I'm having trouble keeping everyone fed.

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Anonymous wrote:Op here. An update of what? Dinner was good tonight.

Were there leftovers? And did you stick with the plan of 2 boxes pasta, 3 packages sausage and one bag of spinach or did you augment?

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When teens are old enough to drive I suggest this ~ offer this option - - if you don't like what we have in the house, go grocery shopping, provide a receipt and I'll reimburse you.

Teens like to complain how there is "nothing to eat", or say they "have" to eat out.

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There were no leftovers on Thursday but last night we went out to the mall and everyone wanted to eat there. So everyone had different things from the food court. To the healthy eating poster, I know it's not the best food but I checked and they aren't all obese this morning. Like I said before we don't eat out all that often.

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Hey op- I'd say not having leftovers means you did good. Everyone liked it, right? No food will be wasted. And with that many people, if there are leftovers, it wouldn't likely be enough to not have to cook the next night.

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Anonymous wrote:Hey op- I'd say not having leftovers means you did good. Everyone liked it, right? No food will be wasted. And with that many people, if there are leftovers, it wouldn't likely be enough to not have to cook the next night.

But the OP's goal was to HAVE leftovers, so that she knew that she was cooking enough. So far I haven't seen any posts where she said she had leftovers?

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Anonymous wrote:There were no leftovers on Thursday but last night we went out to the mall and everyone wanted to eat there. So everyone had different things from the food court. To the healthy eating poster, I know it's not the best food but I checked and they aren't all obese this morning. Like I said before we don't eat out all that often.

OP, you missed my point. I know they aren't going to be obese while they are young and I don't think every meal has to be perfect. But the meals you feed them at home are restaurant style meals. Chicken pot pie, chicken wings, ice cream cake, sausage and pasta, pavlova, cheesy spinach dip and white bread. Those are super fatty, sugary, white carb, fatty meat, restaurant style meals. Delicious, of course, but also not great eating habits for a lifetime and you are teaching them what to eat right now.

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Anonymous wrote:Okay so, there were almost leftovers again. My son specifically said he loved the food.

Does this mean they ate everything you prepared? If so, time to make more quantity tomorrow.

Yep, that's the plan for tonight. Going to Costco today to really stock up. Tonight I want to make chicken pot pie. I'll make 4 9 inch , deep dish pies. I think I'll make broccoli, sweet potato fries and fruit salad as well. Ice cream cake for dessert.

PP, I guarantee that if you listen to the PPs and you keep feeding your kids like this, they will become obese adults. This is not healthy eating. Quantity is important and quality. Ice cream cake for dessert on a regular weeknight? After chicken pot pie??? You need to remember you are teaching them how to eat and the more fat and sugar and salt in the food, the more addictive it is. There is "stomach hunger eating" and "mouth hunger eating." If you feed them this crap, they will not learn to stop when they are full. They will overeat. When you eat healthy food, you tend to stop when you are full. Lean meats, brown rice, vegetables, fish, whole grain pastas, beans and legumes... And make tons of it. Your kids might ask for pizza afterward but that does not mean they are hungry. It means they desire junk food! People on this thread are going way too far in the other direction. I saw one poster say that 20 chicken wings is an appetizer for two people! OMG!!! Only in obesity world. Please take the advice on dcum with a grain of salt!

I said that. (So did someone else). Not only am I not obese, I'm not even American. I'm also 5'9" and 145 lbs. My teens can eat more than that. DH is 6'3" and 200 lbs. Nobody is obese. Or even remotely fat. No need to generalize, some people are very active and eat more than others. Note that I also don't eat or serve them with any regularity--definitely a "big game" sort of treat.

This is a non-sequitur.

What does your nationality have to do with anything?

Isn't obesity world a theme park in the US? So maybe only a little bit of a non-sequitur there.

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Anonymous wrote:There were no leftovers on Thursday but last night we went out to the mall and everyone wanted to eat there. So everyone had different things from the food court. To the healthy eating poster, I know it's not the best food but I checked and they aren't all obese this morning. Like I said before we don't eat out all that often.

OP, you missed my point. I know they aren't going to be obese while they are young and I don't think every meal has to be perfect. But the meals you feed them at home are restaurant style meals. Chicken pot pie, chicken wings, ice cream cake, sausage and pasta, pavlova, cheesy spinach dip and white bread. Those are super fatty, sugary, white carb, fatty meat, restaurant style meals. Delicious, of course, but also not great eating habits for a lifetime and you are teaching them what to eat right now.

I know you think you know all about my family but you don't. Yes occasionally we have fatty foods that I make at home but you don't know exactly what I serve every night year round. You need to get off your high horse. My meals are balanced and are generally healthier than restaurant food because I cook them to not be as heavy.

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Anonymous wrote:There were no leftovers on Thursday but last night we went out to the mall and everyone wanted to eat there. So everyone had different things from the food court. To the healthy eating poster, I know it's not the best food but I checked and they aren't all obese this morning. Like I said before we don't eat out all that often.

