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    High calorie foods.

    Posts: 41 Member
    edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    Hiya. A loved one of mine is struggling to get the appropriate amount of cals per day and really needs to up them.

    She can eat sugary foods and can snack ok but struggkes with the main meals. Breakfast is a no go area, lunch is hit miss so really dinner is her main intake.

    Can anyone suggest some foods that can increase her calories in this ine meal, apart from a Kebab a day?

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    • Posts: 415 Member
      a protein shake with milk and lots of peanut butter, if too filling - just chocolate milk. Nut butters by the spoonful (wish I could do that), potato chips, cookies, ice cream, cake - all of those wonderful calorie dense items
    • Posts: 415 Member
      avocados and cheese too!
    • Posts: 975 Member
      Oil. Cook with more oil.
    • Posts: 5,864 Member
      Mix coconut oil with cacoa powder and a touch of xylitol. Place in balls on a baking sheet and chill until firm. They taste amazing and she can pick at them through out the day.

    • Posts: 41 Member
      Thankyou. She's on here so I'll show her this thread.
    • Posts: 41 Member
      I tried her with my protein shake... didn't go down too well.
    • Posts: 41 Member
      RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »
      Mix coconut oil with cacoa powder and a touch of xylitol. Place in balls on a baking sheet and chill until firm. They taste amazing and she can pick at them through out the day.

      Cacao? Is that a typo? Sounds like something she could try.
    • Posts: 184 Member
      Drink calories! A protein shake with her meal, or better still a pint of melted ice cream!
    • Posts: 41 Member
      Melted ice cream.... sounds sooooo good :-P
    • Posts: 9,562 Member
      allanthfc wrote: »
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      Cacao? Is that a typo? Sounds like something she could try.

      Here . . . or any cocoa powder from the baking aisle of a grocery store.

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    • Posts: 13,575 Member
      More fat. Add oil, butter, avocado, nuts and seeds to dishes.
    • Posts: 14,776 Member
      You might find some ideas here: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1
    • Posts: 9,562 Member
      edited August 2015
      allanthfc wrote: »
      Hiya. A loved one of mine is struggling to get the appropriate amount of cals per day and really needs to up them.

      She can eat sugary foods and can snack ok but struggkes with the main meals. Breakfast is a no go area, lunch is hit miss so really dinner is her main intake.

      Can anyone suggest some foods that can increase her calories in this ine meal, apart from a Kebab a day?

      She does not have to eat breakfast. She does not have to eat much lunch either.
      She can eat enough calories with a snack or two and a large dinner with some fatty meats or veggies cooked with oil.
    • Posts: 28,055 Member
      Peanut butter banana smoothies! Nom nom nom.

      Nuts, in general.
    • Posts: 1,525 Member
      edited August 2015
      Peanut butter -- it is depressing how many calories were in the jar I just wiped out.
    • Posts: 3,380 Member
      edited August 2015
      How about something like mashed potatoes with butter and cream - is it a texture/swallowing issue or a hunger issue?
    • Posts: 50 Member
      Chicken Parmo! nutritiondata.self.com/facts/recipe/1965760/2
      (drop down menu at top to decrease/increase portions and nutritional values to match)

      Obviously she could make them smaller, using small strips of chicken breast etc or mix up the recipe in general. Using healthier alternatives or added ingredients like herbs into the breadcrumb mix, but the calories would still be high. They go great with a salad.
      Looking online you can find loads and loads of different recipes for the Chicken parmo / parm / parmesan, so it's quite versatile... just the chicken and cheese theme stay the same.

      Simple, easy and delicious!
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