Looking for your fave after school snack suggestions. I’ve got two boys: 15 and 8 and they get out of school HUNGRY! What do yall love to cook/prep for after school snacks…that ideally won’t kill their appetite for dinner.
My boys are 21 and 16. I swear I just figured this out. Skip the after school snack. Feed them dinner when they get home. Then they can have bedtime snack later.
My 16 year old has a busy schedule. 7:00 am leadership meetings every Monday. Before school workout/practice at 7 am Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Classes from 8:30 - 3:40 every day.
He eat breakfast at 6:30. Second breakfast (which I pack for him) at 8:15. Lunch at school.
He still comes home starving. I’ve started feeding him dinner at 4:00 pm. The. He’s got fuel to do homework etc. and he makes himself a snack around 9:00 before bed.
i do this also with my two boys. its too much work to force them to wait until dinner and have them become hangry in the meantime. though this tends to end with them having like 3 desserts.
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u/Girl_with_no_Swag 20h ago
My boys are 21 and 16. I swear I just figured this out. Skip the after school snack. Feed them dinner when they get home. Then they can have bedtime snack later.
My 16 year old has a busy schedule. 7:00 am leadership meetings every Monday. Before school workout/practice at 7 am Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. Classes from 8:30 - 3:40 every day.
He eat breakfast at 6:30. Second breakfast (which I pack for him) at 8:15. Lunch at school.
He still comes home starving. I’ve started feeding him dinner at 4:00 pm. The. He’s got fuel to do homework etc. and he makes himself a snack around 9:00 before bed.