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How can I include MORE FAT in my mother's daily diet?
My mother's just started a serious liver treatment for the next 6-12 months that requires her to eat more fatty foods for all three meals a day. This will apparently help with the really intense nausea and other side effects that the treatment induces.
You would think this would be painlessly and enjoyably easy, but there are a couple challenges:
1) My mother has an East Asian palate. She is not accustomed to eating things like dairy or butter or cheese regularly, so adding these things at this point to her diet isn't appetizing - it's actively grossing her out. She bought an enormous cheesecake, thinking that it would be a good solution, but it turns out that even in healthier times she wasn't that into cheesecake in large amounts, and now with the nausea, that poor cheesecake is just unspeakably unappealing. Same with cream cheese, same with cooking vegetables in butter, same with every lasagna we have tried to foist on her. Any suggestions for non-dairy / non-western food prep ways to incorporate more fat?
2) My mother has a health food / plain sprouts / nine grain hippie palate and has been eating Whole Foods style decades before Whole Foods existed. She juices vegetables three times a day, steams everything, doesn't really ever cook with much oil (just a little olive oil), doesn't eat refined sugar or flour or white rice, and just doesn't really have a taste for fattier foods. I find this completely baffling, since I would live solely on fried chicken thighs, duck confit and jalapeno poppers if I could. So we are trying to figure out how to "sneak" more fat into her food without it tasting overly lardy or greasy. She's not interested in eating crappy hydrogenated fat. She's been eating avocados every day but is sick of them - I've suggested smuggling them into her vegetable smoothie and blending it up. Are there other ways in which we can put fattier foods into healthier ones? Any other places to hide avocados? Dear god I can't believe I'm asking this, but are there good ways to hide bacon?
I am looking for both tips for
- unobtrusive ways to add fat to her everyday meals (making scrambled eggs in butter instead of hard boiling them, for instance; adding some heavy cream to blended soups)
- as well as any delightfully rich recipes I can make when I visit that aren't really based in the kind of decadent bacon-cheese-duck-butter kind of thing that are my usual sumptuously fatty go-tos.
Thank you so much!
My mother's just started a serious liver treatment for the next 6-12 months that requires her to eat more fatty foods for all three meals a day. This will apparently help with the really intense nausea and other side effects that the treatment induces.
You would think this would be painlessly and enjoyably easy, but there are a couple challenges:
1) My mother has an East Asian palate. She is not accustomed to eating things like dairy or butter or cheese regularly, so adding these things at this point to her diet isn't appetizing - it's actively grossing her out. She bought an enormous cheesecake, thinking that it would be a good solution, but it turns out that even in healthier times she wasn't that into cheesecake in large amounts, and now with the nausea, that poor cheesecake is just unspeakably unappealing. Same with cream cheese, same with cooking vegetables in butter, same with every lasagna we have tried to foist on her. Any suggestions for non-dairy / non-western food prep ways to incorporate more fat?
2) My mother has a health food / plain sprouts / nine grain hippie palate and has been eating Whole Foods style decades before Whole Foods existed. She juices vegetables three times a day, steams everything, doesn't really ever cook with much oil (just a little olive oil), doesn't eat refined sugar or flour or white rice, and just doesn't really have a taste for fattier foods. I find this completely baffling, since I would live solely on fried chicken thighs, duck confit and jalapeno poppers if I could. So we are trying to figure out how to "sneak" more fat into her food without it tasting overly lardy or greasy. She's not interested in eating crappy hydrogenated fat. She's been eating avocados every day but is sick of them - I've suggested smuggling them into her vegetable smoothie and blending it up. Are there other ways in which we can put fattier foods into healthier ones? Any other places to hide avocados? Dear god I can't believe I'm asking this, but are there good ways to hide bacon?
I am looking for both tips for
- unobtrusive ways to add fat to her everyday meals (making scrambled eggs in butter instead of hard boiling them, for instance; adding some heavy cream to blended soups)
- as well as any delightfully rich recipes I can make when I visit that aren't really based in the kind of decadent bacon-cheese-duck-butter kind of thing that are my usual sumptuously fatty go-tos.
Thank you so much!
