Two practical books by Kelly Kent for families using blended tube feeding
This tube feeding recipe book bundle brings together The Blended Diet Family Recipe Book and The Blended Diet Family Feeding Companion by Kelly Kent.
The paperback Recipe Book contains 75 purposeful recipes for tube-fed children, while the Feeding Companion provides 80 food charts and 80 symptom-tracking pages for keeping everyday feeding information together.
Created from Kelly's experience as a parent carer to her tube-fed son Mason, the two books are designed to work particularly well together: choose and prepare recipes from the Recipe Book, then use the Companion to record feeds and other useful day-to-day information.
The Blended Diet Family Recipe Book – Paperback
The Blended Diet Family Feeding Companion
75 blended diet recipes created with tube-fed children in mind
80 food charts for recording feeding information
80 symptom-tracking pages for keeping consistent daily records
Space for information including recipes, calories, supplements, water and overnight feeds
The Recipe Book brings together 75 recipes developed through Kelly's experience of preparing blended feeds for her son Mason.
Rather than being a clinical textbook, it is intended as a practical kitchen resource for families using a blended diet.
Recipes cover a range of ingredients and nutritional considerations, including sources of:
Iron
Protein
Omega-3
Vitamins
Antioxidants
The book also contains high-calorie, low-volume blends, including 100ml calorie-shot ideas, plus recipes developed around different everyday nutritional and digestive considerations.
The recipes were created with children in mind, although the author notes that they can also be adapted for adults.
The Feeding Companion gives families a structured place to record what happens from day to day.
With 80 food charts and 80 symptom-tracking pages, it can be used to build a written record of a person's feeding routine.
Use the Companion to record information such as:
Daily feeds
Recipes
Calories
Water intake
Supplements
Overnight feeds
Symptoms and observations
Keeping written records can be particularly useful when several people are involved in someone's support or when information needs to be referred back to later.
These books complement each other without duplicating their purpose.
The Recipe Book provides recipes, ingredient ideas and practical blended-diet inspiration.
The Feeding Companion provides somewhere to record feeds and keep track of day-to-day information.
Together, they create a useful reference and record-keeping set for families incorporating blended food into a tube-feeding routine.
Kelly Kent created The Blended Diet Family resources following years of preparing blended feeds for her son Mason.
Her Recipe Book grew from wanting practical recipes that reflected the realities of preparing blended food at home. The Feeding Companion addresses another everyday issue: keeping feeding information organised and available to refer back to.
Both resources come from practical family experience rather than simply approaching tube feeding as a theoretical subject.
This bundle may be useful for:
Parents and parent carers of tube-fed children
Families using a blended diet
People beginning to look at blended tube feeding with their healthcare team
Families wanting to keep more structured feeding records
Personal assistants and support workers involved in preparing feeds
Households where several people share feeding responsibilities
It may also make a thoughtful, practical gift for a family beginning a blended-diet feeding routine.
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The Blended Diet Family books fit that approach well. Kelly identified gaps through her family's own experience and turned what she had learned into practical resources that other families can use.
Every tube-fed person's nutritional, hydration and medical requirements are different.
These books are practical recipe and record-keeping resources. They aren't medical devices, diagnostic tools or substitutes for individual medical or dietetic advice.
The introduction of a blended diet and any changes to a person's tube-feeding plan, nutrition, hydration or supplements should be discussed with an appropriate healthcare professional who understands their individual requirements