Need some more classic meat & potato meals for growing boy!

[Anonymous]

Stuffed peppers and mashed potatoes

[Anonymous]

For the potatoes, our DD loves baked diced red potatoes (skin on). I buy a big bag, dice up like 1 inch or so, skin on, put in couple disposable foil trays tossed with olive oil and generous Old Bay seasoning. Bake 45 minutes on 450. Tastes almost like French fries, can freeze and microwave too.

[Anonymous]

Can try grilled lamb chops - season with olive oil, Worchestershire, McCormick Perfect Pinch Lemon Pepper Seasoning mixture. Not other brand.

[Anonymous]

What does being a growing boy have to do with meat and potatoes? Sounds more like picky eater.

Fwiw, my teen boy is vegetarian and ran cross country through his growth spurts and is now 6’ tall and at a healthy weight.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does being a growing boy have to do with meat and potatoes? Sounds more like picky eater.

Fwiw, my teen boy is vegetarian and ran cross country through his growth spurts and is now 6’ tall and at a healthy weight.

Vegetarianism is just as picky.

So your kid did a sport that's not that intense, and ended up not that tall, but you can judge anyone whose kids need more calories?

[Anonymous]

My family loves this NYT ziti recipe! I par boil the pasta first.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1020811-cheesy-baked-pasta-with-sausage-and-ricotta

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does being a growing boy have to do with meat and potatoes? Sounds more like picky eater.

Fwiw, my teen boy is vegetarian and ran cross country through his growth spurts and is now 6’ tall and at a healthy weight.

Vegetarianism is just as picky.

So your kid did a sport that's not that intense, and ended up not that tall, but you can judge anyone whose kids need more calories?

Oh, the rampant ignorance in this post…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What does being a growing boy have to do with meat and potatoes? Sounds more like picky eater.

Fwiw, my teen boy is vegetarian and ran cross country through his growth spurts and is now 6’ tall and at a healthy weight.

+100 way to start a lifetime of unhealthy diet

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does being a growing boy have to do with meat and potatoes? Sounds more like picky eater.

Fwiw, my teen boy is vegetarian and ran cross country through his growth spurts and is now 6’ tall and at a healthy weight.

+100 way to start a lifetime of unhealthy diet

OP here. Please, take your orthorexia elsewhere. FWIW, figuring out the healthy, delicious meals my kid likes has been tremendously positive for his eating habits. When he knows he’ll like it, he’s relaxed, and much more likely to try the side dishes with different flavors and textures, especially veggies.

But sure, tell me all about your 10 year old who eats tofu and quinoa every night.

PS: meat and potatoes are healthy.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Thank you for all the ideas. The ones that I’m going to try are:

Bulgogi rice bowl. If I can find a good brand of marinated bulgogi, sounds really fast. Plus I can add a lot of veggies for me and I like bulgogi!

Taco pasta. Looks disgusting but I think he’ll like it

Baked ziti with ricotta and sausage (NY Times recipe)

Shepherd’s pie. I’m skeptical but he loves mashed potatoes and it was mentioned several times, so we’ll give it a try!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for all the ideas. The ones that I’m going to try are:

Bulgogi rice bowl. If I can find a good brand of marinated bulgogi, sounds really fast. Plus I can add a lot of veggies for me and I like bulgogi!

Taco pasta. Looks disgusting but I think he’ll like it

Baked ziti with ricotta and sausage (NY Times recipe)

Shepherd’s pie. I’m skeptical but he loves mashed potatoes and it was mentioned several times, so we’ll give it a try!

We do a completely bastardized version of bulgogi that just uses ground beef/turkey and storebought sauce. Not authentic, but quick and tasty.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thank you for all the ideas. The ones that I’m going to try are:

Bulgogi rice bowl. If I can find a good brand of marinated bulgogi, sounds really fast. Plus I can add a lot of veggies for me and I like bulgogi!

Taco pasta. Looks disgusting but I think he’ll like it

Baked ziti with ricotta and sausage (NY Times recipe)

Shepherd’s pie. I’m skeptical but he loves mashed potatoes and it was mentioned several times, so we’ll give it a try!

I like the Hmart marinated bulgogi.

[Anonymous]

Thank you to whoever suggested the chicken apple sausage, potato, peppers, and onion skillet dish. Totally making this tomorrow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Anyone have a good Korean beef bowl recipe? Or stroganoff recipe?

My kids LOVE Shepard’s pie. I don’t follow a recipe. Just brown some ground beef with onion carrot and peas, garlic, thyme. add a tablespoon of flour and heat a couple min then a a couple glugs of beef broth. Top with mashed potatoes and bake. I often make in cast iron skillet so I minimize dishes to wash

We also do shepherds pie, sometimes swapping in mashed sweet potatoes for the topping. We often double the portion and do two casserole dishes at once so we'll have leftovers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does being a growing boy have to do with meat and potatoes? Sounds more like picky eater.

Fwiw, my teen boy is vegetarian and ran cross country through his growth spurts and is now 6’ tall and at a healthy weight.

+100 way to start a lifetime of unhealthy diet

OP here. Please, take your orthorexia elsewhere. FWIW, figuring out the healthy, delicious meals my kid likes has been tremendously positive for his eating habits. When he knows he’ll like it, he’s relaxed, and much more likely to try the side dishes with different flavors and textures, especially veggies.

But sure, tell me all about your 10 year old who eats tofu and quinoa every night.

PS: meat and potatoes are healthy.

+1 million

Team OP! You can’t beat the nutritional profile of meat, especially as it relates to growing teenagers. The twig and seed-eaters can shovel as much of that stuff in as they want. The rest of us will enjoy our steaks.