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Can anyone give me some easy to make recipes

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Saltire · 02/03/2011 16:29

for cakes,flapjacks etc that will fill a 13 year old boy who eats constantly for 1.5 hours from 4.00pm. I am almost crying at the amount he eats, it's wearing me down this constant standing in the kitchen rkaing through cupboards and fridge and then, at.530 having finihsed eating sits down to a dinner bigger than mine and DH's

I need stuff that is cheap, and will fill him.
Although what the hell that's gooing to b eis anyone's guess because what he eats in a normal day doesn't

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TobyLerone · 02/03/2011 16:50

I'm going to try this recipe later.

4merlyknownasSHD · 02/03/2011 17:16
  1. Home made bread is more filling that shop-bought "plastic" bread.
    750gm Wholemeal Bread Flour, 1 tsp salt, 1 sachet of Fast Action yeast, 2 tbsp Olive Oil, 450ml Water (300ml cold and 150ml boiling). Mix together, knead for 10 mins and then flatten, roll then pop in a 2lb loaf pan to double in size. Pre-heated oven on 240 deg.C for 15 mins then drop to 220 deg.C for a further 25 mins.

  2. Cheese on Toast

  3. Salad Sandwiches

  4. Weetabix

  5. Cold Pasta and grated cheese

My two Rugby playing boys (20 and almost 18) were like that at 13. What I can tell you is that it lasts a long time, particularly if very active. 20 year old still has 6 weetabix at breakfast, with yoghurt on top. Not an ounce of fat on either of them.

In short, don't worry about it, and don't worry about it having to taste particulary good. It is bulk and stodge that they are after, and if it is healthy stodge, then there can't be much wrong with it. I don't know that this is good advice if he is a couch potato, but if he is sporty, then he will soon convert the carbs.

poptyping1 · 02/03/2011 17:56

plain fairy cakes that are quick
4ozsr flour
4oz marg
4oz caster sugar
2 eggs
(1tb spoon of cocoa) for chocolate 1s
mix by hand or use a mixer until all mixed in.
place in paper cake cases
cook in 180 degrees until they spring back
when cool cover with cocolate/icing
EAT!

Chil1234 · 03/03/2011 11:49

I'm going to recommend that you bump up both the fibre and fat content of his regular meals. Fibre and fat are particularly filling and sustaining, making it less likely that he will need more quite so quickly after eating. Sugary foods provide a quick 'energy fix', are OK in moderate amounts, but he'll feel really hungry quite quickly after eating cakes and flapjacks because of the peak/trough effect on blood-sugars.

A big plate of chunky cut wholemeal bread thickly buttered (with real butter) served alongside meals would be a good start. Plenty of vegetables with all meals makes them more filling. Use plenty of olive oil in cooking. Soreen Malt Loaf buttered is another good choice. Bananas are pretty cheap and filling. 'Trail mix' combinations of nuts and dried fruit is very sustaining and high-calorie. Good luck

Saltire · 03/03/2011 13:51

Thansk everyone
he does havebread with his meals -a bout 3 slices, and also has at least 4 slices of it in some form of sandwich or toast when he gets in from school.

just shops tuff though, i don't make it

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Chil1234 · 03/03/2011 13:59

Nothing wrong with shop bread but - assuming he likes it - try to buy the 'grittier' sort with plenty of bran etc. White bread is temporarily filling but doesn't stick around in the gut long enough to be sustaining. Leads to increased hunger pangs, ironically

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