Leicestershire Nutritin and Dietetic Services Fd First Adapting meals t prevent weight lss If yu have a pr appetite it is best t aim t meet yur nutritinal needs thrugh rdinary fd and fluids. We call this apprach fd first. This includes: Fd frtificatin Snacks between meals Regular milky drinks Chsing high calrie and high prtein fds/fluids. Fd frtificatin will increase the calrie and prtein cntent f the diet. This will nt increase the prtin size but will aid weight gain and help t meet yur nutritinal needs. This infrmatin leaflet cntains ideas n nurishing snacks, drinks and recipe ideas t increase the calrie and prtein cntent f yur fd.
Add a little extra t get a lt mre Everyday fds yu can use t frtify meals withut increasing the prtin size Matchbx size f hard cheese (30g) adds an extra 125 calries and 7.5g prtein Grate cheese in with mashed ptates, sup r baked beans, Melted cheese n tast Add t white sauces Add grated cheese t a ptat tpping Please nte: melted cheese can becme stringy s may nt be suitable fr peple with swallwing prblems. 2 teaspns f butter (10g) adds an extra 70 calries Add butter t ptates r vegetables Spread thickly n bread r tast Add t white, cheese r parsley sauces Add n pasta r spaghetti 1 heaped teaspn (6g) f sugar adds an extra 25 calries Add t breakfast cereals Add int drinks e.g. tea, cffee, smthies, milkshakes Add t puddings e.g, rice pudding, semlina r fruit 1 tablespn (15mls) f single cream adds an extra 30 calries and duble cream (15mls) adds 65 calries. Add t mashed ptat, sup, dahl Add t puddings and yghurts r with fruit Add int drinks e.g. cffee, tea, ht chclate, malted drinks, smthies r milk shakes On breakfast cereals 1 tablespn (10g) f dried skimmed milk pwder adds an extra 35 calries and 3.5g prtein Add t 200mls f full fat milk and use in sauces, sups, drinks, puddings, prridge and breakfast cereals Add int creamy ygurt *Alternatively make up 1 pint f frtified milk by adding 3 tablespns f dried skimmed milk pwder t 1 pint f full fat milk and whisk until disslved. This can then be kept in the fridge t be used thrughut the day.
Add a little extra t get a lt mre Everyday fds yu can use t frtify meals withut increasing the prtin size 1 tablespn (55g) f Greek ygurt adds an extra 73 calries and 3g prtein Add t breakfast cereals Use t make milkshakes and smthies Add t desserts Add in curries, dahl r sauces Eat n its wn 2 tablespns (30mls) f evaprated milk adds an extra 45 calries Add nt desserts e.g. jelly, rice pudding Add int sup, breakfast cereals, prridge Use as a drink r in drinks as a additin r substitute fr milk 1 heaped teaspn (18g) f jam adds an extra 45 calries Add t bread r tast Add t prridge ats Add t puddings e.g. rice pudding, semlina r spnge puddings 1 tablespn (15mls) f cking il e.g. live, vegetable, sunflwer adds an extra 135 calries Add t stews, curries, dahls, sups r n rasted vegetables Fry r rast fds instead f grilling r baking e.g. bacn, sausages, ptates, fish, meat r vegetables. Add an il based dressing t salads 1 heaped teaspn (17g) f hney adds an extra 50 calries Add t breakfast cereals r prridge Add t ygurt r puddings Add int milkshakes, smthies r drinks Spread n tast r bread Avid lw fat, lite r diet fd prducts and use mre high fat fds. This will increase the calrie cntent f yur fd when yur appetite is pr.
