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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op again

My eldest sons play soccer and ice hockey 3x a week. Anytime I try to give them a soup for dinner they freak out and basically refuse to eat it. Last week I made 10 chicken legs for dinner. Every last one was eaten in about 25 mins. When I feed them till they are full, it's like preparing a meal for an army. They managed to eat 10 potatoes worth of mashed potatoes the other day. I cooked a rack of ribs and they were still hungry after. [/quote]

You cooked one measly rack of ribs for dinner? My three kids go through two racks of ribs at one meal easy! And my older son has to get a snack every single night, no matter how much he eats at dinner. He's an athlete, very skinny, but consumes tons of food.

My advice: Outlaw the junk food! Stop buying soda! install a water cooler and have everyone drink spring water or seltzer. Junk food is empty calories, never fills anyone up, and all those chemicals and sugar just prime you to be more hungry when you are done eating.

As PPs have suggested, double your portions at every meal. I always double my recipes, and everything gets eaten at most meals. There are rarely left-overs, and if there are any, my older boy eats them for a late night snack.

BTW, no one in our house is fat! We eat zero junk or processed food, but we eat a lot of healthy food. No soda, no pizza, no chips (did you ever read the ingredients in Doritos??). I get complaints sometimes, and I do break down and buy a bag of organic corn chips or potato chips every once in a while. Growing kids need a lot of food.  [/quote]

Soup is not a meal for them.

Make big batches of beans w sautéed onions and peppers.  Keep them on hand with shredded cheese and tortillas for quick burritos.

When you make hamburgers, triple the number.  Leftover ones can be heated quickly.

Buy a rotisserie chicken from time to time, just to have on hand.[/quote]

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