Dairy free high calorie ideas for toddler?

amother

Sun, Jul 02 2023, 1:08 pm

My toddler needs to go off dairy but it's basically all he eats - he's always been pretty reliant on cheese, milk etc and he's also always been in the lower side of the growth charts so I've relied on the higher fat content of cheese to keep him growing. Looking for ideas of what I can make for him that he will hopefully eat (!!) without dairy but still high calorie.

I don't have time to patchke in the kitchen as I have him and a baby at home as well so the easier the better!

Things I already do:
Avocado - he will eat occasionally but it's so messy
Oatmeal with peanut butter - same
Larabars
Chicken on the bone (he doesn't eat meat except sometimes cholent) - he loves

Thanks!!

amother

Periwinkle

Sun, Jul 02 2023, 1:15 pm

Avocado in smoothies or avocado pudding
Olive oil or coconut oil added into other stuff
Chummus
Almond flour pancakes
Sweet potatoes
Coconut milk yogurt

amother

Sun, Jul 02 2023, 1:19 pm

amother Periwinkle wrote:

Avocado in smoothies or avocado pudding
Olive oil or coconut oil added into other stuff
Chummus
Almond flour pancakes
Sweet potatoes
Coconut milk yogurt

Thanks these are great!! Do you have a recipe for almond flour pancakes? Although almond flour is so expensive and he can have gluten just not dairy so not sure if I would do that too often...

Is coconut milk yogurt considered good nutritionally or just good for calories?

amother

Smokey

Sun, Jul 02 2023, 1:38 pm

Peanut Butter sandwiches
The fastest way to increase calories is by drinking so make him chocolate smoothie and add fatty ingredients

amother

Sun, Jul 02 2023, 1:46 pm

amother Smokey wrote:

Peanut Butter sandwiches
The fastest way to increase calories is by drinking so make him chocolate smoothie and add fatty ingredients

I forgot to mention that he doesn't really drink smoothies, but I can work on it. Ideas for fatty ingredients besides avocado & peanut butter?

amother

Sun, Jul 02 2023, 1:46 pm

#BestBubby wrote:

Eggs

Meatballs, burgers, sloppy joes

Fish sticks

Chicken soup

Chopped liver

He doesn't like anything with ground meat:(

I wonder if he would go for chopped liver! I don't usually buy it but I like the idea.

amother

Blush

Sun, Jul 02 2023, 3:41 pm

Similar situation.
I buy tater tots and hashbrowns and let her eat them daily.
Try canned salmon, you can even mix with avocodo.
I make smoothies with wow butter(like pb but safe for my kid) and soy milk (or you can use almond or ripple) and banana and freeze them into ices (using the bags).
Ripple kids is I think the highest fat milk alternative.

amother

Sun, Jul 02 2023, 4:17 pm

amother Blush wrote:

Oh I think he would love tater tots, thanks for the idea!

Do you know if ripple is cholov yisroel?

amother

Smokey

Sun, Jul 02 2023, 4:36 pm

amother OP wrote:

I forgot to mention that he doesn't really drink smoothies, but I can work on it. Ideas for fatty ingredients besides avocado & peanut butter?

Cashews, cocoa, almond milk, dates - blend- yum
You could try to add Tehina for a chocolate halva tasting smoothie but I don’t know if kids like that

amother

Mistyrose

Sun, Jul 02 2023, 4:49 pm

amother OP wrote:

Oh I think he would love tater tots, thanks for the idea!

Do you know if ripple is cholov yisroel?

Ripple is dairy free Wink

Cook with olive oil as well

amother

Blush

Sun, Jul 02 2023, 6:45 pm

amother OP wrote:

Oh I think he would love tater tots, thanks for the idea!

Do you know if ripple is cholov yisroel?

We're very good at fattening food with limited ingredients here Smile

she's also gluten free so she's on a fried potatoes every day diet Smile

Ripple is parve I believe. One benefit of entering the dairy free world is cholov yisrale basically no longer exists. Do ask your rav what you hold about cholov Stam DE and cholov Stam dairy free foods. Also vegan foods are super helpful even if your kid can have eggs, they tend to be pareve/dairy free

amother

Celeste

Sun, Jul 02 2023, 8:13 pm

amother OP wrote:

I forgot to mention that he doesn't really drink smoothies, but I can work on it. Ideas for fatty ingredients besides avocado & peanut butter?

Mayonnaise! Put it in EVERYTHING!

amother

Lightblue

Sun, Jul 02 2023, 9:32 pm

amother Blush wrote:

We're very good at fattening food with limited ingredients here Smile

she's also gluten free so she's on a fried potatoes every day diet Smile

Does ripple have a hechsher? I couldn’t find one on the package.

amother

Sun, Jul 02 2023, 9:37 pm

amother Blush wrote:

We're very good at fattening food with limited ingredients here Smile

she's also gluten free so she's on a fried potatoes every day diet Smile

Haha, I know it's not actually dairy:) I meant not even DE - we don't do anything cholov stam even if it's officially dairy free.

I like the fried potatoes idea, though this might end up being a Mommy-fattening diet;)

amother

Sun, Jul 02 2023, 9:38 pm

amother Celeste wrote:

Mayonnaise! Put it in EVERYTHING!

Interesting! What do you put it in besides tuna, egg etc?

amother

Celeste

Sun, Jul 02 2023, 9:39 pm

amother OP wrote:

Interesting! What do you put it in besides tuna, egg etc?

You can hide it in Mac and cheese, sandwiches, even baked goods!