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[quote=Anonymous]I have two teenage boys. We are not big on frozen and prepared foods but some frozen food is our reality.  However, we all like to cook and bake and my boys also know their way around the kitchen.

My strategy is to assume they will eat up to 6 meals. Because they like junky stuff, I will always add some sweet things in the mix.  I do make something similar to protein milkshake another pp wrote about. However, I had not thought about using protein powder but that is a great idea.

Add a variety of foods in the meals and stretch the meals by adding extra ingredients in it.  So if they are eating cereal and milk, get them to add a chopped banana, handful of bananas and some raisin in it.  The meal becomes more filling and nutritious. My kids like variety so I am always mixing things up for them.  I also have a list of menu items for meals as well as for lunch boxes when school opens and I do shop with a meal plan in hand.  For example this is the the breakfast I have served in the past week. Some of these require a bit more effort but since it is summer break we have time to hang around the breakfast table.

Breakfast 
- Honey bunches of oats/cheerios cereal, handful of walnuts and cranberries, organic whole milk.  1 banana  with spoon of peanut butter and a belvita cookie. 
- 2 scrambled eggs with  cheddar cheese or mexican blend cheese and finely chopped spinach, whole wheat toast with alouette garlic & herb cheese spread, 1  bowl of grapes, strawberries, cantaloup with two tablespoon of vanilla ice cream. 
- Spinach and onion pancakes (salty with cumin, turmeric). Skyr with a fruit puree (we use mango puree) or champagne marmalade. 
- Using sandwich maker - veggie sandwiches served with ketchup. I fill it with  the following fillings and add quite a bit of spice - sauteed peppers/onions/mushrooms/cilantro/ginger, sausage/mashed potatoes/peas, boiled potatoes/cooked carrots/cooked peas/ cheese.   Home made banana-nut-bread. 
- Stuffed whole wheat parantha (homemade shallow fried tortilla like bread) with cauliflower/potatoes/cheese served with harissa and yogurt.  Mango lassi.
- Oats porridge with ground flaxseed, whole cashews, raisin.  Scotch eggs with avocado toast.
(Scotch eggs are a sort of laborious process involving frying. But it is doable on a weekends),
- Breakfast tacos with whole wheat tortillas,  scrambled eggs, finely chopped veggies and sausage meat.  Top with salsa and chopped avocado.   Apple cake (boxed yellow cake mix and diced and sliced apples) with condensed milk drizzled on it.  [/quote]

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