Best answer: Coconut milk and cream are good fatty east Asian foods - make curries with them etc.
posted by LobsterMitten at 6:41 PM on January 8, 2012 [9 favorites]
posted by LobsterMitten at 6:41 PM on January 8, 2012 [9 favorites]
Coconut milk! Curries, soups, sweets - lots of things you can do with coconut milk, and it's got plenty of fat.
posted by restless_nomad at 6:41 PM on January 8, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by restless_nomad at 6:41 PM on January 8, 2012 [4 favorites]
You mentioned that your mother has an E.Asian palate, have you thought about using coconut milk?
You can also add some heavy cream to scrambled eggs.
posted by sciencegeek at 6:43 PM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
You can also add some heavy cream to scrambled eggs.
posted by sciencegeek at 6:43 PM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
small portions of fattier fishes, like tuna, salmon, etc.?
posted by spinturtle at 6:47 PM on January 8, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by spinturtle at 6:47 PM on January 8, 2012 [3 favorites]
Also: almost every culture has a form of sausage; have you investigated the East Asian sausage options?
posted by sciencegeek at 6:48 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by sciencegeek at 6:48 PM on January 8, 2012
organic virgin coconut oil.
posted by InkaLomax at 6:51 PM on January 8, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by InkaLomax at 6:51 PM on January 8, 2012 [2 favorites]
Ghee! Coconut milk! Fatty cuts of meat (e.g. skin-on thighs, pork, higher fat ground beef, fatty tuna)!
Most recipes can benefit from the addition of oil or butter right before serving, at least to my tastebuds.
Eat out more instead of cooking.
posted by beepbeepboopboop at 6:54 PM on January 8, 2012
Most recipes can benefit from the addition of oil or butter right before serving, at least to my tastebuds.
Eat out more instead of cooking.
posted by beepbeepboopboop at 6:54 PM on January 8, 2012
How about adding oil when cooking, or to salads? Also, duck and chicken fat (don't know what East Asian cuisine she is used to but these are common in China, eaten together with the bird.) Also, nuts and seeds- can be added to salads or eaten on their own.
posted by bearette at 6:56 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by bearette at 6:56 PM on January 8, 2012
Add some coconut milk and coconut oil to smoothies, and disguise the avocados therein as well.
posted by rtha at 6:57 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by rtha at 6:57 PM on January 8, 2012
I make smoothies with coconut oil and coconut milk in them. I also put full-fat yogurt in, which she may not like as much. Nuts are also really good -- does she like macadamias? What about fish oil pills?
posted by gingerbeer at 6:57 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by gingerbeer at 6:57 PM on January 8, 2012
jinx
posted by rtha at 6:58 PM on January 8, 2012 [3 favorites]
posted by rtha at 6:58 PM on January 8, 2012 [3 favorites]
This seared tuna recipe is really delicious, and not at all greasy or fatty--the sauce is flavored with lime, chile, and ginger so there's plenty of brightness to balance the richness of the fish. I serve it with sriracha mayo for dipping, which would add fat but may be too greasy for your mom.
As for general tips, does she get too full eating salads with fatty add-ins? Avocado in a salad with lettuce and a light dressing might be easier to stomach than just plain avocado.
posted by Meg_Murry at 6:58 PM on January 8, 2012
As for general tips, does she get too full eating salads with fatty add-ins? Avocado in a salad with lettuce and a light dressing might be easier to stomach than just plain avocado.
posted by Meg_Murry at 6:58 PM on January 8, 2012
A thin layer of butter on her whole wheat toast? Top the butter with jam to disguise? Or out peanut butter on toast. Or peanut butter on raw carrots.
Crispy baked chicken thighs? The skin is my favorite part, but even if she takes it off after cooking some of the fat will remain.
Nut butter added to those veggie smoothies.
posted by bilabial at 6:59 PM on January 8, 2012
Crispy baked chicken thighs? The skin is my favorite part, but even if she takes it off after cooking some of the fat will remain.
Nut butter added to those veggie smoothies.
posted by bilabial at 6:59 PM on January 8, 2012
Best answer: Toasted sesame oil drizzled on things.
posted by needs more cowbell at 7:01 PM on January 8, 2012 [9 favorites]
posted by needs more cowbell at 7:01 PM on January 8, 2012 [9 favorites]
Best answer: Would she like Thai-style peanut sauce with steamed veggies? She (or you) could sneak in twice as much PB and use the natural style.
posted by shortyJBot at 7:03 PM on January 8, 2012 [5 favorites]
posted by shortyJBot at 7:03 PM on January 8, 2012 [5 favorites]
I think nuts are the simplest solution. The nice thing is you can have just a couple at a time - drink some water or tea to help yourself forget you did it - and do it again later.
