Food for skinny and picky toddlers

tondraluv · June 2014

I need some help on meals that I can make for Brayden. He is very thin (both my husband and I are as well) and gains weight very slowly. His doctor said to feed him food high in calories and fat. He is not a huge fan of meat so i'm stuck on what to feed him? Anyone have good suggestions of stuff your LO's really like? Here's a breakdown of my go to foods:

Hummus and avocado sandwiches

Oatmeal

English muffins

he'll eat every fruit

Eggs

Turkey meat

Egg noodles with butter

spaghetti with turkey meat

veggies with some sort of dip

ceamac0127 · June 2014

Cheese!!!! Just make sure to counteract it with a fiber food too

Eta: sorry I got so excited about cheese I hit reply too fast

If he likes spaghetti try throwing some ground up spinach, carrots etc into the sauce
Whipped cream cheese on the English muffin
Cottage cheese
Full fat yogurt

ClandestineX · June 2014

Well, Connor isn't picky by any means, but he does love anything with tomato sauce. Spaghetti, Lasagna, or any pasta with tomato sauce with spinach and seasoning mixed in. Those are very fattening.

I also found out he loves lemon chicken. Squirt some lemon juice on slow simmer, use Greek seasoning and Garlic salt.. he'll eat that up.

Have you tried sausage?

Cottage cheese with some fruit in it to try and mask the taste of it. It has a high amount of fat.

Cooking with olive oil will raise the fat levels too.

tondraluv · June 2014

ClandestineX said:

Well, Connor isn't picky by any means, but he does love anything with tomato sauce. Spaghetti, Lasagna, or any pasta with tomato sauce with spinach and seasoning mixed in. Those are very fattening.

I also found out he loves lemon chicken. Squirt some lemon juice on slow simmer, use Greek seasoning and Garlic salt.. he'll eat that up.

Have you tried sausage?

Cottage cheese with some fruit in it to try and mask the taste of it. It has a high amount of fat.

Cooking with olive oil will raise the fat levels too.

I never knew this, I mostly use olive oil

ClandestineX · June 2014

tondraluv said:
I never knew this, I mostly use olive oil

Yeah, it has a lot of it. Bodybuilders and weightlifters on Keto that need their fat calories in (because being on a high fat/protein diet makes you forget about eating you are always so full) drink shots of it. I tried it once, never again.

MrsHartman7 · June 2014

I second the cheese, we get blocks of soft cheeses and cube it really small, he loves it!

tondraluv · June 2014

@knitfaced he loves almond butter. I hadn't thought of the beans and rice or the roasted sweet potatoes. He'll love that! Thank you ladies

MKC12/22/2006 · June 2014

Check out the weelicious website and her cookbooks. I have already found a bunch of good stuff from there!

elbou · June 2014

I was going to suggest cheese too. You can also melt it over pretty much any veggie. If he likes cheese, that is a great way to get him to eat new veggies or ones he's not particularly fond of.

LifesGoodMom · June 2014

I second peanut/almond butter. I always offer a few spoonfuls if that if lo hasn't eaten much that day. I'd also try adding butter to anything you can. Have you ever used coconut milk. It a good fat and super high in calories. Get full fat (not light) and put the can in the fridge. Scoop out the cream on top and add it to smoothies, scrambled eggs, guac, etc. It doesn't have a strong flavor so won't change the dish too much.

katielyn1 · June 2014

I agree on cheese. When Rylee is being picky she will always eat cottage cheese. High in protein.

burneyonboard · June 2014

I found tons of recipes for meals on Pinterest.

jaime52005 · June 2014

What kind of yogurt do u guys use? I can't stand the smell of Greek yogurt so it doesnot enter this house

tondraluv · June 2014

@jaime52005 he's lactose intolerant so we do soy yogurt (and cheese). He's not really feeling either of those.

MKC12/22/2006 · June 2014

tondraluv said:
@jaime52005 he's lactose intolerant so we do soy yogurt (and cheese). He's not really feeling either of those.

There's very little lactose in Greek yogurt. Many cheeses have no lactose. Check the nutrition label; zero grams of sugar also means no lactose.

https://healthyeating.sfgate.com/can-lactose-intolerant-eat-yogurt-aged-cheese-6130.html

bumpuser5078523 · June 2014

Logan will eat pretty much any sauce. He also eats meat if it has sauce on it.

Sometimes he won't even try a bite when I know he will like it. I put some on my finger and make him taste it. Easier said than done sometimes. Usually he will eat it after he tastes how delicious it is. Nine times out of ten.

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