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[quote=Anonymous]When you serve things like pasta with salmon or chicken stir fry with rice -- how much salmon or rice is in each portion? And how much pasta is each teen getting? I would think that if a "normal" adult portion is one salmon filet or one chicken breast -- the portion for teen athletes should be consisting of 2-3 salmon filets or 2-3 chicken breasts. Also how much pasta and rice is being served? I think the "rules" re serving sizes being a 1/2 cup for carbs etc is out the door for teens who've just gotten out of hockey practice. Hell when I was that age (a female and not a serious athlete) and I was just eating pasta and sauce for dinner -- I'd consume 1 cup of pasta myself. So chicken stir fry for them should look like 2+ cups of rice with 2-3 chicken breasts stir fried in there along with whatever veggies -- and that's a portion for ONE teen.

I frankly wouldn't worry about DD8 or DS3 too much. I mean feed them of course, but chances are they are saying they want pizza or doritos or whatever bc their big brothers are having it. But for the teen boys, I think they NEED the food.

Also are you doing things like stir fries and pasta to "stretch" out portions of meat? I know people do that, and I get it. But if there are constant complaints of hunger and pizzas being ordered after dinner consistently, I'd switch to meat and potatoes with an entire loaf of French bread for a while; you can do things like pot roast or burgers or whatever. I wouldn't worry about being too "fancy" with sauces and the like -- they don't need or want it; they need significant amounts of protein.[/quote]

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