hungry, opinionated teenagers--compromise?

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I have a 15 year old son who has decided that he doesn't like

the " new " foods--including all that gorgeous raw milk, yogurt, and

cream I have access to. I also bought him organic peanut butter (no

sugar.) He HAD been filling up his empty spaces with bread, PB, and

milk, sometimes as often as between each meal and before bed. Now,

he is basically doing a hunger-strike, only eating the things he

likes and complaining about being hungry.

What can I use to fill him up? He's eating 3-4 bananas a day right

now. I can make smoothies from sweet milk, but not anything tart

like kefir or yogurt. Should I just make smoothies at every meal

and in-between as well? (Timely smoothie thread going on right now,

huh?) I dread buying cookies and granola bars again--all that sugar

and so little actual nutrition.

(Trust me, I'm the sort of abstract person that will die for a

cause, eat anything if I believe in the PRINCIPLE behind it. I

laugh at hunger-strikes . . . the appetite and growing bodies seem

to work in the parents' favor here. HOWEVER, my husband has a

tender heart (a good thing, since I LACK one) and hubby hasn't read

all the books that I have lately. Hubby has asked that I find some

sort of " middle-ground. " I'm keeping my husband (((smile))) and

CHOOSING to yield on this point. He is a reasonable man . . . I

just need some time to bring him up to speed on all the data AND I

have to feed my son in the meantime.)

Danelle in Kansas