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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 2 teenaged boys and an 11 yo DD.  DH and I eat norm human quantities.  ;)

I don't want them filling up on cereal (both for cost and for nutrition), so for breakfast I buy (weekly) 3 large containers of full-fat greek yogurt, a large bag of sliced almonds, 4 pints of berries, and 3 boxes of granola.  I also make on the weekend and freeze an entire package of whole-grain pancake mix, which they eat with nut butter.  I also boil 2 dozen eggs.  I also buy a bag each of apples and oranges and several bunches of bananas, all of which they also eat with nut butter and/or greek yogurt.  We also go through a jug of maple syrup each week to sweeten all the yogurt.  And I get them each a gallon of whole milk (literally theirs--their name goes on it and if they run out, that's it).  I always keep boxed muffin mix in the house in case we run out of breakfast food before grocery day.

For lunches I buy: 6 loaves of bread, an entire ham, 3 cans of chicken or 6 cans of tuna (I mix up a salad on the weekend), and ingredients for a big batch of lentil "sloppy joes).  I also buy several heads of lettuce, some avocados if they are on sale, a few lbs of tomatoes, some onions and mayo and several blocks of different kinds of full-fat cheese.

When they get home from school/practice we have vegetables for snacks.  Each week I buy two large bags of baby carrots, 3 heads of celery and some mushrooms or broccoli or peppers (rotate according to sales for some variety) which they eat with dip (2 tubs of hummus and 2 tubs of full-fat sour cream with ranch seasoning mixed in and 2 jars of salsa.  They each get 2 large boxes of crackers per week (again labeled), which varies with sales/coupons). I also buy 6 or so sweet potatoes and roast them on the weekend so they can just pull the skin off and eat with butter.  I also buy a huge tub of spinach and about 6 heads of romaine per week and 3-4 kinds of salad dressing and toppings (subflower seeds, nuts, croutons, cheese, olives, etc.).

For dinner, I serve them each double what I would eat, and always have either 1 cup (uncooked measurement) brown rice per kid, or 1/2 loaf of french bread or 1 large russet potato to go alongside dinner per kid.  If they are still hungry after dinner they are welcome to make pasta and sauce or have more of their snack stuff or bake some of the afforementioned muffins.[/quote]

So this is my future?  Wow [/quote]

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