Teen son ate an entire large container of Whole Foods smoked mozzarella pasta salad

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Anonymous wrote:I was at the pool Saturday for my kid’s swim lesson and one of the HS guards was talking to one of the instructors about what they spend their paychecks on.

HS guard boy said he spends it mostly on eggs, chicken and ground beef because his parents think he eats too much but he’s so hungry from sports. I was ready to drive him to my house and load him up with groceries and a second/third/fourth lunch.

Feed these boys! If they’re home eating at least they’re not off making trouble.

That makes me so sad for that teen!

That's actually insane, poor kid!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Growth spurt. We’ve had entire containers of raspberries not make it to the fridge. Remind him there are other people in the house who would like to have treats too.

We buy two containers of this specific pasta salad each WF shopping trip. It's lasts about 4-6 days because the rest of us just take a little bit as a side item for lunch or maybe a snack. It seems at the very least uncivilized to hoover an entire container. Even if he's hungry, it's overboard, right?

Not everyone is or should eat like a middle-aged woman.

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Anonymous wrote:I was at the pool Saturday for my kid’s swim lesson and one of the HS guards was talking to one of the instructors about what they spend their paychecks on.

HS guard boy said he spends it mostly on eggs, chicken and ground beef because his parents think he eats too much but he’s so hungry from sports. I was ready to drive him to my house and load him up with groceries and a second/third/fourth lunch.

Feed these boys! If they’re home eating at least they’re not off making trouble.

That makes me so sad for that teen!

That's actually insane, poor kid!

I would feel like an utter failure as a (UMC) parent if my kid had to use their lifeguarding money for...eggs. Seriously messed up.

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Anonymous wrote:Growth spurt. We’ve had entire containers of raspberries not make it to the fridge. Remind him there are other people in the house who would like to have treats too.

We buy two containers of this specific pasta salad each WF shopping trip. It's lasts about 4-6 days because the rest of us just take a little bit as a side item for lunch or maybe a snack. It seems at the very least uncivilized to hoover an entire container. Even if he's hungry, it's overboard, right?

You shop at WF, you have money. Why not buy enough to satisfy the family. Posts like this show how messed up some people are around food.

I can't tell if you all are just being mean just for sport. You think we should just add 7x 1lb $11.99 each large containers of WF smoked mozz pasta salad to the shopping list so a 13 year old boy can binge eat one before bed every night? This is extremely indulgent and rude to the rest of the family.

I would not buy so little of a family favorite that each member could only take just a “little bit as a side item” for snack or lunch.

I find complaining about WF prices while shopping there for indulgent items to be silly.

Pasta salad is not a meal. Eating over a pound of cold pasta salad is not normal. A small, snack-sized portion to nosh on is the appropriate amount. Delis have those tiny quarter pound containers, that's an appropriate amount to snack on. A 1lb container is four times that size.

Not normal for YOU. Totally normal for a teen boy, especially if he's an athlete.

I can't stop laughing at the word nosh. Teen boys don't "nosh" on anything, they're not your aunties at a kaffee klatsch. They're more like termites on a mission, they just steadily inhale and chomp their way through everything.

This is so spot-on, and I love the writing!

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Anonymous wrote:Growth spurt. We’ve had entire containers of raspberries not make it to the fridge. Remind him there are other people in the house who would like to have treats too.

We buy two containers of this specific pasta salad each WF shopping trip. It's lasts about 4-6 days because the rest of us just take a little bit as a side item for lunch or maybe a snack. It seems at the very least uncivilized to hoover an entire container. Even if he's hungry, it's overboard, right?

You shop at WF, you have money. Why not buy enough to satisfy the family. Posts like this show how messed up some people are around food.

I can't tell if you all are just being mean just for sport. You think we should just add 7x 1lb $11.99 each large containers of WF smoked mozz pasta salad to the shopping list so a 13 year old boy can binge eat one before bed every night? This is extremely indulgent and rude to the rest of the family.

I would not buy so little of a family favorite that each member could only take just a “little bit as a side item” for snack or lunch.

I find complaining about WF prices while shopping there for indulgent items to be silly.

Pasta salad is not a meal. Eating over a pound of cold pasta salad is not normal. A small, snack-sized portion to nosh on is the appropriate amount. Delis have those tiny quarter pound containers, that's an appropriate amount to snack on. A 1lb container is four times that size.

Not normal for YOU. Totally normal for a teen boy, especially if he's an athlete.

I can't stop laughing at the word nosh. Teen boys don't "nosh" on anything, they're not your aunties at a kaffee klatsch. They're more like termites on a mission, they just steadily inhale and chomp their way through everything.

This is so spot-on, and I love the writing!

