All-righty then....

The kids ages 15, 11, and 9 have found favorite snacks and lunch foods. They WILL NOT give up the majority of carbs (and I guess that I don't want them to if they balance better with fewer carbs than protiens).

Favorites are:

Ham and cream cheese rollups (diff. flavored cheeses in the fridge now).

Homeade beef jerkey (sliced thin flank steak, dipped in a lemon pepper and soy sauce mix - dried in the oven on baking racks at 150-180 degrees till breaks when bent)

spinach dip w/ celery sticks

reuse bottles for water instead of capri sun (cheaper too)

Those little Laughin Cow cheeses - too expensive!!!

Now all I have to do is try a LC bread or cracker ...