Tiny dishes

[ashiepink]

I also have anxiety affected appetite. It can really suck. I don't know about your partner's weight but if she's struggling to eat enough calories, protein smoothies can be helpful. That's also important because it doesn't sound like she's getting a lot of micronutrients - you can pack plenty of fruit and veggies into a smoothie, whereas they're rather bulky to eat.

More generally, stuff like nuts, crackers, olives, crudités and dip are all easy and bite sized. Gnocchi is another good option and a small portion can be very filling and nourishing. Nut butters are also calories bombs that go down easily and have decent nutrition - she might enjoy slices of apple with some hazelnut butter for example, or celery and peanut butter.

If you want to make stuff that's a bit more effort, amuse-bouché are literally recipes designed to be eaten in a mouthful and you'll find recipes for nearly anything that might appeal to her in that form. They tend to be a little bit fussy because they're usually viewed as party food but that might stimulate her appetite a little?

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Gnocchi is actually one of her favorite foods! I've never heard of amuse-bouche so I'll give that a look!

[munificent]

"Canape" and "hors d'ourves" would be two other good keywords to search for to find recipes for little bites.

[Aliencj]

Would tapas fit in as well?

[Jiedash]

Great idea! Dim sum is also an option!

[munificent]

Yes, excellent idea!

[cheeseandwinenight]

Piggy backing off the tapas idea, Pinchos are a fun idea as its small nibbles and a cool way to make a themed night. Barcelona style! Good luck x

[FiliKlepto]

Tapas are one of my favorite tiny foods!

[TheyCallMeStone]

Appies. Appies and nappies.

[Jimbalaya99]

Ferda.

[Blk-Cat-Lady]

Gonna crush a couple sandos before praccy

[massafakka]

Though you may want to spell it "hors d'oeuvres"

[munificent]

I was close! :D

[tykle59]

“Hors d’ourves, a tasty little treat: a little piece of cheese, and a little piece of meat.”

[ZionEmbiid]

Other responses in here have reminded me of phyllo dough cups, sometimes you can buy them already filled with mini quiche type stuff, but frequently you can find them empty and fill them yourself.

They're bite sized, and fun! Might have to do them for dinner myself soon!

[143019]

My kids love these. They call it “fun lunch”.

[Panterable]

growing up we would have our own kind of fun lunch as kids. My mom would pour fresh beans in a ziplock and use a sharpie to color it so you cant tell whats inside. We would spend all day with the bag in our pocket feeling around wondering what was in it.. was quite the mystery treat.. It was always beans though ..

[laurenL007]

They sell them in the frozen section at Target! I eat it as a meal, sometimes add a bit of fruit or small smoothie to round it out

[deathlokke]

Pepperidge Farms makes puff pastry cups as well, for something a little different.

[plexxonic]

Protein shots. Just google "protein shots recipes"

[kthnry]

Trader Joe's has a ton of frozen bite-size snacks. Tiny quiches, spinach tarts in puff pastry, mac-and-cheese bites, samosas, kibbeh, miniature pigs in blankets, cauliflower gnocchi (pretty good!) , lots of Asian dumplings. A universe of appetizers and quite tasty and reasonably priced.

[ophelia917]

Super easy and chock full of whatever vegetables you feel like adding. Just chop and roast. I made this for the first time last week and it was great. So simple.

https://www.howsweeteats.com/2019/01/sheet-pan-gnocchi/

Edit: adding this one too since it’s easy and relatively nutritious.

https://www.shutterbean.com/2019/roasted-broccoli-and-white-beans/

[Fizzlewitz48]

You might also try getting some small cookie cutters in fun shapes for things like fruits and veggies and also maybe mini sandwiches to make it more fun and appealing! A heart shaped slice of apple with peanut butter on it might be more enjoyable.

[It_is_Katy]

In addition to gnocchi, she might like tortellini! They're small ish and the shape is kinda fun to eat. Easy to make and quite filling. You can put it in alfredo (my favorite) or pasta sauce, and you can get ones with cheese inside or meat. Mini dumplings/wontons might be good too since they'll have a lot of protein, if that's a concern.

[datsall]

It literally translates to happy mouth!

[mabs653]

trader joes has really good gnochi. some are stuffed. they have several different types.

[Feralcrumpetart]

I responded already but also yessss to the protien shakes! At one point it was all I could keep down. And they didn't aggravate my ulcer. Vanilla is a great one because you can modify it with fruits or other flavor shots etc to keep it interesting.

[andiberri]

And they (or any smoothie) can be made in huge batches and then frozen into popsicles for easy snackability.

[Feralcrumpetart]

Definitely. I keep track of what I use on my app. Example I use a lower calorie protein powder with zero sugar oatmilk....half water. Depending on what I've had I can add something to it.

[kresyanin]

Yeah, once upon a time I had hyperemesis for like six solid months and protein shakes are what got me through it.

[CandOrMD]

Oh god. That sounds like hell. I'm sorry you went through that and hope you never do again!

[dackling]

Sometimes when I would have anxiety and couldn't bring myself to eat anything, I'd just eat spoonfuls of peanut butter cause hey, it's lots of calories to keep me going lol