Hit me with the really fattening but healthy stuff

[sosurreal09]

DD just is not gaining weight too well. I am not super worried about it. Her Dr isn't either but did say I need to push fatty foods. We eat really, really healthy and my 16 m/o would choose green veggies over any other food including sweets. She loves veggies so much she cries for more once she's finished them on the plate. So her diet contains mostly veggies. She is still BFing and it's like 6-12x a day. I am very sure most of her fat comes from BM. I also have been eating very healthy and am trying to loose some weight. IDK if I need to eat a certain amount of fat per day for her. I eat 1600-1900 calories a day. My fat is usually around 70grams.

She isn't too big on meat, but does love eggs. She will eat some carbs like potatoes.

We are dairy free.

We use the so delicious coconut products instead of dairy and we use earths balance for butter. We use extra virgin olive oil a lot and canola for cooking.

She won't eat avacado, which is the only healthy at thing I can come up with besides the olive oil and coconut stuff. Has anyone every tried baking with avacado (maybe as an egg replacement?) I have been trying to sneak it into dinner and stuff but she just won't eat it.

So what healthy fattening foods can I get my toddler to eat?

Edited by sosurreal09 - 2/12/11 at 4:00pm

[Mom2M]

subbing because I'm interested in this re DD

[blumooned]

Do you put the olive oil on her veggies?  I'd start there since you know she already wants to eat them.

Do you use coconut milk or coconut oil?  You could use that in baking & it would taste great!

How about nuts & nut butters? 

I've never baked with avocado, but there was a recipe in Mothering not too long ago for chocolate pudding with avocado - it was pretty good!  I can't find the recipe on here, but maybe someone else knows it?

[sosurreal09]

I do use coconut milk and oil a lot.

I will have to start putting olive oil on her vegs. I always like mine plain so I guess that's why I haven't thought of that.

Forgot to mention she will eat pasta too, and we eat toffutti cream cheese and sour cream, and Daiya cheddar

[HollyBearsMom]

I second nuts and nut butters.  All good fats and protein.

Hummus and other bean dips (red/black bean, etc) is good.  Eat by itself, as a dip, a sandwich topping.

If she eats pasta she might like dan dan noodles (cold peanut sesame noodles)

Will she eat guacamole? Some kids who don't like plain avocado will eat them that way.  You can also add it to smoothies.

[omelette]

Smoothies with avocado, flax oil or olive oil, or nut butter

My son didn't like avocado by itself but he'd eat it mashed with banana.

Oil on her veggies is a great suggestion along with nuts and nut butter.

I've made the avocado chocolate pudding and just experimented with the amount of sweetener and cocoa.  It's pretty yummy.

[blumooned]

I still can't find the recipe that was in the magazine, but here's another thread where they're discussing it & give some suggestions.

[sosurreal09]

sweet. I bought some avacados today and some more coconut yogurt (that has like 7grams of fat)

I am having trouble getting her to eat the nut butters, she's not much for bread or sandwiches. I got some hummus and some wraps for a turkey and hummus wrap.

[Mom2M]

Good idea with the noodles. I hope it's ok to jump in here! DD has a bad reaction to coconut and dairy so I've been having a hard time getting her enough calories. At least I think she's short on calories, she nurses a lot, but she hasn't put on any weight in a few months
she used to eat beans and avocado but won't anymore, it's pasta and cous cous but she likes tomato sauce so I'll try adding stuff to the sauce. I'm going to try millet tomorrow because she won't eat quinoa either.

[askew]

Peanut sauce? We do noodles in peanut sauce for my kids. My 19 month old fell off the growth chart recently. We do at least one egg yolk a day, half an avocado, and butter in all her foods. I also add coconut oil or olive oil to things where flavor would be best. 

[Storm Bride]

Originally Posted by sosurreal09 

I am having trouble getting her to eat the nut butters, she's not much for bread or sandwiches.

Have you tried just serving it on a spoon or something? DD1 and I both like a dollop of plain nut butter on a plate, and then we eat it with a spoon.

[Smokering]

Well, if she loves veggies... dips! You can load them up with all sorts of things - think liver pate, or hummus made with lots of olive oil, or a sour cream dip... or even straight, softened garlic and herb butter. Or peanut butter (by itself, or mixed with cream cheese or even just a bit of cream). Or pesto mixed with sour cream or cream cheese.

Iced chocolates made with lots of cream are a yummy way to get fat into kids. Same with ice cream, if you can find a not-too-sugary recipe. (We make pretty conventional, albeit gourmet, ice cream - it does have too much refined sugar, but about 6 egg yolks and 2 cups of cream per batch, so I figure it could be worse, dessert-wise!)

If she likes eggs, what about devilling them (add butter and herbs to the yolk, mash and pop back into the white)? What about strips of bacon? Salami? Grated cheese melted over her cooked veggies?

ETA: Oops, sorry, didn't see the dairy-free thing. Some of those ideas would work just as well with coconut or olive oil instead of butter, though...

[jimblejamble]

Here's a yummy smoothie. It makes a LOT so scale it down for a young child.

1/4 a ripe pineapple
1 banana
1/2 can coconut milk
1 or 2 pieces of kale; remove stems
A few ice cubes
Blend until smooth

I've seen recipes for avocado "chocolate" pudding. I can't remember the exact recipe but it was something like 1/2 an avocado, 1/2 a banana, a teaspoon or so of carob powder, and a tiny drizzle of honey or maple syrup. Mash and then mix until creamy.