Written by a parent carer with years of hands-on experience managing a blended, tube-fed diet for a child with complex medical needs, this book offers clear guidance, inspiration, and reassurance. Discover 75 purposeful recipes designed to pack nutrition, calories, and comfort into powerful meals tailored for small tummies with big needs. This collection moves beyond medical jargon to provide honest, family-style recipes that are practical, flexible, and realistic.

Key Features & Benefits

• 75 tried, tested, and tweaked recipes designed for tube-fed children.
• Focuses on packing nutrition and calories into low-volume meals that are gentle on the tummy.
• Recipes designed to boost iron, protein, or vitamins, and ease issues like reflux or constipation.
• Includes brain-supporting recipes containing omega-3s, iron, and antioxidants.
• Features clever 100ml calorie shots for maximum weight gain in manageable volumes.
• Provides practical tips and tricks from a real family, including a list of cupboard essentials and foods to avoid.
• Recipes can be easily adapted for adults.

Contents Overview

Inside this hardcover guide, you will find:

• A practical guide for starting a blended diet with confidence.
• High calorie, low volume blends.
• Brain supporting recipes.
• Digestive friendly blends to ease constipation, reflux, and bloating.
• Supportive blends for illness recovery and dehydration.
• Examples include: High calorie avocado and chocolate blend, Salmon, Spinach and Sweet Potato brain food, Hearty Vegetable blend for easy digestion, Rice water supportive blend.

Specifications

• Author: Kelly Kent
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Print Length: 117 pages
• Publication Date: April 26, 2026
• Dimensions: 216 x 12 x 285mm (approx. 21.55 x 1.19 x 28.54 cm)
• Item Weight: 358 g
• ISBN-13: 979-8257414312
• Manufacturer: Independently published

A Thoughtful Gift

This book serves as a meaningful gift for families beginning their blended diet journey, offering guidance from one kitchen to another.

Take the stress out of feeding and put the focus back on health and happiness with these realistic, family-tested recipes.