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Does anyone have suggestions for high calorie non dairy foods?

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glamourbadger · 13/12/2006 12:36

One of my twins suffers terrible reflux and I'm looking for high calorie food suggestions that don't contain dairy. I started weaning 2 months ago and when we got established started adding cheese, cream, butter etc in the hope of fattening her up. Sadly all the high cal dairy products seems to leave her in a lot of pain. She is 8 months but still a tiny baby.

Have been reading the posts and it looks like a few other people are in the same boat. Would really appreciate any suggestions (other than avocado which she has every second meal!). Thanks for your help.

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merryberry · 13/12/2006 13:03

HOw about pureeing chestnuts from those gourmet vacuum packs? Can reduce consistency with splash of water if too thick. Mixes well with savouary purees and sweet. Think they add good nutrution?

Lovely sweetish taste. DS adored them, now eats them as finger food snack as well. HTH, goog luck.

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saadia · 13/12/2006 13:05

How about adding olive oil to veg purees. I give my dss peanut butter in their porridge but your dd is too young for peanuts.

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MerryPiffmas · 13/12/2006 13:07

olive oil, avocado oil.
Is your dd low weight gain at all?

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Heathcliffscathy · 13/12/2006 13:24

mashed avocados

goats milk butter and cream all available in waitrose and the first two in sainburys.

goats cheese.

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yulemoonfiend · 13/12/2006 13:25

bananas?

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glamourbadger · 18/12/2006 14:30

Many thanks for these suggestions - I will try adding oil and investigate goats butter. I seem to recall goats milk tasting like sick but babies do tend to enjoy things I find unpalatable! Chestnuts sound like a great idea too.

DD has been completely dairy free for 2 weeks and it's made a huge improvement to her reflux. I feel terrible I was making her suffer more than she had to

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MrsBadger · 18/12/2006 14:36

nice to see another badger on MN!

If she's into finger foods then take a deep breath and think about making pastry with lard for little tarts or pies, or as fingers to dip in hummus etc - bit of a pain if you don't have a processor but non-dairy and crammed with calories.
The other thing that's not cheap but is in all the shops at the moment is goose fat - makes fantastic roast potatoes and would work to beef up mash and purées too.

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glamourbadger · 18/12/2006 14:45

MrsBadger - I am waggling my bobtail at you!

Amazing how you spend your whole life on a diet only to feed your children lard...