- The key to increasing calories and protein in children’s diets is to offer food more often. 3 meals and 2-3 snacks should be consistently planned and offered each day. Children should sit down for these meals and snacks with the T.V. off.
- “Grazing” or eating many small snacks throughout the day should be stopped. It is very easy to fill up on little snacks and miss nutritious meals.
- Only offer milk or juice with meals. Many children will drink so much milk between meals that they fill up! You can help increase their total calories throughout the day by only offering water between meals.
Breakfast ideas:
- Top a whole grain waffle with peanut butter or cream cheese
- Scramble eggs with half and half and top with shredded cheese
- Make French toast with half and half added to egg mixture and cook in butter
- Mix Carnation Instant Breakfast with whole milk
- Serve biscuits with butter and karo syrup
- Make greek yogurt pancakes (see recipe below)
- Chicken, tuna, or eggs salad sandwiches made with mayonnaise
- Serve raw vegetables with ranch dip or peanut butter
- Add avocadoes to sandwiches or wraps
- Make a guacamole or cheese dip and serve with tortilla chips
- Grilled cheese toasted with butter
- Greek yogurt (has 2 times the protein as regular yogurt!)
- Cheese sticks
- Peanut butter and honey with Ritz crackers
- Vanilla pudding (see recipe below) with fresh berries or bananas
- Hard boiled or deviled eggs
- Smoothies (see recipe ideas below)
- Raisins or dried fruits
- Ice cream
- Hot chocolate made with whole milk and half and half
- Cottage cheese
- Triscuits topped with Laughing Cow soft cheeses
- Chocolate or yogurt covered raisins
- Add a cheese sauce to vegetables or pastas
- Top baked potatoes with shredded cheese and sour cream
- Add powdered milk to meatballs and serve with ketchup or BBQ sauce
- Add powdered milk to potatoes, soups, and cheese sauces
- Top potatoes and meats with gravy
- Offer macaroni and cheese
- Top salads with crumbled cheeses
Greek yogurt pancakes recipe: (source:
http://chobani.com/kitchen/recipes/perfect-pancakes/)
Ingredients-
Ingredients-
- ½ c Chobani Vanilla Greek Yogurt
- 2 tbsp melted unsalted butter
- 1½ c all-purpose flour
- 1½ t baking powder
- ¼ t baking soda
- ½ t salt
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 1 c whole milk
- Maple syrup and berries, for serving
Directions-
Step 1: In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a small bowl, whisk together egg, Chobani and milk.
Step 2: Add yogurt mixture to flour mixture and use a wooden spoon to combine lightly.
Step 3: Heat a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Lightly coat with cooking spray and pour about ¼ c of batter onto pan for each pancake. Cook until edges set and bubbles appear on surface, about 2 minutes. Flip to brown other side.
Step 4: Transfer to a large plate and repeat with remaining batter. Serve with maple syrup and berries.
High calorie vanilla pudding:
Ingredients-
- 1 package of instant vanilla pudding (the no-cook kind)
- 14 ounces of sweetened condensed milk
- 1.5 cups of cold milk
- 2 cups of whipped cream
Step 1: Mix the milk and pudding mix together. Whisk for 2 minutes.
Step 2: Add the sweetened condensed milk.
Step 3: Fold in the whipped cream. Allow to cool in the refrigerator for 2 hours before serving.
Smoothie ideas:
Add any combination of the following ingredients to make a combination you love!
- Milk
- Ice cream
- Greek yogurt (freeze the yogurt before adding to the smoothie to give it more of an ice cream texture)
- Frozen berries, pineapples, mangoes
- Bananas
- Canned fruit such as peaches, pineapples, (for added calorie choose fruit that is canned in heavy syrup)
- Chocolate or strawberry syrup
- Pediasure
- Fruit juice
- Peanut butter
- Heavy whipping cream or half and half
- Carnation Instant Breakfast mix
