Ok, first confession is that I did not take the picture above - I found it on Google Images and took it off of Southern Living or something. Second confession is that I did not make the pork chop dinner that is pictured above! My husband was gone on a 2-week trip for work, so you might be able to imagine how hectic things become with a special needs child with only one parent - you may even be in that position permanently yourself! I was pretty much lucky to not fix frozen pizza every night or just eat a bowl of cereal for dinner - and believe me, that thought crossed my mind more than once.
Table
This table dinner was a pretty simple one. I just grilled a couple of pork chops and ate it with green beans and sweet potato fries. Nothing spectacular.
Tube
For the g-tube blenderized version of this, I added brown rice for carbs. We buy frozen brown rice from Trader Joes that only needs a 3-minute zap in the microwave to cook. It's the best thing for busy people. I think the blend came out super thick, so if you don't want it so thick, I'd recommend only using about 1/2 the brown rice and substituting a couple slices of bread.
I also put in applesauce, because pork chops and apples just go together so well, and he needed some fruit. I also added maple syrup because there's a Real Simple recipe we often use for sweet potato fries where you drizzle maple syrup on the fries. I just used store bought frozen fries this time, but the maple syrup is good for a calorie boost.
| Whole Milk | 1 1/2 cup |
| flavored Kefir - 1% milkfat | 1/2 cup |
| brown rice | 1 1/2 cup |
| applesauce | 1 cup |
| sweet potato fries | 3 oz |
| green beans | 1/2 cup |
| pork chops | 2 oz |
| maple syrup | 1 T |
| olive oil | 2 T |
| Children's Multivitamin | 1/2 tablet |
| calcium chews supplement | 1/2 chew |
| Volume (oz) | 38 |
| Cal/oz | 36.4 |
| Cal/cc | 1.2 |
| % Fat | 15% |
| % Carbohydrates | 71% |
| % Protein | 14% |