Oil based salad dressings and fish should also be relatively easy things to incorporate.
Also look into some of the low-carb cookbooks out there - Atkins is a low carb/high fat diet, if I remember it right.
posted by SMPA at 7:07 PM on January 8, 2012
Oil based salad dressings and fish should also be relatively easy things to incorporate.
Also look into some of the low-carb cookbooks out there - Atkins is a low carb/high fat diet, if I remember it right.
posted by SMPA at 7:07 PM on January 8, 2012
A search for "low carb asian" also turns up some likely candidates.
posted by SMPA at 7:11 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by SMPA at 7:11 PM on January 8, 2012
Best answer: macadamia nuts are almost pure fat, and so very delicious. Chop some up and sprinkle on those salads. I think you can even get macadamia nut butter that she could spread on toast or crackers etc. Even peanut butter has plenty of fat, although not as much as macadamia.
posted by fingersandtoes at 7:12 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by fingersandtoes at 7:12 PM on January 8, 2012
Best answer: I adore coconut oil and will eat it with a spoon (which I really hope isn't going to kill me but it might be worth it). I highly recommend either Trader Joe's or Spectrum; they taste almost the same, and Trader Joe's is much cheaper. Whole Foods' store brand tastes disgusting.
posted by The corpse in the library at 7:19 PM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by The corpse in the library at 7:19 PM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
If she eats brown rice, I think you could add at least some olive oil without it really being noticeable. I usually add a little, about a tablespoon for one cup dry rice (at the beginning, before the water starts to boil) and it doesn't seem to affect the flavor or make it greasy.
And yeah, nuts in general and specifically cashews, which are really good in stir fry vegetable dishes.
posted by under satellites at 7:30 PM on January 8, 2012
And yeah, nuts in general and specifically cashews, which are really good in stir fry vegetable dishes.
posted by under satellites at 7:30 PM on January 8, 2012
Best answer: Umpteenthing "coconut oil!" Also coconut butter — nothing but pure coconut, finely ground into a paste.
I'd also suggest thinking about the usual hints for reducing fat and thinking about how they could be flipped. Rather than baked-not-fried, you'd do fried-not-baked. Instead of "brush lightly with oil before cooking", you'd dip in oil. Things like that.
posted by Lexica at 7:31 PM on January 8, 2012
I'd also suggest thinking about the usual hints for reducing fat and thinking about how they could be flipped. Rather than baked-not-fried, you'd do fried-not-baked. Instead of "brush lightly with oil before cooking", you'd dip in oil. Things like that.
posted by Lexica at 7:31 PM on January 8, 2012
Nut butters (add to oatmeal, cold noodles, for example) have quite a bit of fat in them (but also proteins & minerals--the good stuff) so you might try that.
I'm not sure if you/your mom prefers a particular type of cooking since "east asian" can mean a variety of cusines, I'll go with what I'm familiar with: chinese cooking. There is a traditional Chinese desert that's essentially coarsely ground up sesame seeds or almonds mixed with a little bit of hot water and sugar.
Also, consider using pork belly in meat dishes (see: twice cooked pork, traditional veggie & meat saute dishes like celery & pressed tofu with pork, chinese mustard/brocolli sautéed with pork, etc.).
posted by scalespace at 7:33 PM on January 8, 2012 [2 favorites]
I'm not sure if you/your mom prefers a particular type of cooking since "east asian" can mean a variety of cusines, I'll go with what I'm familiar with: chinese cooking. There is a traditional Chinese desert that's essentially coarsely ground up sesame seeds or almonds mixed with a little bit of hot water and sugar.
Also, consider using pork belly in meat dishes (see: twice cooked pork, traditional veggie & meat saute dishes like celery & pressed tofu with pork, chinese mustard/brocolli sautéed with pork, etc.).
posted by scalespace at 7:33 PM on January 8, 2012 [2 favorites]
Also, if she drinks tea, maybe you can consider switching to strong black tea and addding some cream.
posted by scalespace at 7:36 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by scalespace at 7:36 PM on January 8, 2012
Best answer: Prawn crackers and other fried items are a great way to take in extra fat without taking in a lot of bulk - I'm thinking of the vast variety of rice, tofu and nut-based crunchy snacks that tempt me every time I go to an Asian supermarket. Japanese style mayonnaise is also good and oily (I'm thinking of Kewpie brand but there are plenty of others) and goes surprisingly well with things. Toasted sesame oil is also a good taste enhancer too.
