Make fortified milk (4 tablespoons milk powder mixed into a pint of milk) and use
this for your drinks and in cooking in porridge, sauces, soup and milk puddings.
SNACKS AND SMALL MEALS
Keep snacks to hand so you can nibble throughout the day.
Nuts, Bombay mix, pasteurised cheese, pate, peanut butter, biscuits, crackers,
breadsticks, dips – such as hummus or tarasamalata, crisps, nachos, tortilla
chips, pepperoni, cheese dippers.
Fresh and canned fruit, popcorn, yoghurt, muesli bars, chocolate, sweets, dried
fruit, breakfast cereal eg crunchy nut cornflakes.
Teacakes, muffins, crumpets, croissants
Sandwiches
These can be made from sliced bread, toast, bagels, baguette, chapatti or pitta
bread. Fill with cold meats, tinned fish, pate, dhal, hummus, egg, bacon, cheese
or peanut butter. Add mayonnaise, pickles, chutneys, salad or avocado to make
them more interesting.
On toast
Baked beans, cheese, sardines, eggs – poached, scrambled or fried. Add
plenty of butter or margarine and top with grated cheese.
French toast (eggy bread) or omelette.
Add cheese / mushrooms/ ham
Jacket potatoes
With butter and fillings such as cheese, beans, tuna mayonnaise, chilli con
carne, coleslaw, bolognaise sauce, hummus or sour cream.
Ready made meals
Can be frozen, chilled, tinned or boil in bag