>>20611>Do any nonas have some nutritious, safe, and easy go-to meals and snacks that they’d care to share? Any foods/drinks/activities that you use specifically to help keep your weight up?i'd try peanutbutter but i noticed it kind of digests slowly /clogs a bit so i wouldn't eat it with bread (don't eat bread, it sucks); i'd stir a big spoon full of it into sauces, soups and stews. have you ever had asian rice dishes where they made peanut sauce? they most often used powdered instant peanut packages yet it still tastes amazing. when you make your own with real peanut butter, it comes out even better and it helps with keeping weight up because the peanut butter is heavy.
coconut milk is also amazing for this. just put some tomato paste with spices you like (curry, rosemary, oregano, whatever you fancy) into a pan, lightly toast everything and then drown it in (half a) can of coconut milk and you have an amazing sauce.
i'd also try dried olives (if you can find any, i currently can't) and dried tomato pieces. sprinkle them on a light meal to make it a bit heavier last minute. same with nuts. when i eat raw cabbage salad in the summer, i often put cashews or walnuts on it.
to make it easy and go-to (meaning both easy to make and also easy to clean afterwards), consider using a small rice cooker with a steaming basket. i have one where i can either put the lid on the rice cooker (when it only makes rice) or i can put the steaming basket on top and then put the lid on. it sits in between the lid and the rice bowl. i love it because it makes rice and it steams vegetables at the same time. steaming is so much better then cooking or frying because it doesn't destroy the food as hard.
