AlternaPediasure #1: Lime-Coconut Fake-quiri

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 8
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 216.5
  • Total Fat: 16.4 g
  • Cholesterol: 5.0 mg
  • Sodium: 40.0 mg
  • Total Carbs: 14.9 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 0.7 g
  • Protein: 4.6 g

View full nutritional breakdown of AlternaPediasure #1: Lime-Coconut Fake-quiri calories by ingredient


Introduction

My son has been gaining weight slowly. The gastrointerologist recommended I give him 2 cans of Pediasure every day. (Eww.) http://pediasure.com/Products
Basically fat, sugar, soy protein, and vitamins, plus a bunch of other waste products that don't have to be in there. I think I could do better than that with what we've got in the fridge.
I am experimenting with some alternative "Pediasures"- basically whole food high-cal, high-nutrient smoothies.

I made one tonight that looks like green tea ice cream and tastes like lime and coconut! Yum.
As I was making it I felt sinister, like a kid making "potions" again. I couldn't believe it was palatable, but I swear it tastes good. (And I hate things like energy bars...) I think I'm going to freeze some of it into popsicles...I thought it was impressively comparable in nutrition to Pediasure considering it was just basically a shot in the dark with whatever I had. When you are getting nutrition from whole food sources the content is usually lower, but it is more bioavailable so more of it gets into you. It was even higher in some nutrients than Pediasure. Anyway, you have to make your own decision about what to put in your kid, but for myself, I feel better about real foods rather than vitamins and industrial byproducts. My son has been gaining weight slowly. The gastrointerologist recommended I give him 2 cans of Pediasure every day. (Eww.) http://pediasure.com/Products
Basically fat, sugar, soy protein, and vitamins, plus a bunch of other waste products that don't have to be in there. I think I could do better than that with what we've got in the fridge.
I am experimenting with some alternative "Pediasures"- basically whole food high-cal, high-nutrient smoothies.

I made one tonight that looks like green tea ice cream and tastes like lime and coconut! Yum.
As I was making it I felt sinister, like a kid making "potions" again. I couldn't believe it was palatable, but I swear it tastes good. (And I hate things like energy bars...) I think I'm going to freeze some of it into popsicles...I thought it was impressively comparable in nutrition to Pediasure considering it was just basically a shot in the dark with whatever I had. When you are getting nutrition from whole food sources the content is usually lower, but it is more bioavailable so more of it gets into you. It was even higher in some nutrients than Pediasure. Anyway, you have to make your own decision about what to put in your kid, but for myself, I feel better about real foods rather than vitamins and industrial byproducts.
Number of Servings: 8

Ingredients

    1/2 quart Knudsen Pineapple Coconut juice
    One block Mori-nu soft silken tofu
    One can coconut milk
    2 T whole dried greenie powder of your choice (Spirulina, algae, barleygrass)
    2 T lemon-flavored codliver oil

Directions

Combine ingredients in blender and blend. If you want, you can freeze them into pops. Freezing may destroy some nutrients, but then, it may also mean your kid will actually eat more of it.

Number of Servings: 8

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LADYJADEY.