Here are some snacks we do:

-Snack size sandwich rolls of chicken with avocado or hummus

-meatballs (made prior and microwaved from freezer)

-Sunbutter on bread or just mixed with some dark chocolate chips and eaten on it's own (I like this one too)

-make my own granola bars with less sugar and more healthy things added like hemp and chia

-Roasted sweet potato (using plenty of olive oil)

-quick burrito-just made on stovetop with tortilla, beans, cheese and salsa

-veggie burger cut into bite size pieces for snacking

-trail mix (nut free mix)

-reduced sugar pumpkin muffins with things like flax, chia, etc hidden in the mix

Make your kid a healthy and filling breakfast. Do the same with lunch and dinner. But overall, give him more food that has a lot of protein and healthy fats like olives, avocado etc.

Anonymous wrote:my 11 year old is like this and as others have said, more protein. He likes cheese, sunflower butter on a whole grain waffle, eggs, turkey stix from whole foods, banana w/pb, milk, yogurt, and mine adores almonds. Good luck, I have two more boys approaching 10 and it is getting crazy. Don't even want to think about three teen boys!!

I have 2 and they almost always have a second dinner around 8 pm. Costco is your friend.

Anonymous wrote:OP here - thanks for all the great suggestions on adding more protein to his diet. i felt like crap last night before he went to bed when he asked me to make a big breakfast the next morning because he's hungry. what kind of parent let their kid go to sleep on an empty stomach!

we had pork chops and grilled salmon for dinner last night but i guess we need to up to portion size a bit. he has nuts allergy so those are out. he's also kind of a picky eater and doesn't like fat very much (even egg yolk). but he loves meat and dairy.

sunflower seeds are good too. Filling and full of protein. No nut allergy issue.

Cholesterol from food is actually not is a major cause of cholesterol in the blood, actually. It is a more complicated relationship, with sugars and simple carbs actually raising triglycerides. But yes, olive oil is great! And do use butter from pastured cows if you can because the lipid profile is better.

Anonymous wrote:Your son might light shakes - I make them for my skinny son. Whole milk, a big blob of sunflower or nut butter, Ovaltine to taste. You can also throw in protein powder, butter, healthy oils, greens powder, a banana (especially a frozen one). Blend it up. Kid can make them himself, so its a win win! The fat is our challenge, since my son doesn't like many things that are high fat - will take the yolk out of a hard boiled egg, for instance, and doesn't like cheese on its own. Buttered popcorn is another good filler - LOTS of butter.

If you need fat in the diet - try Olive oil instead of butter. You do not want them to have high cholesterol.

Your son might light shakes - I make them for my skinny son. Whole milk, a big blob of sunflower or nut butter, Ovaltine to taste. You can also throw in protein powder, butter, healthy oils, greens powder, a banana (especially a frozen one). Blend it up. Kid can make them himself, so its a win win! The fat is our challenge, since my son doesn't like many things that are high fat - will take the yolk out of a hard boiled egg, for instance, and doesn't like cheese on its own. Buttered popcorn is another good filler - LOTS of butter.

OP - we buy whole milk for my kid and one percent for us. He needs the fat.

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Anonymous wrote:any easy snack ideas high in protein/fat other than nuts? beef jerky would be good but too much salt.

Meatballs. I get a bag of meatballs from the warehouse store and one minute in the microwave, then spoon some spaghetti sauce on and microwave another minute and they're good to go.

Hard boiled eggs.

Lunchmeat rolls. Also, sometimes roll a cheesestick into a slice of lunchmeat.

Chicken teriyaki skewers. I make a batch on toothpicks, bake them and then freeze the tray. After frozen, I dump them into a ziploc bag (freeze first so they don't all stick together). I take them out and either nuke for 2 minutes (if I need them really quickly) or put on a tray in the toaster oven (about 7-8 minutes) and they're ready to eat. A handful of them (like 4-6) makes a good snack.

wow yum, thanks much! your kids are so lucky!

my 11 year old is like this and as others have said, more protein. He likes cheese, sunflower butter on a whole grain waffle, eggs, turkey stix from whole foods, banana w/pb, milk, yogurt, and mine adores almonds. Good luck, I have two more boys approaching 10 and it is getting crazy. Don't even want to think about three teen boys!!

Anonymous wrote:any easy snack ideas high in protein/fat other than nuts? beef jerky would be good but too much salt.

Meatballs. I get a bag of meatballs from the warehouse store and one minute in the microwave, then spoon some spaghetti sauce on and microwave another minute and they're good to go.

Hard boiled eggs.

Lunchmeat rolls. Also, sometimes roll a cheesestick into a slice of lunchmeat.

Chicken teriyaki skewers. I make a batch on toothpicks, bake them and then freeze the tray. After frozen, I dump them into a ziploc bag (freeze first so they don't all stick together). I take them out and either nuke for 2 minutes (if I need them really quickly) or put on a tray in the toaster oven (about 7-8 minutes) and they're ready to eat. A handful of them (like 4-6) makes a good snack.

any easy snack ideas high in protein/fat other than nuts? beef jerky would be good but too much salt.

No but we serve a second breakfast.

Yes, we serve a second dinner. 12 YO DS never wants to eat much for breakfast (even when we cook whatever he wants) or lunch (even when we send elaborate virtually gourmet hot meals). So, we try to get him to eat a dinner after school around 4 and another at dinner time. He's tall and his BMI is healthy, but I worry that he won't keep growing eating as little as he does (I used to eat easily double or triple what he does at his age).

Anonymous wrote:That kid needs more protein. Lots of carbs and veggies in his diet, but little protein and fat to provide energy and help him feel full.

Yep -- this