Karen Ensle Ed.D., RD, FADA, CFCS Family & Community Health
Sciences Educator Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Union County
Want to spend more time with your family? Below are five small
steps you can take to spend more mealtimes together. National
surveys confirm that most parents and children enjoy eating
together and would like to increase the number of family
mealtimes. To do this, adults and kids need to make a commitment
to enjoy more meals together. Last minute planning for meals
often creates stress and quick pick-ups of fast food or deli
foods. Think about how many times you enjoyed one or more meals
prepared together last week and consider these easy tips to
enjoy more family meals: Plan one family meal together as a
family activity each week. More meals together is even better
but start one step at a time and look for easy ways to make it
happen weekly. We often think that dinner has to be the family
meal of the week; however, breakfast or lunch might work better
for your family on some days when y