Honey-Soy Glazed Salmon

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We bought some fresh salmon at the farmer's market this past weekend, and decided to do a grilled version of this Real Simple recipe.  We also bought some bok choy, so we grilled and used that in place of the vegetables in the recipe.

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This is a pretty low calorie meal (the bok choy is practically water!), so for the g-tube blended diet, I added broccoli.  I also added pineapple to keep a sort of Asian stir fry feel to the mix.  And of course, I used the honey just as in the glaze.  (My son is 2 1/2  - babies under the age of 12 months should not have honey).  To keep a thinner consistency, I kept my rice to 1/2 cup and used a slice of bread.

Whole Milk	1 cup
flavored Kefir - 1% milkfat	1/2 cup
orange juice	1/2 cup
brown rice	1/2 cup
whole grain bread	1 slice
pineapple tidbits	1/2 cup
diced pears with juice	4 oz cup
bok choy	1/2 c
broccoli	1/2 c
Salmon	3 oz
honey	1 T
Sunflower Seed Oil	2 T

Children's Multivitamin	1/2 tablet
calcium chews supplement	1/2 chew

Total volume - 36 oz
cal/oz - 30.8
cal/cc - 1.0

Grilled Lamb Kebabs & Tzatziki

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We have a meat share through a local farm coop, and they often give some lamb in the share.  This month we got lamb "stew meat", which is actually just pre-cut in chunks, making it perfect for kebabs & grilling (all I want to do in the summer is grill).  I wanted to try something fun, fresh, lemony and totally Greek.

A quick search found this Ina Garten recipe and some blogs (Smitten Kitchen, The Delish Dish) using the recipe.  It sounded totally delicious, and I thought it would also be a great conversion to a tube recipe.

The yogurt marinade was kind of messy, but the end result was delicious!

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Here's the dinner converted to a g-tube blended diet.  I made the blend to be the lamb kebabs, tzatziki, and an apricot-grape fruit salad.  We used the lamb, peppers, and onions straight from the grill.

Notes on the lamb-
1.  We cooked the lamb to about medium well.  We had marinated it for about 24 hours, so it was still pretty tender.
2.  This lamb had some fat on it that didn't blend so well, even though I tried to pick the least fatty pieces.  I had some slight stoppage when I plunged the blend in, so I put the remaining blend through a strainer, and that seemed to help.

Whole Milk	1 cup
plain yogurt, whole milk	1/2 cup
lemonade	1/2 cup
pitas whole wheat (large)	1 pita
apricot, canned extra light syrup	1/2 cup
grapes	1/2 cup
honey	1 T
cucumber	1/2 cup
peppers	1/3 med pepper
onions	slice, 1/4" thick
lamb	2 oz
olive oil	3 T
Children's Multivitamin	1/2 tablet
calcium chews supplement	1/2 chew
Volume (oz)	38
Cal/oz	30.8
Cal/cc	1.0

Warm Spinach Salad with Grilled Sausage

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We used this Real Simple recipe for a sausage dinner on a hot summer night.  We grilled and put everything over pasta.  It was a perfect summer recipe.

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Here's the corresponding recipe for a g-tube blended diet.  This is the first time I've tried Italian sausage in a blend.  I'm a little nervous about how well my son will do with it, considering he has some reflux.  I have definitely done orange juice and tomatoes before without too many problems.  So we'll see!  If you'd rather substitute ground pork, I think that would work well also.  With the blueberries and the spinach, this blend came out a really nice dark green color.

Whole Milk	1 cup
flavored Kefir - 1% milkfat	1/2 cup
orange juice	1/2 cup
pasta	1 cup (dry)
blueberries	1/2 cup
diced pears with juice	4 oz cup
tomatoes	1 plum
spinach	1 cup
Italian Sausage	2 oz
olive oil	2 T
Children's Multivitamin	1/2 tablet
calcium chews supplement	1/2 chew

Volume: 40 oz
Cal/oz: 27.7
Cal/cc: 0.9