High Protein Food List

Cheese

• Cheese and crackers
• Cut up cheese cubes
• Grilled cheese sandwich 
• Add to breads, casseroles, mashed potatoes, noodles, popcorn, salads, rice, sauces, and vegetable dishes

Cottage or Ricotta Cheese

• Eat with fruit and crackers 
• Add to spaghetti or pasta dishes
• Pancake or waffle batter

Eggs

• Keep hard boiled eggs in the refrigerator for a quick snack
• Add eggs to tuna or chicken salad 
• Add cooked eggs to casseroles, creamed meats, dressings, salads, vegetable dishes

Liquid Eggs

• Add into casseroles, dressings, milkshakes, gravies, sauces, pudding, custard

Uncooked Egg Yolks

• Add extra yolks custard, quiche, scrambled eggs, or pancake mix, meatloaf, hamburgers, omelets

Cooked Egg Yolks

• Add extra to egg salad or deviled eggs.

Instant Breakfast

• Add to hot cocoa, custard, milk, milk shakes, pudding or eggnog.

Beans and Legumes

• Baked Beans, hummus, rice and beans, bean soup 
• Add to casseroles, salads, pasta, soups, quiche, soufflés, stuffing

Meat, Fish, Poultry

• Add strained baby meats to soup or meatloaf dishes
• Add diced or canned shrimp, crab, ham, in your favorite sauce, serve over rice, noodles, toast or biscuits
• Add Bacon crumbles to all your favorite foods

Half and Half or Evaporated Milk

• Use anywhere it calls for water or milk. 
• Hot cereal, hot chocolate, pudding, salad dressing, sauces, soup, cream sauces with vegetables, casseroles, rice, noodles, pasta

Double Strength Milk:  Blend 1 cup powdered milk for 1 quart of whole milk.

• Use in place of milk. 
• Use in casseroles, cereal, hot chocolate, mashed potatoes, pudding, sauces, shakes, soup

Powdered Milk Use anywhere

• Add ½ - ¾ cup to each pound ground meat
• Equal parts dried milk to oatmeal/cream of wheat before cooking
• Add 1/3 cup dried milk powder to 2 cups vegetable puree. Add water or milk to preferred consistency
• Add to bread, mayonnaise for mixing salads, casseroles, cookie batter, meatloaf, creamed meat, muffins, cottage cheese, pancake batter, gravies, mashed potatoes, pie, scrambled eggs, waffle batter

Nuts

• Snack by themselves. 
• Dip fruit in yogurt and roll in nuts. 
• Add chopped or ground nuts to:

            • Bread
            • Hot Cereal
            • Ice Cream
            • Muffins
            • Cookies
            • Puddings
            • Vegetables
            • Yogurt
            • Pancakes
            • Salads

• Peanut Butter Sandwich
• Dip fruits in peanut butter
• Spread on crackers
• Spread on celery

**Sandwich Special: Peanut butter, honey, and bananas

• Add to cookies, breads, muffins
• Blend with ice cream, make a milkshake
• Add to frosting

Wheat Germ

• Crunchy Topping for casseroles
• Add to cereal, frozen yogurt, fruit, ice cream, muffins, toast, vegetables 
• Add to batters for pancakes, waffles, French toast, muffins, and breads
• Substitute for bread crumbs

Yogurt

• Have with Fruit and Granola
• Use to make smoothies or shakes 
• Add plain flavored yogurt to pancake or waffle batter
• Hot or cold cereal
• Add to gravies or fruit salad dressings

High Calorie Recipes

Easy Cheesy Potato Soup -          2 cups milk -          2 tablespoons flour -          2 tablespoons margarine, melted -          1 teaspoon salt -          Dash pepper (as tolerated) -          1 Potato, cut into chunks -          1 cup canned peas -          1 cup Shredded cheddar cheese Heat until thickened and serve. http://www.cancer.org/docroot/MBC/content/MBC_6_2X_Blender_Cream_Soups.asp?sitearea=MBC

Alfredo Noodles -          8 oz. (about 4 cups) cooked egg noodles -          1/2 cup butter -          ½ cup heavy cream -          1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese -          1/4 cup shredded Swiss cheese -          salt and pepper to taste http://www.hdny.org/recipes.html#noodlesalfredo