Moms of teenage athletes- HELP!

[Anonymous]

Are you European? Because I've yet to see Americans putting butter on toast. I actually had teen girls at school make fun of exchange student from Europe who did that, which I told them to stop and that it is never ok to make fun is normal in many parts of Europe... But, as the budget, I found Aldi to be great for feeding my two athletic teens. They are not as huge of eaters as many others, but it is like a bipolar disorder with mine, one day they are not hungry, next day three steaks. It was a good thing they liked Aldi selection, but I cook a lot so it wasn't premade mostly. If you can afford it, supplement with Chipotle or what they like, I know it is not as healthy, but you can't be cooking day and night, or want to? Don't know what turkey sticks are either. Everything sounds really healthy, but add fat to it. Bacon in the morning, mine will come and say that they want real meat, roasted chicken, pork cops, steaks, not tacos or pasta with ground beef, that fills them up, but it gets expensive, hence Aldi.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Buy in bulk at Sam's or Costco. You can save a lot on many items.

This- especially in summer. You might want to stock up on a bunch of smaller sized plastic or glass containers too though- and put 2 or 3 packages of 1 item in the fridge instead of the big box from Costco- they might eat more out of the big container without realizing it and you will then be running to the store just as much.

But especially in summer- you get 2-3 times the amount of strawberries and blueberries at costco for the same as wegmans (which I shop at both, but its noticeable). Some stuff at costco isn't a great deal (organic milk, oats, etc) compared to any random store but some are huge savings- cheese (BIG TIME), eggs, fruit, avocados, bread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you European? Because I've yet to see Americans putting butter on toast. I actually had teen girls at school make fun of exchange student from Europe who did that, which I told them to stop and that it is never ok to make fun is normal in many parts of Europe... But, as the budget, I found Aldi to be great for feeding my two athletic teens. They are not as huge of eaters as many others, but it is like a bipolar disorder with mine, one day they are not hungry, next day three steaks. It was a good thing they liked Aldi selection, but I cook a lot so it wasn't premade mostly. If you can afford it, supplement with Chipotle or what they like, I know it is not as healthy, but you can't be cooking day and night, or want to? Don't know what turkey sticks are either. Everything sounds really healthy, but add fat to it. Bacon in the morning, mine will come and say that they want real meat, roasted chicken, pork cops, steaks, not tacos or pasta with ground beef, that fills them up, but it gets expensive, hence Aldi.

Weird. I thought butter on toast is about as American as apple pie- I mean every town as a diner right? That's all buttered toast! That's what I put on my boys toast, I usually use PB or avocado for mine for a "meal"

My family is all from Italy (as in recent immigrants) they also do butter on toast or hazelnut spread or jam in the AM- but that's what my DH's family does , from USA farm country!

[Anonymous]

Funner are the HS years when you get up to (help)/make breakfast and pack a full lunch and after school/before practice "snack" all before the 6:52am bus came. Then they arrive home, sometime between 6-8pm and they stink, they're starving, and they have a few hours of homework. Looking back, it seems sort of lovely....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you European? Because I've yet to see Americans putting butter on toast. I actually had teen girls at school make fun of exchange student from Europe who did that, which I told them to stop and that it is never ok to make fun is normal in many parts of Europe... But, as the budget, I found Aldi to be great for feeding my two athletic teens. They are not as huge of eaters as many others, but it is like a bipolar disorder with mine, one day they are not hungry, next day three steaks. It was a good thing they liked Aldi selection, but I cook a lot so it wasn't premade mostly. If you can afford it, supplement with Chipotle or what they like, I know it is not as healthy, but you can't be cooking day and night, or want to? Don't know what turkey sticks are either. Everything sounds really healthy, but add fat to it. Bacon in the morning, mine will come and say that they want real meat, roasted chicken, pork cops, steaks, not tacos or pasta with ground beef, that fills them up, but it gets expensive, hence Aldi.

Thanks! No, not European. I've never seen an American NOT put butter on toast, lol...unless they're doing something else like avocado/pb/etc.

Ok, so I'm hearing a lot of "needs more fat"...any suggestions for foods?

[Anonymous]

what are turkey sticks? Sounds like my kids would like them but I've never seen them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you European? Because I've yet to see Americans putting butter on toast. I actually had teen girls at school make fun of exchange student from Europe who did that, which I told them to stop and that it is never ok to make fun is normal in many parts of Europe... But, as the budget, I found Aldi to be great for feeding my two athletic teens. They are not as huge of eaters as many others, but it is like a bipolar disorder with mine, one day they are not hungry, next day three steaks. It was a good thing they liked Aldi selection, but I cook a lot so it wasn't premade mostly. If you can afford it, supplement with Chipotle or what they like, I know it is not as healthy, but you can't be cooking day and night, or want to? Don't know what turkey sticks are either. Everything sounds really healthy, but add fat to it. Bacon in the morning, mine will come and say that they want real meat, roasted chicken, pork cops, steaks, not tacos or pasta with ground beef, that fills them up, but it gets expensive, hence Aldi.

Thanks! No, not European. I've never seen an American NOT put butter on toast, lol...unless they're doing something else like avocado/pb/etc.

Ok, so I'm hearing a lot of "needs more fat"...any suggestions for foods?

