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[quote=Anonymous]I have 3 teen boys who eat a lot.  My biggest concerns with how much they eat are the impact on my budget, and also the amount of meat in their diet.  I serve a lot of meat, but I also think it's important to balance meat with other foods.

One way I manage this is by serving 1 - 2 reasonable adult sized portions of meat for each kid, and then having a vegetarian protein they can eat their fill of.  So, maybe I serve chicken or steak tacos, and I also have beans.  Or I serve turkey sandwiches with lentil soup.

The second way I manage this is by serving foods that combine two proteins. So, a miso based soup with shrimp and tofu.  Or cottage pie with a mixture of ground beef and lentils.

And finally, I manage this by making sure that the vegetables and grains I make have added fat, like roasted veggies with oil and salt, or salad with a full fat dressing.  I do this both so that they taste good which makes the kids more likely to eat it, and because it increases the total amount of calories in the food which leads to satiety.  [/quote]

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