I started stimulants recently and the appetite suppression is kicking my ass. I already had a hard time eating enough, so this has made it quite a bit worse. I have found that if it's a liquid I can sip it throughout the day without issue. Do you have any recommendations about fairly healthy and inexpensive recipes or solutions for getting a lot of calories through a liquid? Thanks
Get a good blender and a flask (I like thermoflask brand from costco but costco has other good flasks) and make a shake that is: 1/3rd frozen fruits 1/3rd veggies (spinach is good) 1/6th nuts (frozen walnuts are good) 1/6th avocados (the fat in them makes it filling) Also some linquid, keep it minimal you just need this so it blends I'd recommend anywhere from 1/2 a cup to 1 cup. I get oat milk in bulk from costco so that's a good option but coconut milk from Aldi is also pretty cheap
Add ginger for a natural preservative. Without ginger it will go bad within 8-12 hours with ginger it can stay up to 2 days and even 3 days if refrigerator. That being said it's generally recommended to drink a smoothie like this within 24-48 hours because the micronutrients will start fading around a full day passing.
add protein powder if you want but probably isn't necessary if you have nuts. Walnuts are there for the omega 3 fatty acids.
The reason you want frozen fruit is because it preserves nutrition better and can be purchased cheaper in bulk than lots of other fruit can be. You don't want frozen veggies though since freezing veggies depending on the vegetable can remove anywhere from 70%-80% of the micronutrients.
There's some debate in the field of nutrition over whether fruits and blended fruits count as an added sugar. the WHO doesn't qualify fruit sugars as added sugars so you're probably fine there. Even if they are sugars, limiting them to 1/3rd of the shake should keep it down.
If you do this I recommend sourcing from Costco or if you can't do that then Aldi. While technically a bit more expensive than other meals you can make it's also way easier and less labor intensive. Also you basically have more or less have all your micronutrients for the day so you can eat whatever dogshit you want and you'll have your food requirements covered.
I don't always use frozen fruits sometimes I just use bananas and oranges since you can get them in big bunches for reasonable prices. Frozen berries are just generally recommended since they pack lots of good anti-oxidants and stuff.