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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

For serving sizes, we do have about 5 cups of cooked rice or pasta total. When I cooked the stir fry I cut up 4 chicken breast and added to it. I guess I'm mainly worried about food being wasted. I will add more food to the cart, it hair always looks like so much! [/quote]

Clearly waste isn't an issue. It sounds like they eat your food -- they finish it and are looking for more things to eat. It's not like they're turning up their nose at your cooking and ordering burgers.

Frankly -- there's your problem. 4 chicken breasts for a family of 6? That's 2/3 of a chicken breast per person. And 5 cups of rice with said stir fry -- again -- less than one cup per person? You're feeding them like weight conscious teen girls or older moms on a diet.

For a family that size -- I'd have no less than 12 chicken breasts in a stir fry; doesn't matter how you cut it up -- but it should amount to 3 chicken breasts per teen; 2 for DH; and 1 each for you, DD and the toddler -- with an extra one in there to be eaten by whoever. And as for rice -- 2 cups per teen boy and another 3-4 cups total for the rest of you. That much food will fuel them for a while. They may still need a snack before bed, but the snack likely won't be pizza if they've each had 3 chicken breasts with veggies stir fried in in addition to 2 cups of rice. If you have some left over in that massive stir fry, I wouldn't worry about it -- it will be consumed next time someone wants a snack. Do you belong to Costco? It may be a good time to join as you need to start buying massive quantities of staples. Also -- why not have huge boxes of cereal around with gallons of milk? It's not the healthiest, but teen boys inhale cereal and it's vitamin fortified unlike soda or doritos. I think you have to count on them turning to snacks like that more than carrots and hummus -- they'd be full after 2 bowls of cereal; whereas they may need like a pound of carrots to get full.[/quote]

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