Foods

Suggestions

MEAT, POULTRY,
AND FISH

Add ground, chopped, shredded and cooked meat, chicken, canned tuna, crab meat or diced ham to casseroles, quiches, omelets, soufflés, soups and salads

EGGS

Sprinkle chopped hard-boiled eggs on salads, vegetables and baked potatoes. Use sliced hard-boiled eggs in casseroles; whip eggs into mashed potatoes; add an extra egg to cake batter, French toast, pancake batter; whip an egg in hot soup using Chinese “egg drop” method; add extra egg yolk to custards, pudding, quiches

MILK

Use milk instead of water when cooking hot cereals, cream soups and hot cocoa; serve cream sauce on vegetables, meat and fish

FORTIFIED MILK

Mix 1 cup dry milk to 1 quart whole milk. Drink this or cook with it instead of regular milk. Use it in mashed potatoes, milk shakes, French toast, casseroles, soups, quiches, puddings and custards

CHEESE

Grate and add to casseroles, mashed potatoes, pastas, salads; melt on steamed vegetables, baked potatoes, open faced sandwiches; serve it as appetizer or dessert with fresh fruit and crackers

COTTAGE CHEESE

Use in casseroles, quiches, lasagna; stuff crepes, manicotti; add to gelatin salads, puddings; serve with fruit; spread on toasted bagel or English muffin and broil

YOGURT

Use as a base for salad dressing, dip; top fresh or canned fruit with sweetened yogurt

ICE CREAM

Use in floats, milkshakes, malts; scoop on top of pie, cake, cubed gelatin

PEANUT BUTTER

Use as dip for raw vegetables (carrots, celery, cucumber, zucchini, etc.); spread on cookies, graham crackers, saltines; top ice cream

NUTS

Add chopped, sliced, ground nuts to vegetable casseroles, puddings, custards, cookies, cakes; sprinkle on salads, steamed vegetables, ice cream; have them in bowls around your house to munch on

WHEAT GERM

Sprinkle on cereals (hot or cold), ice cream, yogurt, fruit and buttered toast; add to casseroles, meat loaf, stew, soups; use instead of breadcrumbs

LEGUMES

Use dried peas, lentils and beans in soups and casseroles; add slices or diced tofu to soups, casseroles and stir fried vegetable dishes

Eat a little at a time, but eat often

 Increase your calories

 Go heavy on protein

Eat your breakfast as early as possible

Drink fruit juice, nectars, milk, 7-Up, etc. instead of water, black coffee or tea

Try to have a source of
protein at each meal, such as: milk and milk products, eggs, poultry, fish, meat and peanuts

Take snacks, solids or liquids between meals

Add sugar, honey or jam, when possible

Cook with milk instead of water, when possible: cooked cereals, creamed soups, etc.

Snack no later than two hours after each meal

Add margarine, butter or
cream, when possible

If you are not very hungry and it is snack or mealtime, the first foods you eat should be those containing protein