Suggestions for adding calories to your diet

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 Info

Directions

~ Meat, chicken and fish that are breaded are higher in calories than plain. ~

~ For increased flavor and moistness, add gravies and sauces to your foods. ~- Mix butter or margarine into soups, vegetables, mashed potatoes, cooked cereal, rice and other hot foods. Serve breads hot (more butter can be used as it melts into the bread). ~ ~ Use mayonnaise in salads, deviled eggs and sandwiches. ~ ~ Sour cream or yogurt can be used on vegetables such as potatoes, beans, carrots and squash. Sour cream or yogurt can be used in gravies or casseroles, as a salad dressing or a dip. For a tasty dessert, scoop sour cream or yogurt on fresh fruit, add brown sugar and let it sit in the refrigerator for a while. ~ ~ Spread honey, cinnamon and sugar or jelly on bread, rolls or crackers. Honey or sugar may be used in hot drinks or on cereal. ~ ~ Cream cheese can be spread on bread, rolls or crackers, added to casseroles or as a topping on cakes and cookies. ~ ~ Add raisins, dates or chopped nuts and brown sugar to hot or cold cereals, meats, sauces, vegetables, salads, desserts and baked products.

~ Add marshmallows to fruit, hot chocolate, desserts, sweet potatoes or glazed carrots. ~

~ Add whipping cream to pies, fruit, puddings, hot chocolate, gelatin and other desserts. ~

~ Have snacks ready to eat. Nuts, dried fruit, candy, buttered popcorn, crackers and cheese, granola, ice cream and popsicles all make good snacks. Milkshakes add calories and protein and are easy to prepare.

Source: Handout from Oncology dietitian == Courtesy of Dale & Gail Shipp, Columbia Md. == March 1995 Submitted By DALE SHIPP On 03-25-95

Related recipes