a banana. I find that its really satisfying for my sweet tooth cravings I get on occasion. Not sure if that is what you are looking for though. Lol
  • Martucha123
    Martucha123 Posts: 1,089 Member
    Nuts, cookies, peanut butter, juice, milk, beer, icecream
  • Martucha123
    Martucha123 Posts: 1,089 Member
    oh and my fav combo
    wine and chocolate
  • ChitownFoodie
    ChitownFoodie Posts: 1,562 Member
    peanut butter!
  • LeenaRuns
    LeenaRuns Posts: 1,309 Member
    oh and my fav combo
    wine and chocolate

    Funny, that's MY favorite combo. Red wine and dark chocolate!
  • FitBeto
    FitBeto Posts: 2,121 Member
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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Peanut butter. A couple tablespoons is 200 cals. Not much volume but lots of calories and good fats.

    i'd go with this!

    i can happily gobble up a spoonful of peanut butter when i dont have a few hundred calories to spare... this is why i dont often keep it in the house!!!
  • sandradev1
    sandradev1 Posts: 786 Member
    also greek yoghurt
  • ChaseAlder
    ChaseAlder Posts: 804 Member
    If I could afford it, I'd eat avocado and almonds with every meal. Delicious, filling, full of healthy stuff!
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Among the other suggestions, I might suggest if you are, for example, planning to steam a veg side, try roasting them with some olive oil...or sautee with olive oil, etc. Just cooking with a bit of good olive oil packs a nice, heart healthy, calorie punch and turns something rather boring into something awesome.

    Also, maybe some preplanning for the day and plan to get more heart healthy fats in there...being low on calories is often an indicator that you're not getting the heart healthy fats you need.
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Red wine and cocoa roast almonds.
  • foxro
    foxro Posts: 793 Member
    Rosted Soya Nuts(beans)
    A half cup has 240 calories, 18grams or protein, 13 grams of fat, 14 grams of carbs. I usually go for a quarter cup as a snack.
  • estrellita0
    estrellita0 Posts: 5 Member
    I always eat a baked sweet potato. A medium one is about 100 calories and I add greek yogurt. But since you can't eat greek yogurt there are plenty of other options to add on, grilled onions, some ham or a good cut of bacon. It's filling and delicious!

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