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I would suggest puddings, flans, custard, creme brulee.  Have you seen the new pre-made cheesecake in a tub like Cool Whip?  How about twice baked potatoes?  Start with mashed potatoes and add anything he likes like sour cream, butter, cheese, etc.  I don't know how old this little boy is, but if wouldn't object, have you tried baby foods?  I have used them for dental patients who have had their jaws wired; cherry vanilla dessert was the fav, but lots of all food types available.  As for veggies, take any veggie, add cheese sauce, and whir in the blender.  Partial eggs benedict?  Poached egg with hollandaise sauce?  As for drinks, I'm sure you have thought of milkshakes and there seems to be an endless variety of flavors, but if you need a something new, try flavored yogurts and/or frozen fruit.  My favorite milkshake when I was a kid was peanut butter.  Just vanilla ice cream, creamy pb, and a little milk to make it blendable.  Since this young man needs the calories, make shakes and gravies with cream, instead of milk.  Good luck!  

All great ideas...I sure hope they help you out...

I had my mother in law living with me...The Dr recommended Ensure...to give her more protien..we became very creative with the Ensure...making milkshakes to drink at every meal...I always bought the vanilla..added one scoop of any flavor ice cream....although her favorite was vanilla ice cream with bananas added...she got her potassium with the bananas..don't be afraid to try all kinds of fruit too...

Soups were good too...a fast one is cream of broccoli...I have a magic bullet blender so I could do a fast soup in it...a little chicken stock (from a can) some frozen or fresh broccoli ...cheese (velveta) just a little milk...heat in microwave...and blend....You might want to invest in a magic bullet...you'd be surprised how creative you can get...great for powdered protiens too... just about anything can be blended in it...

I like that idea about the magic bullet because my husband bought one a few months ago & I didn't know what to do with it. I got mad because I thought it was a waste of money, but now that you've given me this idea about the Broccoli soup, I'll have to try it..Thanks for the tip!!

please please if anyone has the recipe for custard like pudding that was in the old white betty crocker cookbook from the 60s.  i use it in my cream puffs and it was totally awesome and have had to ad lib it since.  it is a stove top custard recipe more like vanilla pudding

thank you if you have it

jeannesher

Hello.

I just joined this site and am looking for the Betty Crocker custard recipe from the old cookbook of the 60s.   (May have been the same one in the 70s versions.)  There was a recent request for this recipe but I wasn't on so couldn't get it.  If you have this stovetop recipe for the delicious custard used to fill cream puffs, could you please email it to me?   (********************)?  I was hoping to make these for New Year's Eve, but just moved and can't find my old cookbook!  Thanks so much!

Shelley

jeannesher and molly99, these two were posted by Tami on recipelink in response to someone looking for an old BC recipe for cream puff filling. Maybe it is what you want.

I have a very old version of Betty Crocker Cookbook and I see two that might be what you want.

Cream Filling

1/3 cup granulated sugar
3 Tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups milk
1 beaten egg
1 Tablespoon butter
1 teaspoon vanilla

In saucepan, combine sugar, flour and salt. Gradually add milk; mix well.
Cook and stir over medium heat till mixture thickens and boils; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Very gradually stir the hot mixture into the egg return to saucepan. Cook and stir till the mixture just boils. Stir in butter and vanilla; cover surface with waxed paper or clear plastic wrap. Cool(Don't stir during cooling) Makes 1 1/2 cups.

FRENCH CUSTARD FILLING

1/3 cup sugar
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups milk
1 slightly beaten egg yolk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup whipping cream, whipped

In saucepan, combine sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt. Gradually stir in milk. Cook and stir until mixture thickens and boils; cook and stir 2-3 minutes longer. Stir a little hot mixture into egg yolk; return to hot mixture. Cook and stir till mixture just boils. Add vanilla; cool. Beat smooth; fold in whipped cream.

Try potato soup

Boil your potatoes until they are soft and add milk and butter and let boil until it thickens. This is awesome. I used this when the doctor said my little girl needed to gain wait serve it with bread and it adds weight fast:) Hope this helps!

Also make chicken and dumplings. Cook chicken breast in water until done and puree in a chopper and put back in water add milk and butter and 2-3 cans of biscuits pulled apart and made into balls to pan allow to thicken. They love it, and will also help with weight gain.

