Bananas, avocados, potatoes, oatmeal.

Can you do nutritional drinks? My DD drinks Boost for the protein value. She's a vegetarian/ The drink is 190 calories per serving.

How about a good protein powder, mix into a green or fruit smoothie?

Boost Plus is 360 calories. With a half handful of nuts, you can add 500 without even really filling up.

To someone who hasn't done it on purpose, gaining isn't as easy as it sounds ;) I'd started looking into ways to help my elderly neighbor put back some healthy weight after pneumonia several weeks ago, came up with some ideas for her that were working. Then DH went for his physical and had higher blood pressure for the first time in his life, I bought him a cuff and good scale so he could start to keep track of his own, and his weight. For no good reason since I don't weigh, I got on the scale and was horrified at my own weight, I'd lost, hadn't realized it....it was a busy stressful Fall and holiday season here for a number of reasons.

I've got a kitchen nightmare going, DH is trying to lose when he's never dieted, I'm trying to gain ;) I'm usually offended by things that are not 'real food' but the Boost Plus supplemental drinks seemed to be working for my neighbor and I've been turning to those too now. Temporarily.

Some heart healthy calories can be found in cornbread. Salmon, go ahead and drizzle it with a little olive oil. Shrimp. Granola. Avocados. Juice instead of fruit. Nuts, lots of nuts. Walnuts, keep a bag on your counter. Almonds. Sprinkle them on soup. salads, casseroles.

I'm a sucker for dairy anyway and I've been buying higher fat dairy for myself, whole fat yogurt, whole milk. Butter. I'm adding some cream here and there. I'm having a steak, eating it instead of eating a few bites and passing the rest of it to DH. It looks like I'm managing almost a pound a week gain, without resorting to prime rib and French fries three times a day ;) Which would appeal to me more than sugary things but I got the family heart history to consider....

I think that the Boost Plus can't be on my list, darn it. After water, corn syrup and sugar are the next ingredients. :-(

But, I do have all of the necessary ingredients on hand at all times for nutrient dense smoothies, including a good protein powder. My NutriBullet is going to be busy, I guess.

I think that I'll make a creamy seafood chowder tonight, with limas and corn added along with other veggies. That should be about a zillion delicious calories, lol. I might make some brown rice, too.

Full fat coconut milk is good. I like making thai curries with them. Coconut milk and some of the bottled thai red curry paste makes the sauce.

My morning smoothie can have up to 700 calories in them. I use full fat greek yogurt and tons of hemp seeds and chia seeds. Nut butters are good too. I like doing a smoothie with almond milk, banana, almond/peanut butter, protein powder and pumpkin pie spices.

It's strange that I've never added up the calories in my morning sludgie, but with all of the ingredients I typically incorporate.....it's not a low calorie breakfast or snack.

I'll be making smaller drinks so that I can have them more frequently, as a snack and not a meal.

I'd like to thank each and every one for your helpful and thoughtful suggestions. I love you, friends. Fortunately, that's how I eat all of time....but I just have to increase the number of times a day that I eat, plus snack when I'm not even hungry.

I've already had my 'pre-breakfast' sludgie of baby kale and spinach, greek yogurt, strawberries, apple, avocado, lime juice and zest, chia, and ground flax. Water as the liquid in this one.

Later, I'll have an omelet with salsa, cheese, and shrimp. I've roasted some spicy wasabi chickpeas to have on hand for snacks, along with my usual nuts.

Then, there's lunch to think about, lol.

Bananas

Sludgie, LOL ! That's a good one ! (I'm assuming that means a smoothie)