In Search of Manly Snacks
anapriscilaobeso
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So I'm a female, who cooks for two. I am looking for some good snacks or SOMETHING that I can use to bump up the calories for my husband.
It's hard enough to cook every day, and having two very different calorie intakes makes it even more difficult. I am at 1500 daily calories, and he is at around 2300. How can I supplement his diet without making it too difficult?
It's hard enough to cook every day, and having two very different calorie intakes makes it even more difficult. I am at 1500 daily calories, and he is at around 2300. How can I supplement his diet without making it too difficult?
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Rocky Mountain oysters are both manly and calorific.32
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The same things he's always eaten? Or did his diet recently change? I guess more information would be helpful. Plus, he's an adult so I imagine he can figure this out for himself.15
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What about increasing his meal portions or adding cheese, oil, an extra slice of bread, rice, more meat to what you are making. For snacks you can add nuts, seeds, hard boiled eggs, beef jerky, crackers and cheese, a protein or granola bar, more fruit, etc etc.8
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Bacon.16
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Beef jerky for snacks2
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Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »Beef jerky for snacks
Too low calorie. Mayonnaise is the correct answer.12 -
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anapriscilaobeso wrote: »So I'm a female, who cooks for two. I am looking for some good snacks or SOMETHING that I can use to bump up the calories for my husband.
It's hard enough to cook every day, and having two very different calorie intakes makes it even more difficult. I am at 1500 daily calories, and he is at around 2300. How can I supplement his diet without making it too difficult?
I cook dinner. My OH has bigger portions. I have more (non-starchy) veggies.
He's on his own for breakfast, lunch, and snacks. I do the shopping and he lets me know what he wants on hand for those.7 -
Cook dinner for three and give him the extra?2
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Peanut butter. (Is that manly?)
My husband is substantially larger than I am and needs a lot more calories than I do. We eat the same things mostly but he gets much larger portions and I add extra cheese, bread, butter, etc. to his (he can't cook).
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Peanut butter. (Is that manly?)
My husband is substantially larger than I am and needs a lot more calories than I do. We eat the same things mostly but he gets much larger portions and I add extra cheese, bread, butter, etc. to his (he can't cook).
It is if it's CRUNCHY TO THE EXTREME!15 -
How about lady fingers? perhaps a scone? Kidding aside, nuts are a good snack (peanuts, walnuts or almonds).3
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If you are looking for the stereotypical male snacks you are looking at meat and cheese, pork rinds, spicy anything, and deep fried everything.
I would suggest things like trail mix, seeds, and nuts because those would be the kinds of things I would snack on if I needed additional calories.2 -
My husband seems to have no trouble meeting his calorie needs for the 100+ pounds he outweighs me by simply eating larger portions (the *kitten*
) The only meal we typically eat together is the evening meal, except on weekends, anyway. Plenty of places for him to eat all the yummy things in quantities I can't without me having to provide him with extra snackage. 3 -
What makes a snack "manly"? Why does he have to have special "manly" snacks? Does he need or want help with planning his own snacks?14
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We usually split dinner 30/70 or 40/60 in my house to help with this. My husband is the main cook in our house and he makes this super thin crust pizza every week and we get 3 and 5 slices respectively. I often have 1/2 portion of rice or no bread with my meal when he's having a full portion or 2 slices of bread. Stuff like that.
I like a small breakfast of around 170-240 calories most days and my husband eats the exact same thing generally but then has a "second breakfast" of about the same size.
My husband snacks way more than I do, too. He always has nuts, crackers, protein shakes, etc, on hand. We do eat very similarly (big focus on health and goal is definitely not to gain) but he's a lot bigger in general and gets more exercise during the work day (he has a sedentary job just like I do, but works from home and takes breaks to run or bike each day).0 -
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My wife and I really only eat dinner together but we balance this issue with a combo of differing portion sizes and protein powder. As a general rule I eat significantly more protein and fewer carbs than she does as well. We're also weird and really like breakfast food so we find ourselves doing that for dinner quite often. In that case I'll have 4-6 eggs and skip toast, the Mrs. makes 2 eggs for her with toast, equal portion of bacon/sausage. Combine those sorts of swaps and a post-workout protein shake and I hit my macros and she's a happy camper.2
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My husband just eats a lot more of whatever we are having for dinner... as far as snacks he just tells me what he wants me to get since I do the shopping. He eats a lot of granola bars and muffins and cereal lol.1
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anapriscilaobeso wrote: »So I'm a female, who cooks for two. I am looking for some good snacks or SOMETHING that I can use to bump up the calories for my husband.
It's hard enough to cook every day, and having two very different calorie intakes makes it even more difficult. I am at 1500 daily calories, and he is at around 2300. How can I supplement his diet without making it too difficult?
What he needs are more calorie dense foods.
He could have more rice, bread, pasta, cheese, potatoes, sauces, condiments , oils/fats with his meals. He could snack on guacamole or hummus with chips or veggies. Have him consume full fat dairy, whole eggs. He can eat nuts, nut butters, seeds.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods/p1
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10326769/are-you-a-hard-gainer-please-read/p10 -
Just bigger portions. My partner and my son can't be satisfied by the amount I eat. That's just normal. (They are not overweight)0
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My husband eats whatever I cook for dinner, but he loves bacon and buttered bread, so he adds those. He also likes trail mix and peanut butter, so those are good snacks. Sometimes he'll make a simple milkshake by pouring whole milk over a cup of ice cream for dessert.0
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I feel the frustration. I am manly myself and I like manly snacks so I decided to check what gorillas eat. Turns out that they eat a lot of flowers, so I've added edible flowers to my diet31
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I just give my husband more of whatever we are having. As for snacks, he's a big boy, he can fend for himself.6
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Peanut butter. (Is that manly?)
My husband is substantially larger than I am and needs a lot more calories than I do. We eat the same things mostly but he gets much larger portions and I add extra cheese, bread, butter, etc. to his (he can't cook).
Well, that explains my chest hair
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This thread has the Monty Python Lumberjack Song in my head...
He cuts down trees, he eat his lunch
He goes to the lavatory
On Wednesdays he goes shopping and has buttered scones for tea
I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK
I sleep all night and I work all day....
The rest of the verses are just as manly16 -
Peanut butter. (Is that manly?)
My husband is substantially larger than I am and needs a lot more calories than I do. We eat the same things mostly but he gets much larger portions and I add extra cheese, bread, butter, etc. to his (he can't cook).
The inability to cook is highly unmanly.13 -
When I'm prepping meals for my husband and I every week, we eat the same meals. I just give him almost twice as much as I do. He is in charge of his own snacks and I'm in charge of mine. So he has a tendency to pack more peanut butter, full fat yogurt, trail mix type things because they are higher in cals. I give myself more fruit and vegetables to keep my cals low.0
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Real men don't snack. Just prepare more food so he can eat larger portions.9
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Peanut butter. (Is that manly?)
My husband is substantially larger than I am and needs a lot more calories than I do. We eat the same things mostly but he gets much larger portions and I add extra cheese, bread, butter, etc. to his (he can't cook).
The inability to cook is highly unmanly.
I am not sure the inability to cook even exists. The inability to create new dishes or execute difficult recipes perhaps but all it takes is a little knowledge to put together a protein, vegetable(s), and a starch.6
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