How about something with egg noodles - they are healthy and delicious - you can put cream of chicken soup on them, or my favorite is brown and simmer beef cubes and onions, make a beef gravy and put over the rice, or mashed pototatoes.  The beef cubes, if done in a pressure cooker, or cooked for a few hours in a slow cooker will become very soft and easy to chew........

Good luck!

 I AM A MOTHER OF A 12 YR. OLD. HE HAS A EATING DISORTER. ALL HIS LIFE WE HAD TO BLEND HIS FOOD UP. HE TO IS UNDER WEIGHT. (I GIVE HIME GROWTH HORMONE INJECTIONS NIGHTLY) FOR THE EATING DISORTERS.HE HATES FOOD, YES FOOD! HE DON'T WANT'T TO EAT. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT. WE GOT HIM SOME PEDISURE(THIS IS A CAN DRINK) IT IS FILLED WITH VITIAMS,MINERALS AND A LOT OF PROTEINS.

IT IS LOW SODIAM AND HE LOVES IT AND HAS GAINED WEIGHT.(NOT EVEN A FEEDING TUBE GIVING LIQUIDS

HE NEVER GAINED BUT MAYBE A LB. EVER 3 TO 4 MO. NOW HE HS GAINED ABOUT 7 LB IN 3 WKS.

HE LOVES THE STRAWBERRY.HOPE THIS HELPS.

Hi lpatton25, My husband was told to drink banana milk shakes, 2-3 a day , to gain weight. All of these ideals are great but here is a couple more. Add 1/2. c. powdered (dry) milk to a 8 oz. of whole milk,then flavor with chocolate if you want. We added 1/2 c. dry milk to ensure., Every veg. that I made I'd try real butter and maybe real cream. GOD Bless

I don't know if you are still checking this site for ideas or not but here goes.  Have you thought of soy milk. A brand name Silk is quite tasty especially the chocolate flavored.  For desert ideas there is always puddings but add a nut paste like nutella or marzipan even peanutbutter.  Thin them first with milk or soy milk and add as a sauce like in a parfait. Many squashes lend themselves well to a thinned sweet nut sauce and the squash can be put in a blender first or just mashed.  Gerber's baby cereal, oatmeal, cream of wheat and farina also do well with these sauces. Jams and jellies are excellent compliments to the cereals also. Other nuts put in a blender and a bit of oil and milk make a great sauce to pour over pureed vegetables. Do not mix them in but use as a sauce. Flavor the sauce to taste first to make a better compliment by using spices, molasses, karo corn syrup. honey, butter instead of oil or good old pancake syrup.  All children love things that are sweet but I suggest that you stay with the natural sweetners as refined sugar is harder on the system. Whole wheat flour is a better choice than bleached white flour for making gravies again as it is more nutritious and easier on the system. Pan drippings with the fat removed and a bit of butter will tone down the slight bitterness that comes with whole wheat flour when making gravies, glazes or sauces for other foods. Over cook vegetables like cauliflower, broccoli tops and then mash with some of the juice or just boil untill most of of the broth has evaporated and add a bit of butter. This saves having to put them in a blender.  Save all of the juices from your cooked vegetables as that is where most of the vitimins are now.  Seal and freeze immediately untill you wish to make a soup or broth.  Label and date all before putting in the freezer. Making ice cubes of meat drippings or vegetable stock makes it easier to use just what you want instead of having to thaw all of it. Many children these days are thought to be building up too much cholesterol in their systems so use oils and margarines that balanced, light and without transfats. I am a big believer in natural products instead of processed ones.  Using malt in milk shakes I am told is also helpful.  I have not tried it with soy milk as of yet but that is a thought. Yogurts are a good source of nutrition and if you buy unflavored yogurt you can add your own flavors and sauces.  Tofu is another excellent option as it can be mixed with the liquid that it comes in making it a softer consistancy and can be flavored with many different things including garlic or meat drippings with garlic in it which is good for the body. Mrs Dash makes a variety of seasoning that are said to be salt free for flavoring if you are looking for a short cut.  If you have any questions on what I have said here just contact me and I will answer all I can.  I hope that I have given you food for thought and have been of some help.  Best of luck   Terry