Ready made, fast food and frozen or prepared vegetarian foods tend to contain the highest of high-calorie counts.http://kitchenzones.com/vegetarian/High-Calorie-Vegetarian-Food.html For some vegetarian eaters, maintaining balanced, high calorie nutrition can be a challenge as many vegetables and fruits are lower in calories. Finding extra calories for mealtimes and snacks requires some planning. On the other hand, for certain individuals, maintaining lower calorie intake may mean watching the foods they eat, even if they are consuming a vegetarian diet.http://www.mypyramid.gov/downloads/TenTips/VegetarianTipsheet.pdf

There are many natural high calorie food sources for vegetarians. Fruits like avocados, seeds and nuts, and whole milk products and cheeses and cream are loaded with calories.

The foods listed here can be incorporated into a high calorie vegetarian breakfast or any meal.

• fruit juices
• fruits or dried fruits
• grains and nuts
• whole milk products
• cheeses
• eggs
• plant oils and margarine

This sample menu incorporates a few of the food recommendations above and provides quantities and calorie counts for each item.http://www.thecaloriecounter.com/Foods/1200/12220/Food.aspxhttp://caloriecount.about.com/high-calorie-vegetarian-breakfasts-ft52608

Granola:

• 1/2 cup oatmeal, 133 calories
• 1 apple, chopped up, 55 calories
• 100g soy protein (cereal), 367 calories
• .5 oz raisins, 42 calories
• 1 tablespoon flaxseed (optional), 59 calories
• 1 cup whole milk, 146 calories

Total calories for this breakfast menu: 802

Nuts, dried fruit, soy beans, whole milk products and cheeses can be added to lunch or dinner recipes to increase calories if desired. Sprinkling cheese or nuts on salads and soups can add calories to traditionally low calorie side dishes.