Help! I have to feed 3 teenagers for a week

[RoundTable]

I am looking after my 3 nephews for a week. They are 18, 15 and 12. All boys with big appetites.

I need ideas for meals and snacks that don?t cost the earth, don?t tie me to the kitchen all day, is not only pasta.

Thank you for all your ideas!

[Mariamadeit]

Jacket potatoes, curry and rice, sausage and mash?

[Inkmaiden]

Cheese quesadillas are an easy snack. A block of cheddar, a packet of wraps and a frying pan, and leave them to it. Or add lots of other fillings to make a meal- chicken, peppers, onions etc. Also, endless cereal.

[KateS]

Big pot of chilli con carne, bulked up with kidney beans and veg.

Serve with rice and cheese, and leftovers are great in wraps.

Tray bake of sausages or chicken thighs, chopped potatoes, onions and tomatoes. Bake it all in the same tray drizzled with some olive oil.

Breakfast for dinner is always fun, eggs, beans, toast, bacon etc.

Fish fingers and homemade potato wedges.

If all else fails, pop some frozen pizzas in the oven.

[goodlizzie]

Agree with all the above.

Those packet noodles are handy too. Very cheap and easy for them to make.

Probably need to get quite alot of milk, eggs and bread in too.

[Pugwash]

My teenage grandson loves Thai Green Curry - made with chicken. He makes this himself and does enough for 2 days. When his Mum had to go away for a couple of nights- he made a big chicken curry and invited all his friends round to watch the Euros. Not bad for a 17 year old.

[womanofdulwich]

I'd think 2 bananas each a day, if they are like mine.

[womanofdulwich]

Plus peanut butter, jam and bagels.

[Renata Hamvas]

Huge quantities of milk, toast, butter, baked beans (baked beans on toast that they can help themselves to). Batch cooking of chilli con carne, spaghetti bolognese etc (can make in advance and freeze). Lots of fruit and veg to snack on. Jacket potatoes with assorted fillings

[RoundTable]

Thank you all for your suggestions, it?s day 2 and so far they?ve gone through:

Jacket potatoes with tuna and sweet corn and baked beans and salad

Chilli con carne and rice

A whole roast chicken, shredded and made into a salad with avocado, lettuce, broccoli and green beans

A million slices of toast

A whole 750g tub of Nutella

Enough milk to fill an Olympic sized swimming pool

Peach crumble where I used up 5 tins of peaches

A family sized punnet of grapes

Endless sandwiches

A massive packet of biscuits

Tomorrow we are opening the weetabix. I optimistically bought 3 packets thinking it would last the week, but seeing how things are I expect it to last 1 breakfast.

I?ve no idea how they do it, and they are as skinny as rales.

[womanofdulwich]

I think they are all like this. Thank you for sharing.😉

[Renata Hamvas]

Yes, just typical teenagers :) Thanks for the update Roundtable.

Fajita kits are also good as they can make this themselves quite easily, I would suggest 2 packs and more chicken, peppers and onions than it says on the packets.Wraps are useful to stuff salad and any leftovers in for lunch the following day.