What are you cooking with? Using butter/olive oil to fry/ baste food will add calories.

You mention Caesar salad. Waht about a regular salad with an oil based dressing?
Do you like egg salad with mayo..It is good with celery as a snack and lots of calories and fat...I too am supposed to be eating a lot more calories than I do and I have lost 40 lbs in three months so I am not too worried. I should be eating about the same cals as you and I usually eat about what you do or less..... but I make sure my % of fat per day is 70%.....