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17 Healthy (and Filling) Dinner Ideas for Your Bottomless Pit Teenager

By Rebecca Shapiro
| Feb. 7, 2018
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17 Healthy (and Filling) Dinner Ideas for Your Bottomless Pit Teenager
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Having teens in the house is like living with a pack of rabid raccoons (or so we imagine): They’re hungry all. The. Time. It’s tough enough keeping them fed, but (damn this parenting thing) you also have to worry about making sure they ingest a vegetable or two from time to time. Here are 17 dinners that are healthy, hearty and picky-teen approved.

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