Protein for carb-loving kids: 6 ways I add it to meals

A parent shares six grocery items — pancake mix, peanut powder, chicken bone broth, protein bagels, cottage cheese, and chickpea pasta — used to increase protein in breakfasts, lunches, and dinners.

My children prefer carbs and fruit, so fitting protein into their meals often takes a bit of creativity. The article describes six grocery-store staples the author uses to increase protein across breakfasts, lunches, dinners, and snacks. Each item is described as versatile and usable in multiple recipes the kids will accept. The writer notes that snacks like protein bars and meat sticks can be useful but that variety helps keep meals interesting. Key items: - Kodiak Cakes Power Cakes buttermilk mix: the piece says preparing the mix with milk yields about 18 g of protein and stirring in an egg raises it to about 21 g, and the mix can be customized with peanut powder, fruit, or chocolate chips. - PB2 Pure Peanut Powder: described as providing peanut-butter flavor and protein without added sugar, salt, or oils, and is easy to add to pancakes, smoothies, oatmeal, or muffins. - Trader Joe’s Organic Chicken Bone Broth: reported to offer about 10 g of protein per serving and is used for dishes like bone-broth mac and cheese or swapped for water when cooking rice; the author also mentions adding a handful of frozen peas to boost protein. - Dave’s Killer Bread Epic Everything Bagels: noted to contain about 12 g of protein per bagel; the article mentions swapping cottage cheese for cream cheese and freezing bagels for convenience. - Good Culture Cottage Cheese: described as offering about 14 g of protein, being thicker and creamier with live cultures, and the author says they sometimes choose less expensive tubs when cottage cheese is an ingredient rather than the main element. - Banza Chickpea Pasta: reported to have more protein per serving than traditional pasta and about four times the fiber, and the author says children will eat it plain with butter and parmesan when they are picky. Summary: These six grocery items are presented as ways the author increases protein in meals that would otherwise be carb-forward, using familiar foods the children accept. Undetermined at this time.