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Nutritious Snacks and Drinks When Your Appetite isn’t “Up to Snuff”

Banana Milkshake

Ingredients
1 whole ripe banana, sliced
Vanilla extract, (a few drops)
1 cup whole milk

Directions
1. Place all ingredients in a blender.
2. Blend at high speed until smooth.

Yields 1 serving. Serving size two cups.
Calories: 255
Protein: 9 grams

Fruit and Cream
1 cup whole milk
1 cup vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt
1 cup canned fruit (heavy syrup), including juice (such as peaches, apricots and pears)
Almond or vanilla extract, to taste

Directions
Blend ingredients and chill well before serving

Yields 2 servings. Serving size:1 ½ cups.
Calories: 302
Protein: 7 grams

Peanut Butter Snack Spread
1 tablespoon instant non-fat dry milk
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon water
5 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions
1. Combine dry milk, water and vanilla, stirring to moisten.
2. Add honey and peanut butter, stirring slowly until liquid blends with peanut butter.

Spread on crackers. The mixture can also be formed into balls, chilled and eaten as candy. Keeps well in the refrigerator.

Yields two servings. Serving size 3 tablespoons.
Calories: 279
Protein: 11 grams

Source:
The National Cancer Institute, Eating Hints for Cancer Patients Before, During, and After Treatment.