You haven't said if your mother is vegetarian or not. Small amounts of braised pork belly, lamb, duck, mackerel, salmon and eel (particularly the Japanese style unagi with it's tasty bbq sauce) are all quite fatty, but delicious. I'd suggest free-range and organic is the way to go, particularly with the pork - it's not quite as fatty but the extra flavour will likely make it easier to eat.
In that vein, I suggest laksa soup with her choice of protein and veg and make it with coconut cream and topped with deep fried scallions, red cooked pork belly with rice and veg, steamed chicken with scallion oil (like crack cocaine, that stuff!!), salmon sushi with avocado and eel, noodles with sesame oil (Korean jap-chae is both awesome and easy and can be made vegetarian with ease), spicy chilli lamb (like Mongolian lamb) with veg etc etc.
posted by ninazer0 at 7:36 PM on January 8, 2012 [3 favorites]
You haven't said if your mother is vegetarian or not. Small amounts of braised pork belly, lamb, duck, mackerel, salmon and eel (particularly the Japanese style unagi with it's tasty bbq sauce) are all quite fatty, but delicious. I'd suggest free-range and organic is the way to go, particularly with the pork - it's not quite as fatty but the extra flavour will likely make it easier to eat.
In that vein, I suggest laksa soup with her choice of protein and veg and make it with coconut cream and topped with deep fried scallions, red cooked pork belly with rice and veg, steamed chicken with scallion oil (like crack cocaine, that stuff!!), salmon sushi with avocado and eel, noodles with sesame oil (Korean jap-chae is both awesome and easy and can be made vegetarian with ease), spicy chilli lamb (like Mongolian lamb) with veg etc etc.
posted by ninazer0 at 7:36 PM on January 8, 2012 [3 favorites]
coconut cream, avocado, coconut oil, almond oil, ....
Get some Crisco into her diet--it's flavorless, so it'll work with anything. Ghee is clarified butter oil--it's pretty delicious too.
If incorporating it into the diet isn't working really well, maybe you could just make up a couple of small "fat shakes" for her to slug between meals to supplement--mix up a smoothie of coconut cream, coconut oil, some mango and lime and cardamom and honey.
Full-fat soy milk is also an option, and soy ice cream is pretty rich, and often comes in Asian flavors like green tea and mango.
posted by elizeh at 7:43 PM on January 8, 2012
Get some Crisco into her diet--it's flavorless, so it'll work with anything. Ghee is clarified butter oil--it's pretty delicious too.
If incorporating it into the diet isn't working really well, maybe you could just make up a couple of small "fat shakes" for her to slug between meals to supplement--mix up a smoothie of coconut cream, coconut oil, some mango and lime and cardamom and honey.
Full-fat soy milk is also an option, and soy ice cream is pretty rich, and often comes in Asian flavors like green tea and mango.
posted by elizeh at 7:43 PM on January 8, 2012
Oh, and remembering the times when I've had nausea, the last thing I'd want would be dairy or sweet stuff. I'd want simple tasting carbs. Is there an east-asian equivalent of a buttery biscuit? Maybe you could make some biscuits with half coconut oil and half butter, and half whole wheat flour?
Or...does she like naan? Butter up some naan.
posted by shortyJBot at 7:43 PM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
Or...does she like naan? Butter up some naan.
posted by shortyJBot at 7:43 PM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
I wonder if frozen or cold dairy might be more appealing? Mango lassis and milkshakes?
posted by yarly at 7:44 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by yarly at 7:44 PM on January 8, 2012
You could try coconut oil as well as coconut milk/cream. To me it doesn't have a dairy like taste as it's kind of sweet and I don't mind the texture, you can cook with it or use it as you would other fats.
posted by wwax at 7:45 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by wwax at 7:45 PM on January 8, 2012
Due to certain food sensitivities my daughter has a hard time getting enough calories at times. Try this, its delicious and extremely healthy
Small handful spinach
1/2 Dozen frozen strawberries
Tablespoon plus of Flaxseed Oil
Also, tablespoon of ground Flax seed
1/2 apple
1/4 cup ice
maybe a 1/3 cup of water
Blend it up. Takes a pretty good blender.
