Blenderized Recipes for Feeding Tubes
Real Food Blends offers 6 different meals that have a wide variety of whole food ingredients. However, if you are looking to add even more variety, you can do so by checking out our Recipe Book, which includes recipes featuring each of our meals.
Our Recipe Book also includes some easy add-ins for extra calories and sources of calcium. We are always here to support blending at home and we hope these recipes can help you do that.
If you’re new to Real Food Blends and are looking to try our meals for the first time, our Trial Pack is a great place to start! Have questions? Feel free to reach out to us by email or by calling 888-484-9495.
Homemade Bone Broth for Blends
I get asked all the time about what I put into AJ’s blends. Usually the answer is simply “healthier versions of what we eat.” The one constant is that I almost always use homemade bone broth as the liquid in his blends.
Bone broth has a whole slew of reported health benefits – everything from improving gut function to building the immune system– and couldn’t be easier to make. I tend to make giant batches and freeze in smaller quantities to blend for his feeding tube. I’m planning to make a ton of turkey bone broth from our Thanksgiving dinner, here’s how:
– 2-5 lbs. of bones from a quality meat (organic chicken, grass-fed beef, etc.)
– 2 TBSP apple cider vinegar
– Water
Dump everything into a crockpot, fill to the top with water, and cook on low for a minimum of 24 hours. The longer the better. You can also choose to add various spices – parsley is a great one for digestion – or vegetables as well. You’ll strain it after cooking so throw in whatever you have on hand that’s easy.
After cooking, just strain and you’ve got a great liquid for blending.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Call dibs on the turkey bones now!
Julie
