What foods do you have in the house for hungry teens?

[Anonymous]

We are a little stuck. If your athletic teen is hungry between meals, what do they eat? One son said he would eat pasta if I just have some ready, the other said frozen burritos. But I would like some other options that are not too junky. And I guess I’m looking for filling things that I don’t need to make every day, not things like cheese sticks etc where they will need multiple snacks to fill them up.

[Anonymous]

Let them pick. They can shop, or you get them

[Anonymous]

We have burritos, chips and salsa, carrots and hummus, triscuits, ramen, Mac and cheese pots, and fruit.

Basically I get what the kids request.

[Anonymous]

PB & j, peanut butter pretzels, yogurt, apples, cheese sticks, mozzarella balls (with cherry tomatoes and basil, or with bread and olive oil), bowtie pasta with barley, chicken stuffed ravioli.

[Anonymous]

I cook a pound of pasta and leave it in the fridge. They can heat up a plate with sauce whenever they want.

We always have tortillas and cheese around, they can make qeusadillas.

Sandwich fixings.

They also eat a lot of granola bars, fruit, crackers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cook a pound of pasta and leave it in the fridge. They can heat up a plate with sauce whenever they want.

We always have tortillas and cheese around, they can make qeusadillas.

Sandwich fixings.

They also eat a lot of granola bars, fruit, crackers.

+1

Kind protein bars
Ramen

[Anonymous]

mine like to “heavy snack” on-

pasta with butter and parm cheese (I make a few boxes of spaghetti, toss with evoo and put in fridge in a big ziplock)

quesadillas or nachos (I always have on hand tortillas, chips, shredded cheese, and black beans- and I try to make taco meat to leave in fridge but that usually is polished off fast)

all sorts of frozen meals and burritos from trader joes

mac and cheese microwave bowls

ramen (the kind we ate from a hot pot in college) and cup o noodles

bagels and cream cheese (one kid adds lox)

avocado toast with an egg on top

hard boiled eggs

[Anonymous]

Good suggestions. We also do yogurt bowls, ramen, naan pizzas, and frozen Trader Joe’s foods in the air fryer - mini chicken wontons, veggie samosas, burritos. And so much fruit.

[Anonymous]

Eggs.

We go through a flat of eggs every week.

[Anonymous]

Trader Joe's kimbop. Leftovers. Quesadillas, grilled cheese.

[Anonymous]

We do much of the above too.
I was really surprised when DS came through the kitchen after having dinner and apple pie and then hoovered some homemade breakfast muffins.

I got some ideas and bought some bran flour 😈😈😈 I'm going to add some fiber and protein. (but not those terrible Kodiak disgraces)

[Anonymous]

Lots of fruit, protein bars, ramen, bagels, TJ's frozen butter chicken and cheese pizzas, chips and salsa, ice cream, protein shakes and lots of drinks, usually a dessert of some type. My kid eats so many fruits and veggies we don't worry about fiber or nutrients.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are a little stuck. If your athletic teen is hungry between meals, what do they eat? One son said he would eat pasta if I just have some ready, the other said frozen burritos. But I would like some other options that are not too junky. And I guess I’m looking for filling things that I don’t need to make every day, not things like cheese sticks etc where they will need multiple snacks to fill them up.

They don’t need to eat between meals until they are full.

[Anonymous]

Between meals I leave out bowls of fruit (apples, clementines, grapes, pears,) and nuts (unsalted), dried fruit (no sugar), and veggies (cherry tomatoes, carrot sticks). This is more than enough if they are hungry.
We always have bags of frozen edamame on hand to microwave if they want something hot.

[Anonymous]

Hard boiled eggs.

Rice and beans (cheap, easy to reheat) or if your kid wants he can assemble and freeze a bunch of burtitos

Hummus is kinda expensive when bought prepared but maybe it's cheaper to make.