OP, you missed my point. I know they aren't going to be obese while they are young and I don't think every meal has to be perfect. But the meals you feed them at home are restaurant style meals. Chicken pot pie, chicken wings, ice cream cake, sausage and pasta, pavlova, cheesy spinach dip and white bread. Those are super fatty, sugary, white carb, fatty meat, restaurant style meals. Delicious, of course, but also not great eating habits for a lifetime and you are teaching them what to eat right now.

OP seems to be cooking pretty well-rounded meals for a growing family of teens (just needs to cook more of it). She's cooking 4-5 nights a week. What do you suggest that she try? Teenagers are not going to to be satisfied with baked chicken, fish, and steamed vegetables every day.

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Anonymous wrote:There were no leftovers on Thursday but last night we went out to the mall and everyone wanted to eat there. So everyone had different things from the food court. To the healthy eating poster, I know it's not the best food but I checked and they aren't all obese this morning. Like I said before we don't eat out all that often.

OP, you missed my point. I know they aren't going to be obese while they are young and I don't think every meal has to be perfect. But the meals you feed them at home are restaurant style meals. Chicken pot pie, chicken wings, ice cream cake, sausage and pasta, pavlova, cheesy spinach dip and white bread. Those are super fatty, sugary, white carb, fatty meat, restaurant style meals. Delicious, of course, but also not great eating habits for a lifetime and you are teaching them what to eat right now.

You sound butt hurt that you don't have nice meals. Lol

Harping a little too much on the pot pie and pavlova

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Anonymous wrote:Op you sound like an amazing cook! Seriously, you should write a recipe book. I wish I could come up with such creative meals. Right now I'm trying to decide whether I should make Greek salad or Caesar salad for dinner. I feel like I only know how to make 6 different things besides sandwiches or eggs. My family is bored of my cooking

I think the OP makes some pretty damn weird dinner combos!! Who makes chicken pot pie with sweet potato fries?!

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Anonymous wrote:"An entire bag of spinach" is enough for 2 people. Look at the back of the bag if you don't believe me. Those bags say 2.5 servings.

It depends on the size of the bag but really, 2lbs of pasta, 3lbs of sausage, and a bag of spinach should be enough for 6 people since 2 of them are little kids! OP was not feeding her kids enough before but she is doing fine now. Leave her alone.

She still doesn't have left overs. She's still here posting that they are hoovering through what she cooks. She is still not making enough!

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Op here. I would like to clarify a few things.

1. When I started posting here the meals that I listed were balanced. 1 meat, 1 carb, veggies.
I have since been told to add extra carb to the table at around page 2-5. Before this thread, the pot pie meal would be the pie and perhaps a salad. I added sweet potato fries because I am grasping at straws to find some semi healthy food to beef up what I have on the table.

2. When I make things, they are not dripping with fat. For example, the sweet potato fries are barely fries. They are sweet potatoes cut into slices and put in the oven till crispy. Not deep fried.

3. The massive amounts of food on the table in the last few weeks still haven't amounted to leftovers. It's like the kids stomachs expand to consume everything regardless of if its 500 cals or 1000.

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OP I think chicken pot pie is a FINE meal for a family. I make it all the time!

Pasta and sausage and spinach are also fine.

My parents had to feed 4 kids, 2 adults and 2 grandparents most of my life. I recall a lot of food for dinner each night but we also seldom had leftovers! For sure my mom made 2 pounds of pasta every night for the 8 of us, and at least 2 pounds of things like sausages and chicken breasts (boneless). I don't know that they sold tings in "family packs" as much back then.

When we were on swim team she would buy big boxes of hamburger patties from the equivalent of Costco and we would just heat ourselves up some hamburgers as a snack.

I think bread and butter is a good addition to basically every meal as a way to fill in around the edges.

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Anonymous wrote:There were no leftovers on Thursday but last night we went out to the mall and everyone wanted to eat there. So everyone had different things from the food court. To the healthy eating poster, I know it's not the best food but I checked and they aren't all obese this morning. Like I said before we don't eat out all that often.

OP, you missed my point. I know they aren't going to be obese while they are young and I don't think every meal has to be perfect. But the meals you feed them at home are restaurant style meals. Chicken pot pie, chicken wings, ice cream cake, sausage and pasta, pavlova, cheesy spinach dip and white bread. Those are super fatty, sugary, white carb, fatty meat, restaurant style meals. Delicious, of course, but also not great eating habits for a lifetime and you are teaching them what to eat right now.

You sound butt hurt that you don't have nice meals. Lol

Harping a little too much on the pot pie and pavlova

That's funny but we eat really well in my family. I'm also feeding teens and when my son is asked what his favorite food is, he answers "anything my mom cooks but especially her chili." I do emphasize healthy foods though. It's just something I care about. Didn't mean to offend anyone.