Agreed with all of this, I am forever amazed at how much food my 14 year old DS needs to consume daily. He needs to eat what I consider 5 full (by boy standard not middle age mom standard) meals a day to just maintain what he burns. He is healthy, sporty and I won’t shame him for the constant craving. I do ask that he start with some fruit or vegetables and cheese before he is a locust in the snack cabinet but a nighttime snack is still usually a banana, 2 oranges, 2 cheese sticks and a bowl of goldfish just to take the edge of before bed.

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Anonymous wrote:Growth spurt. We’ve had entire containers of raspberries not make it to the fridge. Remind him there are other people in the house who would like to have treats too.

Lol there are like 6 raspberries in each container.

In a pint of raspberries? You must be realllly bad at “guess how many jelly beans are in the jar” contests.

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Anonymous wrote:Raise your hand if you’re making pasta salad for dinner after reading this thread.

Whole Foods has been selling this pasta salad since like 2003 in the DC area, along wth the strawberry and whipped cream pie, etc. Everyone here is acting so "brand new" about it. We all know about this salad, please. In any event, it is not as good as it used to be since Amazon took over Whole Foods some years ago.

Pp here, all I meant was that I had a hankering for pasta salad after reading this. Lighten up!

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Anonymous wrote:Growth spurt. We’ve had entire containers of raspberries not make it to the fridge. Remind him there are other people in the house who would like to have treats too.

Lol there are like 6 raspberries in each container.

In a pint of raspberries? You must be realllly bad at “guess how many jelly beans are in the jar” contests.

DP but are you unfamiliar with the concept of exaggeration?

Are you also unaware that there are fewer calories in a pint of raspberries than in a typical candy bar?

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Anonymous wrote:Raise your hand if you’re making pasta salad for dinner after reading this thread.

Whole Foods has been selling this pasta salad since like 2003 in the DC area, along wth the strawberry and whipped cream pie, etc. Everyone here is acting so "brand new" about it. We all know about this salad, please. In any event, it is not as good as it used to be since Amazon took over Whole Foods some years ago.

Pp here, all I meant was that I had a hankering for pasta salad after reading this. Lighten up!

No.

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You can made pounds and pounds of this salad for dirt cheap with a copy cat recipe. No need to starve your kid.

Nosh, indeed. Snort.

https://lifessweetseasons.com/2019/07/31/whole-foods-smoked-mozzarella-pasta-salad/comment-page-1/

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My two teen boys made a scrambled egg "snack" last night (after dinner) and used 11 eggs and an entire pack of shredded cheese. They left one egg in the container. Thanks guys.

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Anonymous wrote:My two teen boys made a scrambled egg "snack" last night (after dinner) and used 11 eggs and an entire pack of shredded cheese. They left one egg in the container. Thanks guys.

Sounds about right. It’s probably because they were too lazy to throw away the carton. That would be my son’s MO.😂😂😂

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Alright, OP, we get it. You shop at Whole Foods. You're rich. Weird place to flex about that but okay.

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Anonymous wrote:You can made pounds and pounds of this salad for dirt cheap with a copy cat recipe. No need to starve your kid.

Nosh, indeed. Snort.

https://lifessweetseasons.com/2019/07/31/whole-foods-smoked-mozzarella-pasta-salad/comment-page-1/

Did you add up all of those ingredients? Looks the recipe makes a few pounds but it’s not cheap.

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Anonymous wrote:Tell him to take a delicious piece of fruit and eat it outside.

LOL after he's eating a couple of those delicious asparagus spears on his dinner plate.

These women know nothing about growing boys. Nothing.

We do know that the majority of 13 year old boys do not need to eat more than 3500 calories per day. Did you know that?

Thanks for confirming that you know nothing about teen boys.

I have 3 sons... 24, 22, and 18. They are all a normal, healthy weight and have great eating habits. Do you have teen boys? If so, my guess is that your sons will all be overweight by the time they are over 25.

Since we are guessing, I guess that your sons hid their eating habits from you just like those lifeguards pp was talking about.

+1. Definitely an almond mom who eats tiny portions and doesn’t understand that other people don’t enjoy continuous pangs of hunger and dizziness from lack of sufficient food

I am a mom, but I actually eat about 2000-2500 calories per day. Our whole family is into various sports and very health conscious, so perhaps that makes me overly aware of the bad eating habits and overweightness/obesity that occurs in the majority of Americans. I realize that makes me unpopular on DCUM. I'll bow out of the discussion now.

Look, we all know it’s good to be physically active and focus on healthy foods. It’s not okay to shame a teenage boy for being hungry enough to eat a large portion of pasta salad. The mom was angry enough to post here. If it were me I would have said “hey bud, next time leave the pasta salad as something the family can share. If you’re super hungry right now, let’s get you some protein pancake mix or hummus (insert whatever you think is appropriate here)”

She can’t seem to get over that he ate the whole thing, then goes on to add that he’s a snob and prefers door dash to homemade quesadillas (which is a totally different story).