I get it now. And those costs are all exacerbated with more kids in the house.
What about brown rice noodles instead of wheat pasta? At our bulk place, getting brown rice elbows is only five cents more (per 100g) than the normal pasta.
My DS loves raw pasta too. "gahgehtteeeyyyyy!!!!"
Today I was able to distract him by offering to let him help me make "blender juice" (a smoothie). So yes, now I see where you are saying about the excess cost for snacks.
I need a crash course in carbs. We had nuts for a snack tonight as we were playing Scrabble and DH said "This goes against my no-carb rule!" and I was like...
nuts have carbs?