(Food-Beverage-News.Com, October 23, 2015 ) Taylor, MI -- October is National Eat Better, Eat Together Month, the month to try and eat at least one meal together as a family each week.
Eating together has many benefits: it provides stability, it's an opportunity for increased communication and best of all, it's fun. Educators believe that children who regularly eat together with their family have fewer academic and behavioral problems in school.
With hectic family schedules it can be challenging but here are some tips: • Look at everyone's schedules and plan times to sit down together. If not dinner, make it breakfast or a weekend lunch. • Make it fun… and technology free. No cell phones or TV. • Take turns asking questions for everyone to answer. Examples: What made you laugh today? What are you grateful for today? What shall we have for dinner tomorrow? How many potatoes do you think it took to make this bowl of mashed potatoes? • How about a weekend picnic? Or dinner on the go on the way to soccer practice? A cooler with fruit, sandwiches, salads or pasta, cookies and cartons of shelf safe milk will be fun, nutritious and the athletes will be well fed before their practice. • Family meals are a perfect time to teach good table manners…which will pay off when at a restaurant or friends' homes. • How about a trip to the farmer's market to pick out fresh fall produce for the next family meal. • Choosing a theme or recipes that the family can plan and then cook together will get everyone involved. Cooking with children teaches them patience (waiting their turn or for the food to cook), math (measuring ingredients), taking turns and more.
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