Packed Lunches for Hungry Teen Boy
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Anonymous
| We do a lot of pasta for my tween boy in a big thermos. He likes it with red sauce, pesto or simply plain with olive oil and parmesan. |
Anonymous
I just added a seond sandwich. |
Anonymous
| Chili |
Anonymous
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Buy a Rotisserie chicken and boil some rice.
Have him take chicken and rice in a Tupperware container and bring it home. Also hard boiled eggs, cheese sticks, nuts (if that’s allowed), more protein and filling things. |
Anonymous
Exactly! This is not OPs problem. OP probably does his laundry and cleans his room too. |
Anonymous
| I noticed that the guys in my office who were active tended to pack a “normal” lunch and then supplemented with grilled or roasted chicken strips and string cheese. U |
Anonymous
Every day? |
Anonymous
Yes if he needs a packed lunch. Luckily he's not a snack eater. |
Anonymous
| I wouldn't be packing a lunch for a 14 yr old. I haven't packed my son a lunch since 2nd grade. I take him to the store and pick out stuff so I know what to buy later. |
Anonymous
| My son would be embarrassed if I packed his lunch for him. My husband too for that matter! |
Anonymous
| My 14-year old son takes a sandwich with protein, full fat yogurt, fruit, and a piece of snack cake of some sort every day for lunch. That keeps him happy. |
Anonymous
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My son needed help to come up with ideas for large, filling lunches at that age.
He ended up heating up a can of hearty soup (usually lentil) and putting the whole contents into a LARGE thermos, not the little kid one from elem/middle school but a meal sized container. Also would have: - crackers for the soup - turkey sandwich, thick whole wheat bread, mayo, mustard, lettuce and tomatoes - a dill pickle - some babybel or string cheese or cheddar cheese slices - fruit like an orange or apple or some grapes - big container of whole milk - something for dessert (And after that, he had one nice, green leaf and he felt much better!) |
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Anonymous
| extra snacks that are nutritious - like hummus, fruit, yogurt etc. I'm not a huge fan of protein bars but when my ds was in a spurt, we kept those in his backpack for those moments when he felt starving all of a sudden after school/sports |
Anonymous
| Why doesn’t he have ideas about this? This is why men act like babies when they get married. I packed my lunch starting at age 6, BTW. |