Breakfast Meal Ideas Creamy Prridge (230 calries) Scrambled egg (275 calries) 25g prridge ats 2 eggs 100mls frtified milk* 1 teaspn butter 1 tablespn single cream 1 tablespn frtified milk* 1 heaped teaspn sugar 1 tablespn duble cream (yu can use Ready Brek as an alternative) Creamy ygurt and hney (200 calries) Cheesy Beans (370 calries) 125g pt f Greek ygurt 135g baked beans 1 heaped teaspn f hney (1/3 rd f a large tin) 30g hard cheese (Add fruit as an alternative) 1 medium slice f tast 10g butter Other breakfast Ideas include:- Tast with butter and jam (r peanut butter, marmite, cheese spread, hney) Breakfast cereals made with frtified milk Egg n tast A cked breakfast Sft breads such as briche, crumpets r muffins (butter and jam culd be added) Pastries e.g. crissant, pain au chclat Fruit juice - sweetened Fruit smthie
Light Meal Ideas Tast with either:- Pilchards in tmat sauce Sardines in tmat sauce Cheese (30g) Baked beans Egg Pasta/spaghetti in tmat sauce and cheese Jacket ptat with a chice f fillings:- Cheese Baked beans Tuna and maynnaise Cleslaw Butter Chilli cn carne Add butter, live il, maynnaise r salad cream t increase the calries and taste Sandwiches with a chice f fillings:- Cld meats ham, crned beef, chicken, tngue Tinned fish tuna, mackerel, pilchards, sardines Cheese (sft r hard cheese) Egg Peanut butter (smth r crunchy) Jam (althugh this will nt prvide any prtein) Pate Meat spreads/fish paste Add maynnaise, salad cream r pickles t increase the calries and taste Mre light meal Ideas: Cauliflwer cheese Crned beef hash Quiche Omelette Sausages with baked beans Fish fingers Macarni cheese Sups add cream, cheese r milk pwder and serve with crutns/bread & butter
Main Meal Ideas Fish pie Cttage r shepherds pie Meat, fish r vegetable curry Macarni cheese Meat stews Meat, vegetable, bean casserles Sausage casserle Fish r chicken in a cream sauce Spaghetti Blgnese Dahl T increase the calrie cntent f these meals add sme f the extra everyday fd frtifying ingredients int each dish, as mentined earlier All these snacks prvide extra calries: Nurishing Snack Ideas A pt f rice pudding, custard, trifle, musse, crème caramel r thick and creamy ygurt Instant whip desserts made with whle milk / frtified milk* Slice f cake r cheesecake Chclate mini rll, malt laf with butter, scne with jam and cream, muffins Ice-cream Egg maynnaise r cheese n sft bread r crackers Biscuits (chclate cvered r cream filled are best) Jelly made with milk r blancmange Buttered tea cake Glass f fruit juice r milk Avcad r dips e.g. hummus, guacamle, sur cream Cubes f cheese Crisps Nuts Sausage rll Prk pie Sctch egg Bhaji, samsa r pakra
Nurishing Drink Ideas In additin t balanced meals and fd frtificatin, these drinks may be useful fr thse wh require extra prtein and calries t gain weight. Milkshake (200 calries, 8g prtein) 140ml full fat milk 1 tablespn f dried skimmed milk pwder 1 tablespn milkshake pwder (any flavur) 1 scp ice cream Add the milkshake pwder and dried skimmed milk pwder t the milk and whisk t mix thrughly. Mix in the ice-cream (may need t be blended r left t sften s that it can be mixed easily). Fruit drink (200 calries) 100ml fruit juice 100ml lemnade (nn-diet variety) 1 scp srbet 1 tablespn sugar (we used range juice and lemn srbet but feel free t experiment) Blend all the ingredients tgether until smth. Fruit ygurt drink (370 calries, 13g prtein) 1 pt full fat fruit ygurt 130ml full fat milk 1 tablespn dried skimmed milk pwder 2 teaspns hney Mix the ingredients tgether and blend until smth Ht chclate (220 calries, 11g prtein) 200ml full fat milk 1 tablespn dried skimmed milk pwder 3 heaped teaspns drinking chclate Sugar t taste Warm the milk. Add the dried skimmed milk pwder, chclate pwder and sugar and mix tgether. Als try malted milk drinks, cffee made with frtified milk, fresh fruit juice r milk n its wn. These drinks will prvide mre energy and prtein than teas and cffees made with water r crdial/squash.
Tips fr increasing fd intake Have smaller meals but mre frequently thrughut the day Have nurishing snacks and drinks between meals D nt verfill a plate at meal times but try a smaller plate and keep the prtins smaller D nt fill up n lw energy, filling fds like fruit and vegetables unless they are served with cream, ice-cream r cheese sauce Ensure the envirnment yu are eating in is calm and peaceful Always try t have full-fat/sugar versins f fds, unless yu have diabetes Make fds lk attractive. Have small helpings served n a small plate and garnish with parsley, lemn r tmates Sharp tasting fds are refreshing. Try fresh fruit, fruit juices, lemn squash r biled sweets. An alchlic drink if permitted by the dctr, befre a meal can help t stimulate yur appetite Treat yurself t yur favurite fds Develped and prduced by Leicestershire Nutritin and Dietetic Services Reviewed January 2017 LNDS 047 Crwn Cpyright Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust and University Hspitals f Leicester NHS Trust www.lnds.nhs.uk