Blended Tube Feeding Recipe Book – Kelly Kent Hardback Edition

Blended Tube Feeding Recipe Book – Hardback Edition by Kelly Kent

Preparing homemade meals for someone who is tube fed can involve a lot of planning. Families need to consider ingredients, nutritional requirements, preparation methods and how well individual feeds are tolerated.

The Blended Diet Family Recipe Book by Kelly Kent brings together 75 recipes developed through her experience of preparing blended meals for her son Mason.

This hardback edition is a practical resource for parents, family carers and anyone interested in learning more about real food tube feeding.

What's Inside the Book?

• 75 blended diet recipes created for tube feeding.

• Nutritionally focused meals including recipes rich in iron and calcium.

• High-calorie, low-volume recipes for situations where smaller feeds are needed.

• Recipes organised around different nutritional needs, making them easier to find.

• Practical preparation advice covering ingredients, blending and everyday meal planning.

• Guidance and observations from a parent carer with years of experience preparing blended feeds.

Homemade Blended Diet Recipes for Gastrostomy Feeding

A blended diet involves preparing ordinary food to a consistency suitable for administration through an appropriate feeding tube.

Kelly's cookbook provides recipe ideas using familiar ingredients, with an emphasis on making meals practical for busy families.

The recipes include combinations of vegetables, fruit, proteins, grains and other everyday foods.

Some focus on particular nutrients, while others address common considerations such as hydration, reflux and constipation.

The book also includes nutritional information and preparation notes to help readers understand the ingredients used.

Recipes for Different Nutritional Requirements

One of the useful features of the book is how recipes are grouped around nutritional needs.

Iron-Rich and Calcium-Rich Blended Meals

The cookbook includes recipes designed to provide sources of important nutrients, including iron and calcium.

These sections may be useful for families discussing nutritional intake with their child's dietitian.

High-Calorie, Low-Volume Blended Recipes

Some people receiving tube feeds need carefully planned nutrition in relatively small volumes.

Kelly includes energy-dense recipes that may provide ideas for families working with a dietitian to meet individual calorie requirements.

Hydration and Digestive Considerations

The book also explores blended recipes and ingredients relevant to hydration and digestive symptoms, including reflux and constipation.

As with any tube feeding plan, individual suitability depends on medical needs, tube type and professional guidance.

Written by a Parent With First-Hand Experience

Kelly Kent began learning about blended tube feeding while caring for her son Mason, who has cerebral palsy and epilepsy following a brain injury at birth.

After years of preparing his feeds, she wanted to create the kind of practical recipe book she had struggled to find herself.

Her experience gives the book a family perspective, including the realities of fitting food preparation around appointments, care routines and everyday life.

Who Is This Book For?

The Blended Diet Family Recipe Book may be useful for:

• Parents considering a blended diet for a tube-fed child

• Families already preparing homemade blended feeds

• Carers and personal assistants involved in feeding routines

• People looking for more variety in blended diet recipes

• Families wanting practical recipe ideas to discuss with a dietitian

The book is intended as a practical recipe resource. It does not replace individual nutritional assessments, feeding plans or advice from a qualified healthcare professional.

Hardback Book Details

• Book: The Blended Diet Family Recipe Book

• Author: Kelly Kent

• Format: Hardback

• Number of recipes: 75

• Language: English

• Subject: Blended diets, tube feeding recipes and practical nutrition

Looking for a Way to Track Daily Feeds?

Kelly Kent has also written The Blended Diet Family Feeding Companion.

This separate feeding diary includes daily food charts, symptom tracking, water intake records and shopping lists. It is designed to help families organise feeding information and share observations with carers or healthcare professionals.

The companion can be purchased separately.