Help!!! My son's friends are eating us out of house and home!!

[alic65]

How do we get rid of these hungry teenagers that drop in unannounced...constantly hungry??? HELP SOMEONE PLEASE!! My son's teenage friends are eating all of our groceries !!!

 

[steele mama]

First of all, how old are they? Determine how long you will have to put up with them. You must welcome them as much as possible because you want your home to be the one where they hang out.

Second, buy cheap food. Big boxes of cheap cereal. Little Debbies. Generic stuff. They can take it or leave it.

 

[alic65]

Most of them are my son's age (15), so we'll be putting up with them for awhile!!! a few of them are seniors, 17 or 18. I do want my son's friends to hang out here, they are good kids, we just can't continue to feed them!!

 

[RiverOtter]

Buy fruit, vegies and granola. They will leave ya alone

 

[whitesands]

I honestly don't know if this is the right thing for the beach...I assume it's pretty warm there by now...but what about a really large pan of something? Mac and cheese and casserole-type things of that ilk? The kids could help themselves and heat it up in the mic...those types of things are quite inexpensive to make. As I said, perhaps it's too warm for this type of dish down there now? If so, how about keeping a "ton" of frozen hotdogs and buns, of course, on hand. Again, pretty easy to help themselves to a few "miked" hotdogs and not too too expensive either.

 

[whitesands]

Buy fruit, vegies and granola. They will leave ya alone

That is FUNNy and so true :rofl:

 

[Teresa]

How do we get rid of these hungry teenagers that drop in unannounced...constantly hungry??? HELP SOMEONE PLEASE!! My son's teenage friends are eating all of our groceries !!!

I can imagine that teenage boys are eating machines. I would make some rules. No one allowed in the pantry. You decide what is available for them to eat and set it out. It's great they want to hang out at your son's home - this is a real good thing - so you gotta feed 'em if you wanna keep 'em around. maybe:

chips and dip
tea and water
popcorn
trail mix
sandwich stuff
I like the hot dog idea, but not sure if I would want them cooking in my kitchen.

Don't invite them to dinner unless you mean it!

Allifunn - what to feed hungry big boys?

 

[Kurt]

Allifunn - what to feed hungry big boys?

:shock:

 

[Teresa]

:shock:

what?

 

[alic65]

Thanks for all of your ideas....I'll have to try the fruit, veggie and granola!! lol...my luck, I'll then bring in all of the vegetarians......