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Tips for Having Challenging Conversations

  For your family, the dinner table may be a good place to discuss difficult issues. However, these conversations can be challenging, especially when a sensitive topic arises and tempers flare. To reduce arguments and tense moments, try pinpointing topics to avoid at dinner (for instance, if grades are a sore spot, agree to discuss […]

Week 3: Make It Fun

We have a secret ingredient for you, the magic that’s guaranteed to make family dinner last. Fun. OK, not much of a secret, but sometimes in the rush of daily life, despite our best efforts, we forget all about it. So bring it on! Giggle a little. Smile a lot. Get caught with your mouth […]

Tips for Eating Well on a Budget

Eating on a budget doesn’t have to mean sacrificing the foods you love most. Use these tips to cut costs at the planning, shopping and cooking stages of meal preparation. Meal Planning: Map out your weekly menu and make a list of needed grocery items. Stick to your plan and avoid impulsive purchases (unplanned food […]

Tips for Better Family Dinners in 2013

If your resolution is to have better, more frequent family dinners in 2013, start by asking your family what they would like to improve about dinner. Then, as a group, commit to two or three manageable goals. Here are a few possible family dinner changes: If your resolution is to have better, more frequent family […]

Summertime…and the Dinner is Easy (Really – Find out How!)

“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” ― Henry James You said it, Mr. James. I’m sure most of us would rather be thinking about fireworks, beach trips and cookouts on these summer afternoons than worrying about what to plan for dinner, right? Here […]

Easing Tension at the Table (just in time for Thanksgiving!)

Tension at the table is one of the most common reasons families choose not to eat together. Whether it’s complaints about the food, a leftover fight from the day before, or lingering stress from a long day at work or with the kids, there are times that the dinner table can feel like a minefield. […]

Nurturing My Mini Chefs – And Tips for Nurturing Yours

‘Forgive the Mess!’ and other tips from our guest blogger Betsy Blumberg Maxwell

September-Featured

Keeping the Fun in Family Dinner

At this time of year, everyone is in a rush. Often September means the return of routines, but also the beginning of extra curricular activities, evening meetings and other dinner-disrupting obligations that can make gathering for a calm and upbeat family meal a real challenge. As our Executive Director Lynn Barendsen commented in a recent […]

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Planting the Seeds of Good Health at the Dinner Table

  Depending on where you live, March may be coming in like its characteristic lion, or it may already be showing its kinder, fluffier lamb side. Either way, we know that this month marks the annual turning point towards Spring, with sunshine and new seeds sprouting all around us! This March, we’re focusing on how […]

Election 2016: Talking Politics at the Dinner Table

Should you talk about politics at the dinner table? These family-friendly resources could help keep things civil.

Thanksgiving Tips for Conversation

Family Dinner Tips for Thanksgiving Conversation

Home Baking Thanksgiving Recipes

Home Baking Thanksgiving Recipes