Healthy Ways to Add Calories - Veterans Affairs
[Pages:2]Healthy Ways to Add Calories
Listed below are sources of high calorie foods, which can help you gain weight. Most are unsaturated (healthy) fats which can protect against heart disease.
Olive Oil Use to stir fry vegetables and chicken. Add to pasta, tomato sauce, salads
Nuts and Seeds (such as wheat germ, oat bran or ground flaxseed) Add to hot or cold cereals, fruit, yogurt, stir fry dishes, vegetables, casseroles, salads
Natural Peanut Butter Spread on bread, bagel, crackers, fruit, pancakes and waffles
Avocado and Olives Add to sandwiches, salads, Mexican food, soups, casseroles
Margarine (soft, tub, trans-fat free) Add to potatoes, vegetables, hot cereals, soups, noodles, bread, rice, crackers, sauces
Carnation? Instant Breakfast?, Nestl? Quick, or OvaltineTM powder Add to flavor low fat milk or yogurt
Nonfat dry milk powder Add to milkshakes, smoothies, casseroles, mashed potatoes, soups, eggs, hot cereal
Dried fruit Add to sweeten hot or cold cereals, salads, yogurt
Syrup Add to hot cereal, fruit, pancakes, waffles
Honey Add to hot cereal, fruit, bread, bagel, pancakes, waffles, crackers, tea
Jam or jelly Spread on bread, bagel, crackers
Created 08/2005; Updated 04/2010
Snack or Meal Ideas Calories Protein
Calories Protein
1 cup low fat yogurt with 1 oz. granola
200
17
smoothie made with 6 oz. low fat yogurt, 1 banana, 1 cup low
380
24
fat milk, and 1 Tbsp. natural peanut butter
bagel with 2 Tbsp low fat cream cheese and 1 Tbsp jelly
350
7
1 cup cooked oatmeal made with 1 cup low fat milk and sugar,
350
13
banana and raisins
natural peanut butter (2Tbsp) and jelly (1Tbsp) sandwich on whole wheat bread
400
14
turkey sandwich (3oz meat) with avocado and 1Tbsp light mayonnaise
525
15
1 cup low fat cottage cheese and 1 cup canned fruit in heavy syrup
340
25
trail mix: 1 oz. almonds and walnuts, ? cup raisins, and 1 cup
370
10
Wheat Chex?
2 corn tortillas with 1 oz. light mozzarella cheese, ? med. avocado, 2 Tbsp. salsa and 3 oz. chicken
330
18
1 cup turkey chili with beans over a baked potato
420
30
1 cup lentil soup mixed with 1 cup low fat milk
360
16
? cup sherbet
150
1
2 graham cracker squares with 2 Tbsp. natural peanut butter and 340
16
1 cup low fat milk
Your calorie needs are _______ Your protein needs are _______
Contact you local VA Dietitian for more information.
Created 08/2005; Updated 04/2010
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