Cheap snacks to fill up teenagers

hex2

Mine eat 9p supernoodles like they are free of charge .

Post 170 here for the best no cook flapjacks ever, I dont even like flapjacks and ate moe than I care to admit to.

patchwork_cat

Banana cake is a hit in our house - great recipe here - http://www.nibblous.com/recipe/825 Also with teens tbh you can't beat toast! My mum used to bake the best cakes ( which my 16 yr old DS now makes ) a plain Victoria sandwich recipe with cocoa and coffee, basically 1 oz of cocoa instead of flour and then a couple of spoons of instant coffee in the tiniest bit of water it will dissolve in. Ice with chocolate butter cream - delicious! Alternatives rind and juice of one orange added to sponge.

hex2

ooh, Patchwork Cat - Goodfood did a version of your mums cake a few years ago and called it cappuchino cake. They did a white chocolate icing - either way it goes down very well with my teenage steps.

Genuisscuffy

Can you wonderful people help? I am trying to cut down - things a bit tight at the moment and following all your tips - which are working well except for one thing - my two teenagers!!! they eat the main dinner and then about an hour later are starving.. They raid the cupboards and say there is nothing to eat (one likes savoury and the other sweet stuff) so any help on things that are cheap that I can use to fill them up. One likes cocktails sausages, kebabs (I know!!!), bacon sarnies.... the other custard, cakes, sweets!! It is driving me mad I am trying to get us to eat healthy, fruit etc - doing my meal plans and then they clear the cupboards... Help....!

hot.chick

Big bowl of soup as a starter, that might help to fill them up and keep costs down.

For sweet treats, twinks hob nobs (use search to find the recipie)

could you make some cheese straws of sausage rolls for savoury snacks???

thriftlady_2

Bread and jam for one and bread and marmite for the other:)

BitterAndTwisted

I dunno, if you're feeding them an adequate meal in the evening they cannot be "starving" just an hour later. I'd limit them to what they can and cannot have outside mealtimes so you're the one in control of supplies, not them. What's wrong with a couple of slices of toast? Marmite or peanit-butter for the savoury-snacker and jam or honey for the sweet-toothed one

nettttie

cheese toasties - which i do on my george f grill.

also for supper I quite often do sweet pancakes, egg, flour and milk with ice cream or chocolate spread.

for my savory teen I keep those 8p noodles in and mix with a cupasoup with some dried chillies. - they are cheap and go down well.

also the value tortilla crisps from tesco - now at 25p with grated cheese on and microwaved for one min are cheap - as chips :cool:

for supper today in my slow cooker i've got flavoured frozen chicken pieces £2 a bag from asda - 2 bags as they'll have mates round later.

we used to have cereal, which is what they have if nothing is in. they do eat you out of house and home though! and mine are only 12 and 13!

puss14

My brothers are both over 6 foot and i remember what a nightmare it was keeping them fed when they were teenagers lol. HM muesli bars, HM dips, HM muffins, falafels are cheap and yummy. Another good one is HM fried rice which can be made quite healthy using brown rice and vegies etc. Maybe once a week have a baking day and try to include fruit in the sweet stuff and bake mini quiches etc or cheese sticks. Tbh when I was a kid my mum would usually make extra rissoles and mash etc or spag bol and then the boys would just have more of that with bread if they got hungry. Pancakes and scones are very cheap to make also.

ecsb

I make a big bowl of leek and potatoe soup or leave a frittata in the fridge , and they help themselves as soon as they come in from school. Main meal and then cereal or toast later. Fruit between these times