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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hear you, OP. I'll toss out some "real food" ideas that some on DCUM will think are horrible, but they work for a real family.

Breakfast: [b]Oatmeal with fruit;[/b] scrambled eggs on [b]toast[/b]; [b]whole wheat toast with peanut butter and banana[/b]; a bowl of [b]yogurt[/b] with nuts and fruit

Lunch: A small turkey [b]sandwich[/b] with [b]fruit[/b] or some raw vegetables; leftover pasta; quesadilla; soup; a slice of [b]pizza[/b] with [b]fruit[/b] or veggie sides

Dinner: Endless possibilities, but most meals have a protein, lots of vegetables, and carbs as a side rather than a focus.

Try to add in as many healthy foods as you can. Doesn't mean you have to take away all the unhealthy foods. If you eat a lot of processed foods, try cutting them down to a couple of times a week. Make salads fun and nourishing ... throw in nuts, or cheese, or avocado to keep people full and prevent them from seeming like a punishment.

Try to get everyone cooking ... makes you appreciate food more. [/quote]

Not horrible, but there’s a lot of sugar here. I’d make small adjustments to get the sugar out and still have a fully satisfying meal

Replace all fruit with berries only - rasp, blue, black, straw
If you need something crispy with scrambled eggs, cheese crisps instead of toast
Replace peanut butter and banana (sugar and sugar) with Avocado Smash on toast
Nuts, seeds, berries and two scoops of yogurt instead of a bowl
Turkey lettuce wrap instead of sandwich
Cauliflower pizza instead of regular pizza and salad instead of fruit
Chicken Salad or Egg Salad instead of leftover pasta (don’t make so much that there are any leftovers)[/quote]

I'm responding before reading the rest of the thread so I'm sure some other person says this, but the reason the pp said 'works for a real family' before typing out her suggestions is because what you just typed would of course NOT work in a real family. Or at least many. Berries are expensive AF and my kids tear through them. Cheese crisps does not satiate the way toast does. Cauliflower pizza is a total diet food that I know virtually no one in real life who enjoys.

"Don't make so much that there are any leftovers" is extremely difficult when trying to cook for multiple people, some of which are children who are difficult to predict and who you don't want to go to bed hungry.

Anyway this is the type of post that actually really hurts someone like OP who is there and willing to try but for whom shifting to 'cauliflower pizza' type lifestyle would likely be a massive shift that would be virtually impossible to maintain. [/quote]

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