Top tips from our listeners:
Give them their own cupboard/fridge shelf with foods they are allowed to eat.
bermudatriangle loves the idea of sending them food shopping with their own money to start understanding the prices.
fp-massage suggests a part time job. She says it's amazing when teens start earning and paying for themselves how suddenly they make more conscious spending decisions.
Young and Cooper says her eldest are both now working part time and topping up the weekly shop with all their protein yoghurts and extra meat; one of them is working at Waitrose, which is ideal!
Use a padlock, or do what Susie does and hide food you don't want them to eat.
Use teenage laziness to your advantage by leaving out filling/healthy things that are easy to eat if they come in starving.
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MY FAMILY FAVOURITE BECAUSE IT'S HEALTHY, CHEAP, AND QUICK TO MAKE:
Recipe taken from Cookidoo, the Thermomix app:
All the ingredients can be substituted, and it's a great one to teach your kids so they have a standby recipe for later in life.
1/2 cinnamon stick
1/2 tsp black peppercorns
1 tsp coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds
1 carrot
1 red pepper
5 sprigs fresh coriander leaves
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
2-4 fresh bird's eye chillies, deseeded if desired
30g Olive oil
400g tinned chopped tomatoes
240g tinned chickpeas rinsed and drained
240g tinned kidney beans, rinsed and drained
240g tinned cannellini beans, rinsed and drained
1 tbsp tomato puree
2 tbsp vegetable stock paste
1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes
Toast the spices then grind them and set aside.
Dice carrot, red pepper, onion, chilli, and chop coriander and saute them.
Put everything in a big pan bring to boil then simmer with lid on for 10 minutes on medium heat.
Serve warm. You can garnish with coriander, soured cream, grated cheese... anything you have to hand.
