Snack ideas to increase your calorie intake

If you are concerned you are losing weight or keen to increase your weight, try to increase your calorie intake by at least 400 calories each day. Snacks between meals are an easy way to do this.

Choose one or two snacks ideas from And one snack idea from this column this column About 250 calories: About 100 calories:  Small scone with butter  150ml of full cream milk  Jam doughnut  150g whole yoghurt  2 oatcakes with butter and cheese  Mini swiss roll  Ring doughnut  Fully coated chocolate biscuit  Ginger cake with butter  Shortbread finger  200g ready to eat rice pudding

 One digestive biscuit About 300 calories:  Two Rich Tea biscuits

 Scone with butter and jam

About 150 calories:  50g Chocolate bar

 150g thick and creamy yoghurt  2 digestive biscuits with butter and cheddar cheese  Crumpet with butter  Chocolate coated ice cream block  Sandwich with two slices bread, butter and cold meat  150g ready-to-eat custard pot  Fruit cake with butter  150g ready-to-eat rice pudding

 Scotch pancake with butter About 400 calories:

 Half pint of fortified milk - About 200 calories:

 2 scoops dairy ice cream Recipe: Half pint of full cream milk and add Crumpet with butter and jam  two tablespoons dried milk powder. Add one

 30g cereal with 100ml full cream scoop dairy ice cream and your favourite

milk milkshake flavouring powder to make a tasty

 2 Cream crackers with butter and 500 calorie milkshake treat! cheddar cheese  2 Digestive biscuits with butter  Small pot of trifle (ready made)  2 oatcakes with butter  Fruit malt loaf with butter  Potato scone with butter

 Fruit corner type yogurt

 Scotch pancake with butter and jam

Snack ideas to increase your calorie intake (05.12) Produced by Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust Dietitians Chichester Dietitians, The Lodge, St Richard’s Hospital, Spitalfield Lane, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 6SE. Tel: 01243 831498 Fax: 01243 831497 E-Mail: [email protected]

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