I lived the life of a typical "soccer MOM" in the suburbs with my husband, three children and two cats. Works full time and dealing with school, soccer, Girl Scouts, and various other extracurricular activities, I know that the challenges to put food on the table, and family dinners provide. As food blogger, I have long encouraged, a free cooking of canned vegetables and cookies packed and filled with local products, and the Dishsd, made by our own hands with love. Even though I know that this is not always possible, I know that this the best for you and your family not only nutritionally, but for the mental health of your children.
By ten years of research from the National Center on addiction and substance abuse at the Columbia University, found that children who eat with their families to evening are less likely smoking, drinking or drugs. Take 30 minutes, every night, or a few nights in the week to sit for dinner, which can strengthen the family unit and your children less vulnerable to the harmful influences on the table.
Service of Joseph A. Califano, Jr., CASA founder and President, "America's drug problems are in the areas of listening or legislative courts judges and politicians to be resolved." It addresses tables - of parents and families in the lounges and dining room and kitchen. »
Attempt of ready meals, requires a little planning in the week, also only a few nights. You buy and several meals Sunday. Two hours 3 meals of the day of the week, can cause the elements such as stew, soup, meat loaf, Chile, even your own fried chicken. Pot pots are also an element of the reasons why the convenience. Slow Cook cooking allows pieces of meat, fat, you can fly over to avoid offshore and recording off the coast of top most. In addition there is the comfort, all the ingredients in before work and home fully cooked meals come to one. It is also a good way, cooking, pulses, and dry beans.
You can start with some ready-made ingredients, such as a roast chicken sauce for pasta pot or cut fresh compilations of vegetables in the product. You can a roasted chicken with potatoes in the oven and vegetables cooked in steam or salad for a balanced meal, you only out of the oven cooking potatoes and lay in a steamer pre-cut vegetables turn on. You can use some Brown Turkey and peppers, then add pasta in a prefabricated for headliner in good health on whole wheat pasta sauce. A salad of fresh and whole sourdough could perhaps complement the meal.
And even if the schedule does not allow Cook, bring home dinner-whether it's a pizza or a full meal of in Boston - market, and given the time base is important.
Tomorrow, 27 is day September the family - encourages the meals to eat dinner - with their children, "even if you no great Cook." The focus should be on time to interact with each other, do not on the creation of a TV dinner.