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There aren't really any recipes specifically for people who want to gain weight, but we thought we'd try to collect some
of the favourites from the board, to give you some ideas and maybe something new to try :-)
Most of these recipes are higher in calories than your average meal, or have become favourites because they are
calorie-dense (meaning, a lot of calories in a fairly small amount of food). But either way, try them out and see if you like
them.
And if you have more to share, email us!
Convenience Foods with a Twist
No time to eat healthy?
Here are some great tips for being prepared for a busy working week:
If you're working 6 or 7 days a week, you're messing up your health in a major way.
If you have a
regular 2-day weekend, drag yourself out of bed the first day and shop and prepare all your food for the week.
Measure out hot cereal and keep it in ziplock bags, divvy up frozen fruits and put them in single serving containers in
the freezer. In the morning, pour pre-measured cereal and milk into a large bowl, pour frozen fruit into another bowl, nuke
and there's your breakfast.
For lunch:
Single serve packs of yogurt and other desserts, fruit, sandwiches, nuts and cookies are good choices.
Set
up five bags, put it 1 or 2 yogurts, 1 or 2 fruits, a little ziplock bag with nuts, trail mix or cookies, a tetra-pak of juice,
milk or soy milk, and put it in the fridge. Keep your bread in the freezer, make a sandwich on frozen bread in the evening
and add it to one of your lunch bags. Then in the morning you just need to grab your lunch bag and go.
For dinner:
Make large amounts of meals that freeze well, like lasagna or chili, and keep them for near the end of the
week.
Things like mashed potatoes (sweet or white) and vegetables will keep in the fridge for 3 or 4 days, then you just
need to make an omelet and there's dinner. I usually pre-portion my meals in individual serving containers, so I just need
to take it out, heat and eat.
Convenience is the key. You need to plan your meals and get everything ready on the weekend, because if you need to go
out of your way to look for food when you're tired you're not going to eat.
posted by: smallshark
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As for foods that freeze well and are easy to make ahead, add shepherd's pie to the list. I make mine in an aluminium
freezer container, with no pie shell, just layer meat, corn (or peas and carrots if I'm out of corn) and mashed potatoes,
put the lid on and label it and stick in the freezer. The aluminium container can go straight into the oven to heat it up
and brown the potatoes. Technically, any savoury pie can be frozen, but shepherd's is easiest because my version doesn't require
any pie dough.
Also, soups work really well for make-ahead-and-freeze cooking sprees. I especially love the really
thick, hearty soups like barley, pureed vegetable, thick minestrone (add extra veggies and pasta to a regular recipe) and
of course stews. Have it with some bread and butter, and maybe some salad if you like and you're set. Or freeze the soup in
smaller containers and have it as a starter with your dinner (say, broccoli and potato soup, followed by spaghetti with meat
sauce - speaking of which, spaghetti sauce is also great in the freezer :-)
posted by: cl-miika4
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