Extremely nutrient dense, tastes great. Looks pretty awful.
Rotate the greens as needed so as not to get alkaloid poisining if you are eating this daily, so rotate in various lettuces... Or leave greens out entirely. You may have to adjust the quantities to your taste, or to your blender. Loaded with good fats, anti-oxidants, fiber, etc.
Roughly speaking, 8 oz has around 400 calories
posted by jcworth at 7:45 PM on January 8, 2012
Small handful spinach
1/2 Dozen frozen strawberries
Tablespoon plus of Flaxseed Oil
Also, tablespoon of ground Flax seed
1/2 apple
1/4 cup ice
maybe a 1/3 cup of water
Blend it up. Takes a pretty good blender.
Extremely nutrient dense, tastes great. Looks pretty awful.
Rotate the greens as needed so as not to get alkaloid poisining if you are eating this daily, so rotate in various lettuces... Or leave greens out entirely. You may have to adjust the quantities to your taste, or to your blender. Loaded with good fats, anti-oxidants, fiber, etc.
Roughly speaking, 8 oz has around 400 calories
posted by jcworth at 7:45 PM on January 8, 2012
How would she feel about sauces or soups with coconut milk or heavy cream? Thai or Indian curry sauces and soups sometimes include one or both; Italian food (vodka cream sauce!) or French food can include the latter. Sauces don't have to be heavy to bury the food. A good dab will do her. My tastes, too, tend toward the spartan and spare, but a good cream sauce, where you're not even sure if it's the cream that's so good, but still you just want more, more....
posted by Violet Blue at 7:46 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by Violet Blue at 7:46 PM on January 8, 2012
Best answer: Also along the vein of chinese deserts/snacks--you can make red bean soup (adzuki bean soup) or mung bean soup, puree it, and add heavy cream or (very delish) coconut milk/cream to it. You can also turn this into a congee with some rice (brown rice is ok) and reserve half to puree and to add cream/coconut and add it back to the other half to give it some extra texture.
posted by scalespace at 7:48 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by scalespace at 7:48 PM on January 8, 2012
Banana chips are usually deep fried in coconut oil. Look for high fat nuts or seeds (walnuts, almonds, cashews (yum!), sunflower, pumpkin). Unsweetened dried coconut is good in smoothies (get shredded not flaked). Sprinkle sesame seeds on her food.
posted by hooray at 7:49 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by hooray at 7:49 PM on January 8, 2012
Also here to recommend coconut. Coconut has lauric acid which is incredibly healthy and healing. It tastes really good!
Palm shortening (not hydrogenated!) is pretty much tasteless if you get the white kind, strong flavor with the orange kind.
Since she likes juices, maybe try making smoothies? (http://primalsmoothies.com/) I recommend going slow in the beginning. I tried drinking an avocado and coconut milk smoothy. Delicious, yes. But very heavy. That was a month ago and I haven't had one since.
Look up Paleo recipes. They don't shy away from fatty foods.
Power to her. I had to make a drastic change in my diet and it was horrible at first. But you'd be surprised how fast the taste buds adapt to survive.
posted by Neekee at 7:49 PM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
Palm shortening (not hydrogenated!) is pretty much tasteless if you get the white kind, strong flavor with the orange kind.
Since she likes juices, maybe try making smoothies? (http://primalsmoothies.com/) I recommend going slow in the beginning. I tried drinking an avocado and coconut milk smoothy. Delicious, yes. But very heavy. That was a month ago and I haven't had one since.
Look up Paleo recipes. They don't shy away from fatty foods.
Power to her. I had to make a drastic change in my diet and it was horrible at first. But you'd be surprised how fast the taste buds adapt to survive.
posted by Neekee at 7:49 PM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
Oh, and avocados (1) + milk (any kind: 1 cup) + ice (1/2 cup) + vanilla or chocolate sauce (tsp or tbsp respectively) = old-fashioned milkshake.
