Find Relatively healthy foods with high energy densities

• Pasta tossed with with olive or canola oil and shredded cheese.
• You can use durum wheat pastas made partly with dried vegetables, such as spinach or tomato, for some added nutrition.
• Nuts - almonds, pecans, pistachios, peanuts (be aware of peanut allergy), cashews, etc.
• Dried fruit - raisins and dried bananas are good for weight gain. You can eat a dried plum much quicker than a whole plum but they both have the same amount of calories.
• Even for older kids, baby foods like banana or banana with strawberries can make a healthy, relatively high calorie snack.
• I think baby food is helpful for weight gain because the blending and mixing with water make it easier to digest.
• Higher calories vegetables include peas, corn, potatoes, yams and sweet potatoes. Mashed potatoes with butter and cream are an instant hit with kids.
• Nutritious high calorie drinks, like fruit and vegetable juices, may be helpful for weight gain.

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