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Adding nourishing extras to the foods that you eat can make each mouthful more wholesome. It will increase your energy and protein intake without the need for having a bigger portion.

 

Try to enrich food and drinks by adding extra ingredients using the table below:

Fortifying your foods

Add sugar, jam, honey, syrup to:	Cereal or porridge  Puddings Hot Drinks  Milkshakes or smoothies
Add extra fats (e.g. butter, margarine, spread, oils, mayonnaise, vegan-style mayonnaise) to:	Mashed potato or pasta dishes  Toast or bread  Sauces
Add cream, crème fraiche, vegan style crème fraiche, full fat milk, coconut or cashew cream to:	Sauces and soups  Mashed potato or pasta dishes  Puddings, pastry and cakes  Cereal or porridge  Milkshakes or smoothies
Add grated cheese or vegan cheese to:	Sauces and soups  Mashed potato or pasta dishes  Pizza Scrambled eggs or omelettes  Beans or spaghetti on toast
Add skimmed milk powder to:	Milk  Porridge  Mashed potato  Creamy sauces and soups  Custard and milky puddings  Milkshakes
Add vegan protein powder (e.g. hemp or pea protein) to:	Porridge Mashed potato  Creamy-style-style sauces and soups  Smoothies
Add nut or seed butters (e.g. peanut or almond butter, tahini or sunflower seed butter), or soaked and blended nuts (e.g. cashews) to:	Porridge Pulse-based stews or curries Smoothies Creamy sauces and soups Puddings
Sprinkle raw seeds or toasted and flavoured seeds (e.g. with tamari or garlic powder) on to:	Pasta dishes or stews Roasted vegetables Salads and vegetables
Add cream or vegan style cream, evaporated or condensed milk, coconut milk, yoghurt or plant-based yoghurt, crème fraîche, custard, ice cream or non-dairy ice cream to:	Puddings and desserts Fruit, fruit pies or crumbles Jelly Cakes and pastries