Food First and Snack Ideas to Boost Your Calorie Intake

Snack ideas to boost your calorie intake Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Information for you Approximately 100 calories: • Potato scone with butter • 150 millilitres (ml) or a quarter pint of • Fruit corner type yoghurt (200g pot) full cream milk • Pancake with butter and jam • 150 grams (g) of whole milk yoghurt Approximately 250 calories: • Mini Swiss roll • Small scone with butter • Fully coated chocolate biscuit • Jam doughnut • Shortbread finger • Two oatcakes with butter and cheese • One digestive biscuit • Ring doughnut • Two rich tea biscuits • Ginger cake with butter Approximately 150 calories: • Ready-to-eat rice pudding (200g pot) • 150g of thick and creamy yoghurt Approximately 300 calories • Crumpet and butter • Scone with butter and jam • Chocolate coated ice cream block • 50g chocolate bar • Ready-to-eat custard (150g pot) • Two digestive biscuits with butter and • Ready-to-eat rice pudding (150g pot) cheddar cheese ND15-004-CC/PIL18-0007 • Ready-to-eat mousse (145g pot) • Sandwich with two slices of bread, butter • Pancake with butter and cold meat Approximately 200 calories: • Fruitcake with butter • Two scoops of dairy ice cream Approximately 400 calories • Crumpet with butter and jam • Half pint of fortified milk • 30g of cereal with 100ml full fat milk Recipe: half pint of full cream milk, and add two tablespoons dried milk powder. • Two cream crackers with butter and cheddar cheese Milkshake • Two digestive biscuits with butter Recipe: half pint of full cream milk with two • Small pot of trifle tablespoons of milkshake powder. Add one scoop of ice cream. • Two oatcakes with butter • Fruit malt loaf with butter Visit our website: www.nhsaaa.net All our publications are available in other formats Follow us on Twitter @NHSaaa Find us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/nhsaaa Food first Are you losing weight without trying? Are you eating and drinking less than usual? If so, here’s some important changes you can make: Try and use one pint of whole milk a day. Enrich milk by adding four tablespoons of dried, skimmed milk powder to one pint of whole milk. Use this in tea, coffee, milky drinks, cereals and puddings. Fortify meals as much as possible by adding: • butter – spread thickly, add to potatoes and vegetables; • cheese – eat as a snack, add to sauces, vegetables, potatoes, pasta and grate over ready meals; and • cream – add to soups, puddings, stews, porridge, potatoes, fruit and puddings. Eat little and often Try to include two to three nourishing snacks a day (avoid low fat or diet products) – for example: • scones with butter, jam and cream; • crackers with cheese; ND15-004-CC/PIL18-0007 • thick and creamy yogurts; and • individual puddings. If you have diabetes, please contact your family doctor (GP), nurse or Take nourishing drinks. dietitian before making any of these changes. Milky tea, coffee, smoothies, lassi, hot chocolate or malted milk drinks. If you continue to struggle with your appetite or are still losing Make sure you take at least six to weight after four weeks of following eight drinks throughout the day. this advice, speak to your GP, nurse or dietitian. Visit our website: www.nhsaaa.net All our publications are available in other formats.

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