Anonymous wrote:I do wish the OP would come back.... This was a fun one.

+1 I really would love to hear from the OP. It's funny, the people responding to the OP. The OP's older kids probably don't even live in her home anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I'm giving my kids ice cream cake. Most nights we have dessert and it isn't going to kill anyone. If each person are an entire ice cream cake, maybe but once slice which is about the equivalent of a piece of cake and a scoop of ice cream is not unhealthy. [/b]I grew up eating dinner and dessert every night and I'm perfectly healthy.

Moderation[b].

I don't know anyone who eats dessert every night. I am heathy, on the thin side and no food issues, but to me, dessert every night of the week does not equal "moderation." Maybe if you were having a small peice of chocolate every night, but certainly not a slice of cake every night ...

I know plenty of people whose children and teens have dessert every night, but they also understand that mom and dad don't.

I do wish the OP would come back.... This was a fun one.

Anonymous wrote:We alms is had left overs tonight when my husband took the rest of the lasagna and ate it. Lol

This was using 3 boxes of pasta, 2 jars of sauce, 2 lbs of meat, and 3 bags of cheese. I also blended up 2 head of cauliflower just to add more filling to the lasagna. I guess it worked. My son asked for chicken wings next week for dinner. How many chicken wings are in a serving? I'm considering doing 7 per person?

You budget based on one serving for you and the toddler, two servings for the child and DH, not on each person getting the same amount.

Anonymous wrote:Op again, how much do you guys spend when you order take out?? We usually spend about $30 for everyone and since I wasn't spending enough on groceries, in wondering if I'm not spending enough on takeout nights.

Don't focus on cost, focus on quality food to create a balanced diet. It's highly likely that your two teens could each eat 2-3 entrees from a Chinese restaurant, 6 sushi rolls, or 1 huge steak each, along with sides.

This is when you hit the buffet, OP. You let the kids and DH go crazy, reminding the children/teens to try to make healthy choices, and you limit yourself to a bowl of soup and a salad. Boring, but healthy for you.

I like to think that OP now works at a restaurant or cafeteria making giant pots of (delicious and nutritious!) food for hundreds of people at once.

Oh goodie, this thread again. I love re-reading this. So funny!

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Anonymous wrote:Ice cream and ensure

Teenagers, not toddlers.

Every HS athlete I deal with drinks ensure and eats ice cream by the gallon.

My 17yr old lacrosse player would never touch ensure. He also works out very hard and watches his diet. Ice cream is not a regular for him. Seriously athletes don't eat like trash. As a matter of fact he eats Vegan 3 days a week-says it helps recovery.

Seriously! Stop resurrecting 5 year old threads!
What a jerk thing to do !

Didn't read the whole tread, but I assume you just forgot to write about the carb for your first dinner example?
If you did not have a carb....for teens, even bread, well...in my home country nice bread is a necessity accompaniment, for I guess the exact reasons you are facing.

Anonymous wrote:There no earthly need for kids to eat like that. Honestly: this is why people are fat. We're no longer doing hard labour

Teenage athlete who practice for hours daily are burning off whatever they eat.

Anonymous wrote:Op here.

I don't have food issues. I just also feel like a pound of ground beef is a lot of meat. I will use two boxes of pasta for tonight and I'll make extra meatballs. I feel like a failure. Even when I order a pizza and wings for the family they are still hungry. At this point my goal is really just to have left overs so I know everyone is content.

With that mix of age and genders, you order three pizzas, wings, cheesy breadsticks and hand them a dinner salad (NOT a side salad) first before letting them eat until they're content.

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Anonymous wrote:Just out of curiosity -- how big a bag of cheese? How many tortillas did you use and how many pounds of chicken?

Those are random questions lol
It was a bag of Mexican blend cheese. The bag says it is 1 and a 1/4 cup. I know because I buy them all the time. I used 8 chicken thighs and cut them off the bones and grilled them that way. I used a whole onion and 4 big peppers. We had a bag of 10 flour tortillas.

Are you kidding?!

You saw all the comments, and yet you didn't appreciably change much.

1 ounce of shredded cheese is roughly 1/4 cup. So, you put out 5 oz of cheese, a small jar of salsa, 8 chicken thighs, 10 tortillas, 1 onion and 4 peppers? How is that enough for a family of 6, including two teen athletes, let alone everyone else?!

Are YOU kidding? The thread is 6 years old.

Anonymous wrote:Tonight's dinner I'm making meatballs using an lb of ground beef and I will use a full box of pasta and cheese. Baked spaghetti. I'm taking the pps advice and I'll make a salad with lettuce, spinach, sunflower seeds, mandarin oranges and thousand island dressing. They like that.

A single pound of spaghetti and a pound of spaghetti?!

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Anonymous wrote:Just out of curiosity -- how big a bag of cheese? How many tortillas did you use and how many pounds of chicken?

Those are random questions lol
It was a bag of Mexican blend cheese. The bag says it is 1 and a 1/4 cup. I know because I buy them all the time. I used 8 chicken thighs and cut them off the bones and grilled them that way. I used a whole onion and 4 big peppers. We had a bag of 10 flour tortillas.

Are you kidding?!

You saw all the comments, and yet you didn't appreciably change much.

1 ounce of shredded cheese is roughly 1/4 cup. So, you put out 5 oz of cheese, a small jar of salsa, 8 chicken thighs, 10 tortillas, 1 onion and 4 peppers? How is that enough for a family of 6, including two teen athletes, let alone everyone else?!