Snack Ideas  
Food Groups
Meal Additions
Weight Gain Recipes

• Ice Cream
• Pudding
• Refried Beans
• Yogurt

Milk & Milk Products

• Add powdered skim milk to regular whole milk (1 quart milk with 1 cup powdered milk) or substitute sweetened condensed milk for milk or water in cooking whenever possible (in condensed soups, hot cocoa, or pudding mix)
• Serve pudding, cocoa, milk shakes, cream soup, custard, ice cream or eggnog as a snack
• Add powdered milk to yogurt, casseroles, bread, muffins, sauces, or gravies
• Add cheese to sandwiches, meats, potato, salads, vegetables, rice, pasta and cream sauces
• Top crackers, vegetables, or pasta with cream cheese or cottage cheese
• Mix plain or flavored yogurt with ice cream, shakes, or granola, or serve with whole grain cookies, cereal, or waffles
• Blend Carnation Instant Breakfast with whole milk, or add fruit to make milk shakes

Meats & Other Proteins

• Add small pieces of cooked meat, fish, poultry or eggs to salads, casseroles, soup, vegetables, omelets, or noodles
• Add eggs to French toast or pancake batter, custards, pudding, deviled sandwich spreads, cheesecake, hamburger patties, meatloaf, or casseroles
• Spread peanut butter on breads, fruit or, vegetables, or blend in smoothies
• Sprinkle crushed nuts onto desserts, salads, yogurt, vegetables or fruits**
• Use textured vegetable protein or legumes in casseroles, soups, cheese, or milk dishes
• Offer simple fried foods such as chicken or fish
• Serve meat with extra gravy or sauce

Fruits & Vegetables

• Add mashed fruits to milk, yogurt, shakes, ice cream, and pudding
• Make jello using juice instead of water
• Add less water when making juice from frozen concentrate
• Add honey or syrup to fruit in juice or vegetables
• Add dried fruits** to muffins, cookies, cereal, and cake batter, or serve with nuts** as a snack
• Serve vegetables raw with a dip or cooked cream style
• Add small amounts of butter, vegetable oil, or sour cream, or cheese to vegetables

Grains

• Make hot cereals with milk or juice instead of water
• Use high protein noodles and grains in casseroles and soups
• Serve granola over ice cream, frozen yogurt, or fruit, or mix it with nuts** or dried fruit**
• Offer whole grain desserts such as oatmeal, raisin bran** or peanut butter cookies
• Top muffins, toast, crackers, pancakes with margarine, cream cheese, syrup, jam, peanut butter, cheese or honey

Butter, Margarine, Vegetable Oil
Add  to soups, cooked vegetables, hot cereals, beans, rice, noodles, potatoes, casseroles, stir into sauces and gravies

Carnation Instant Breakfast
(a food supplement)
Add a package to a cup of regular milk or add to riped fruit, ice cream, and milk to make milkshakes.

Cheeses
Give as snacks or in a sandwich. Add to casseroles, potatoes, breads, beans, rice, noodles, and meatloaf. Melt on hamburger, fish or other meats, tortillas, eggs, cooked vegetables.

Dried fruits*Serve as snacks or mix chopped
Dried fruits in cereal or cake batter. Do not forget  to brush your child’s teeth afterwards.

Ice Cream
Serve as snacks or use in 
milkshakes.

Milk, Regular
Substitute for water in soups,
Hot cocoa, pudding mixes

Milk, Powdered Lowfat/Skim
Add 2-4 tablespoons to 1 cup regular milk.  Mix into casseroles, meatloaf, sauces, cream, soups, breads, muffins, hot cereals, and puddings.

Nuts*
Add crushed nuts to ice cream, yogurt, cereal, cake batter, canned fruits, casseroles, and entree.

Banana Smoothie

Ingredients
½ cup milk
½ banana
½ cup ice milk

Instructions
Mix in blender

Orange Smoothie

Ingredients
½ cup orange juice
½ cup ice milk

Instructions
Mix in blender

Strawberry Smoothie

Ingredients
¾ cup milk
½ cup fresh or frozen  strawberries
½ cup ice milk

Instructions
Mix in blender

Super Shake

Ingredients
1 cup ice cream
1 cup milk
2 package Carnation Instant Breakfast

Instructions
Blend well

Super Pudding

Ingredients
2 cups milk
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 package (4-1/2 oz) instant pudding
¾ cup nonfat dry milk powder

Instructions
Stir milk and oil.
Add pudding mix and mix well
Pour into dishes of ½ cup servings.