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Originally Posted by Chicky2  This is why we garden, and have livestock for milk, eggs, and meat, lol. This is why we learned to forage for edibles (great family project!), and why we take up every offer to pick any kind of fruit (plums, berries, persimmons) or nuts (pecans, pecans!!) that is offered or we can ask about. Otherwise when my kids hit that stage, we're in trouble, lol! Actually my 11 yo dd is starting it lately. She's JUST turned 11 and a size 10 women's shoe! I am seriously saving cash in a can for her next set of shoes/pants. I know it's about to happen. The last week at supper she has astonished me! One night she ate 4 BIG pieces of quiche, several oranges, 3 huge bowls of Asian Salmon noodle/veggie bowls, and last night was 5 burritos and then went back for baked oatmeal w/goat milk. The leftover quiche (3 pieces) and all the oatmeal was gone when I got up this morning. And we just got a quart of milk from the neighbor last night after supper. It's almost gone, and she is the only one to have had any so far.
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my 11 year old daughter eats SO much more than her 13 year old brother.. and I have a post on here about backing up the food truck..
At 11 she is 5'4" tall, wears a size 9 women's shoe, and weighs in at under 95 lbs. She also plays VERY competitive basketball and busts a sweat five days a week for over an hour.. not including games or tournaments.
At 13 the boy is 5'6" about 115 and wears a men's size 10.
I ahve gone back to full fat milk, even so we go through a gallon a day.
We have 5 chickens, and they barely keep up with our needs everyday... they don't if I bake or hubby protein loads.
its eggs in a basket with my nutted, whole wheat and oat homemade bread.. 2-3 slices every morning for them alone, a big glass of milk
cheese and or a trail mix i do of Cheerios, almonds, dried cranberries, hazelnuts, sunflower seeds for mid morning snack for her.. boy is on ADHD meds.. he slows down until 5 pm
lunches today were Ham, heavy mayo, mustard, provolone, pepperchini, spinach on my bread..
yogurt, apple, orange and another string cheese. Maybe the orange will be eaten in the car on the way home.
Snack of turkey and cheese roll up and a huge glass of milk.
dinner.. holy cooking batman.. two chickens tonight.. so hopefully there will be enough to pick over and make chicken salad for lunches in the am. but I doubt it.
jonese or Au gratin potatoes, garlic parm sauteed broc..
she will end her day.. after practice tonight with a huge bowl of oatmeal, made with milk, with nuts, butter, frozen blueberries or raspberries or cherries from last year.
See a pattern here? Lots of fat..and protein.. fairly limited carbs.. thank goodness we are not dairy intolerant..
Our food budget is between 800 and 1400 a month for a family of five. That is with growing our own, having chickens and harvesting/freezing/canning the abundance of the willamette valley during the summer
They freeze well, and he can eat one (or six) with eggs in the morning, too. 
I dont want bake more than two loaves a day.. Ive got it to a science though.. takes about 10 minutes of "prep" half and hour of rising and 40-45 minutes of baking.. when I worked I did it at night.
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