Do they like avocados? My son makes "quick guac" by smashing up an avocado with some lime juice, onion powder, red pepper flakes for heat, and a tomato. He'll eat that on pitas or crackers.

Try different nut butters... sun butter, almond butter, cashew butter, etc. or just different mixed nuts.

Mine also tosses chia seeds in with some vanilla ice cream and almond milk to make a shake.

Full fat yogurt with fruit added or if they are able to drink it, a full fat glass of milk.

[Anonymous]

Their diet is great, and I wish that my teen athlete ate eggs, because they would be such a great complement to his meat, cheese and veggie diet.

To be perfectly honest, my kid eats more junk, but most of it has some redeeming value. For example, he has ice cream most days. Pudding. Tostitos. Homemade muffins. Pumpkin bread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Funner are the HS years when you get up to (help)/make breakfast and pack a full lunch and after school/before practice "snack" all before the 6:52am bus came. Then they arrive home, sometime between 6-8pm and they stink, they're starving, and they have a few hours of homework. Looking back, it seems sort of lovely....

The amount of prep that goes into "helping" make sure my son has all of his meals and snacks for the day when in school is crazy! He makes himself breakfast but I pack his morning snack, lunch, pre-practice snack (that really would be a normal meal for me), etc. When he leaves for the day, he has his backpack, sports duffel, lunch box with lunch, and a second lunchbox with his snacks. He always looks like he's about to embark on a long journey rather than leave the house for 8 hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what are turkey sticks? Sounds like my kids would like them but I've never seen them.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Old-Wisconsin-Snack-Sticks-Turkey-Sausage-8-0-OZ/23554639

My boys love 'em. But I've only ever seen them at Walmart and the bag is small (and they're pricy)...I buy 2 bags/week and that doesn't last long at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Their diet is great, and I wish that my teen athlete ate eggs, because they would be such a great complement to his meat, cheese and veggie diet.

To be perfectly honest, my kid eats more junk, but most of it has some redeeming value. For example, he has ice cream most days. Pudding. Tostitos. Homemade muffins. Pumpkin bread.

Haha! The main reason it's healthy stuff is because *I* don't like to have junk in the house- I'm bad at resisting urges when it comes to things like Ice cream and pumpkin bread They do like tortilla chips with shredded cheese melted over them...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Their diet is great, and I wish that my teen athlete ate eggs, because they would be such a great complement to his meat, cheese and veggie diet.

To be perfectly honest, my kid eats more junk, but most of it has some redeeming value. For example, he has ice cream most days. Pudding. Tostitos. Homemade muffins. Pumpkin bread.

Haha! The main reason it's healthy stuff is because *I* don't like to have junk in the house- I'm bad at resisting urges when it comes to things like Ice cream and pumpkin bread They do like tortilla chips with shredded cheese melted over them...

It looks like s mom diet -- not a teenage boy diet.

[Anonymous]

Nuts
trail mix
nut butters
hard boiled eggs
cheese
meat jerky
make shredded pork - makes a ton and you can eat it as bbq or in quesadillas and it's cheap

i've made 'bento boxes' before which had cheese, hummus, PB, an egg or two and then fruit and veggies, and it kept them full for a while bc of all the protein.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Their diet is great, and I wish that my teen athlete ate eggs, because they would be such a great complement to his meat, cheese and veggie diet.

To be perfectly honest, my kid eats more junk, but most of it has some redeeming value. For example, he has ice cream most days. Pudding. Tostitos. Homemade muffins. Pumpkin bread.

Haha! The main reason it's healthy stuff is because *I* don't like to have junk in the house- I'm bad at resisting urges when it comes to things like Ice cream and pumpkin bread They do like tortilla chips with shredded cheese melted over them...

It looks like s mom diet -- not a teenage boy diet.

OK, so what do you suggest?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you European? Because I've yet to see Americans putting butter on toast. I actually had teen girls at school make fun of exchange student from Europe who did that, which I told them to stop and that it is never ok to make fun is normal in many parts of Europe... But, as the budget, I found Aldi to be great for feeding my two athletic teens. They are not as huge of eaters as many others, but it is like a bipolar disorder with mine, one day they are not hungry, next day three steaks. It was a good thing they liked Aldi selection, but I cook a lot so it wasn't premade mostly. If you can afford it, supplement with Chipotle or what they like, I know it is not as healthy, but you can't be cooking day and night, or want to? Don't know what turkey sticks are either. Everything sounds really healthy, but add fat to it. Bacon in the morning, mine will come and say that they want real meat, roasted chicken, pork cops, steaks, not tacos or pasta with ground beef, that fills them up, but it gets expensive, hence Aldi.

Weird. I thought butter on toast is about as American as apple pie- I mean every town as a diner right? That's all buttered toast! That's what I put on my boys toast, I usually use PB or avocado for mine for a "meal"

My family is all from Italy (as in recent immigrants) they also do butter on toast or hazelnut spread or jam in the AM- but that's what my DH's family does , from USA farm country!

Yeah, I don't get why the first PP thinks that only Europeans put butter on toast. While there are certainly many people in the US who prefer to put other things on their toast (pb, jam, etc) & some who eat it dry, butter is kind of the US's (& many otger countries') official "default" option for toast.