Chopped up avocado next to cheese melted in an omelette is a nice place to add some fat, too.
posted by Violet Blue at 7:51 PM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
Chopped up avocado next to cheese melted in an omelette is a nice place to add some fat, too.
posted by Violet Blue at 7:51 PM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
Best answer: Also, avocados are eaten as fruits in Brazil. So we often blend them with lime juice and honey or sugar. Yummy pudding!
Or, you can blend avocado, cream or coconut milk, and sugar. Poor into ice cube trays. Tasty little pops :)
posted by Neekee at 7:55 PM on January 8, 2012 [3 favorites]
Or, you can blend avocado, cream or coconut milk, and sugar. Poor into ice cube trays. Tasty little pops :)
posted by Neekee at 7:55 PM on January 8, 2012 [3 favorites]
It's not eastern food, but has your mother ever tasted guacamole? Wonderful stuff IMHO. I buy this one.
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 7:58 PM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by Chocolate Pickle at 7:58 PM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
Tofu skin (a.k.a. fu pi, a.k.a. yuba) apparently gets about half its calories from fat. Even ordinary tofu and soymilk have nontrivial amounts of fat; my understanding is that soymilk is about even with 2% cow's milk in terms of fat content.
posted by nebulawindphone at 8:04 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by nebulawindphone at 8:04 PM on January 8, 2012
For ideas on what to do with coconut milk: black rice, or red rice with coconut milk and mango and/or strawberries and if she likes those rices it paves the way for other types of rice pudding.
But, this question has me wondering does she need to alter her diet, or just incorporate more fat into it? Because, if its the latter, she could either drink some olive oil straight off a spoon, or take it in pill form with her meals.
posted by squeak at 8:06 PM on January 8, 2012
But, this question has me wondering does she need to alter her diet, or just incorporate more fat into it? Because, if its the latter, she could either drink some olive oil straight off a spoon, or take it in pill form with her meals.
posted by squeak at 8:06 PM on January 8, 2012
Best answer: Avocado oil is good on salads. It's also great for cooking with, but not cheap.
posted by The corpse in the library at 8:13 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by The corpse in the library at 8:13 PM on January 8, 2012
Mango sticky rice is a light dessert that uses coconut milk. You could probably bump up the fat even more by including some coconut oil and ground nuts in place of the sesame seeds.
posted by goggie at 8:24 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by goggie at 8:24 PM on January 8, 2012
Nutella is pretty easy to swallow. What about preserved meats like salami or summer sausage that can be served cold and sliced very thinly so that they don't seem (as) greasy?
Also, hummus made with tahini and olive oil. More fat than I wanted to find out about, but at least it's all unsaturated.
posted by halfbuckaroo at 8:34 PM on January 8, 2012
Also, hummus made with tahini and olive oil. More fat than I wanted to find out about, but at least it's all unsaturated.
posted by halfbuckaroo at 8:34 PM on January 8, 2012
The easiest way would be to take olive oil capsules as supplement to diet.
posted by francesca too at 8:37 PM on January 8, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by francesca too at 8:37 PM on January 8, 2012 [2 favorites]
In addition to the things-simmered-in-coconut-milk food group, lots of East Asian cultures I can think of have a fried-folded-stuffed-flat-starch food group. Whatever the version, those fried things can generally be made in a small crunchy version with fillings of reasonably nutritious foods. Potentially easier for queasy people with light appetites.
posted by gingerest at 9:57 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by gingerest at 9:57 PM on January 8, 2012
Coconut Manna (Nutiva brand) or coconut butter (Artisana brand, which also has a chocolatey version)? I buy these at Whole Foods (not cheap, but sometimes they go on sale). They have a more distinctly coconut flavour than coconut oil.
posted by cybercoitus interruptus at 11:02 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by cybercoitus interruptus at 11:02 PM on January 8, 2012
Nuts are a great choice, as they can be added to all manner of sweet and savory preparations, as well as serve as a good snack.
Avocados are great as a spread for sandwiches.
If you can sneak cream or milk into her smoothies, that will help too.
posted by Night_owl at 11:19 PM on January 8, 2012
Avocados are great as a spread for sandwiches.
