Are you kidding?! You saw all the comments, and yet you didn't appreciably change much. 1 ounce of shredded cheese is roughly 1/4 cup. So, you put out 5 oz of cheese, a small jar of salsa, 8 chicken thighs, 10 tortillas, 1 onion and 4 peppers? How is that enough for a family of 6, including two teen athletes, let alone everyone else?! |
A single pound of spaghetti and a pound of spaghetti?! |
Are YOU kidding? The thread is 6 years old. |
With that mix of age and genders, you order three pizzas, wings, cheesy breadsticks and hand them a dinner salad (NOT a side salad) first before letting them eat until they're content. |
Teenage athlete who practice for hours daily are burning off whatever they eat. |
Didn't read the whole tread, but I assume you just forgot to write about the carb for your first dinner example?
If you did not have a carb....for teens, even bread, well...in my home country nice bread is a necessity accompaniment, for I guess the exact reasons you are facing. |
Seriously! Stop resurrecting 5 year old threads!
What a jerk thing to do ! |
My 17yr old lacrosse player would never touch ensure. He also works out very hard and watches his diet. Ice cream is not a regular for him. Seriously athletes don't eat like trash. As a matter of fact he eats Vegan 3 days a week-says it helps recovery. |
Oh goodie, this thread again. I love re-reading this. So funny! |
I like to think that OP now works at a restaurant or cafeteria making giant pots of (delicious and nutritious!) food for hundreds of people at once. |
Don't focus on cost, focus on quality food to create a balanced diet. It's highly likely that your two teens could each eat 2-3 entrees from a Chinese restaurant, 6 sushi rolls, or 1 huge steak each, along with sides. This is when you hit the buffet, OP. You let the kids and DH go crazy, reminding the children/teens to try to make healthy choices, and you limit yourself to a bowl of soup and a salad. Boring, but healthy for you. |
You budget based on one serving for you and the toddler, two servings for the child and DH, not on each person getting the same amount. |
I do wish the OP would come back.... This was a fun one. |
I know plenty of people whose children and teens have dessert every night, but they also understand that mom and dad don't. |
+1 I really would love to hear from the OP. It's funny, the people responding to the OP. The OP's older kids probably don't even live in her home anymore. ![]() |