If you can sneak cream or milk into her smoothies, that will help too.
posted by Night_owl at 11:19 PM on January 8, 2012
Soybeans are about 40% fat. Steamed edamame are delicious and satisfying. You can also drizzle them with oil and toss for added fat. Plus it's super healthy fat.
posted by looli at 11:49 PM on January 8, 2012
posted by looli at 11:49 PM on January 8, 2012
Best answer: You mentioned that she has scrambled eggs. If you're using 2 or 3 eggs, try discarding one or two of the egg whites and adding the yolks of a 3rd or 4th egg.
posted by marsha56 at 11:55 PM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
posted by marsha56 at 11:55 PM on January 8, 2012 [1 favorite]
I know you said she doesn't like dairy or cheese and that yogurt counts, but... what about yogurt? Faye is really creamy and thick, plus it goes well in smoothies too.
posted by Ms. Moonlight at 12:04 AM on January 9, 2012
posted by Ms. Moonlight at 12:04 AM on January 9, 2012
If she's a natural foods eater, I suggest making your own guacamole. All you need is a few avocados, tomato, a red onion, fresh garlic, lime juice, and some spices (I use cayenne, salt, and crushed cumin). I get kind of grossed out by the store bought stuff.
I also eat a lot of avocado sandwiches, which involve smashing avocado with some olive oil and salt and spreading it on bread, topping with tomatoes, spinach, balsamic vinegar, &c. Tastes amazing on toasted, whole grain bread. As someone else mentioned, it would make a good spread on a lot of sandwiches.
posted by stoneandstar at 12:21 AM on January 9, 2012
I also eat a lot of avocado sandwiches, which involve smashing avocado with some olive oil and salt and spreading it on bread, topping with tomatoes, spinach, balsamic vinegar, &c. Tastes amazing on toasted, whole grain bread. As someone else mentioned, it would make a good spread on a lot of sandwiches.
posted by stoneandstar at 12:21 AM on January 9, 2012
I was just going to suggest oil capsules as well -- fish oil are the most common, but you can find olive and flaxseed pretty easily as well (Whole Foods has a whole aisle of them). Of course, she should check with her doctor first to make sure these are ok.
posted by bluefly at 5:02 AM on January 9, 2012
posted by bluefly at 5:02 AM on January 9, 2012
2nding homemade hummus (if you don't have tahini on hand, I've used a little seasame oil for the flavoring before).
posted by ejaned8 at 5:39 AM on January 9, 2012
posted by ejaned8 at 5:39 AM on January 9, 2012
Best answer: You can also get DHA from algae if she can't tolerate fish oil capsules. They make me nauseous and burp up fishy taste. I take the DHA 900 (450 mg per capsule). Dr. Oz recommends it.
Also, chickpeas have fat in them. How about some hummus? That has olive oil in it as well. Speaking of olive oil, would she go for pesto?
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 6:00 AM on January 9, 2012
Also, chickpeas have fat in them. How about some hummus? That has olive oil in it as well. Speaking of olive oil, would she go for pesto?
posted by Marie Mon Dieu at 6:00 AM on January 9, 2012
Response by poster: You are amazing. Thank you for all of these great suggestions.
posted by sestaaak at 7:41 AM on January 9, 2012
posted by sestaaak at 7:41 AM on January 9, 2012
You can also add toasted sesame oil to commercial hummus (just drizzle on top) and it's delicious.
It's easy to make your own hummus (esp if you have a blender/food processor) -- you could try replacing the olive oil with different oils to up the fat content.
posted by LobsterMitten at 11:32 AM on January 9, 2012
It's easy to make your own hummus (esp if you have a blender/food processor) -- you could try replacing the olive oil with different oils to up the fat content.
posted by LobsterMitten at 11:32 AM on January 9, 2012
I've recently read an article on this very topic - "How to Eat More Fat".
posted by Earl the Polliwog at 2:45 PM on January 10, 2012
posted by Earl the Polliwog at 2:45 PM on January 10, 2012
For fish oil without the fishy burps, I use Coromega. You can eat it straight out of the packet if you don't mind the taste or you can put it into a smoothie or yogurt.
It's a little pricy but worth it not to have the fish taste coming back on you for hours. I order mine from Amazon, it's a lot cheaper there than I've found in stores around here.
posted by Serene Empress Dork at 3:30 AM on June 22, 2012
It's a little pricy but worth it not to have the fish taste coming back on you for hours. I order mine from Amazon, it's a lot cheaper there than I've found in stores around here.
posted by Serene Empress Dork at 3:30 AM on June 22, 2012
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