<\/a><\/p>\n

Where has the family dinner hour gone?<\/span> There once was a time when we would all come home from a long day and sit down with our family for a nice home-cooked meal. <\/span>In today’s fast paced world, we need more bonding time with the family. <\/span>One might say that in today’s day where people pile way too much on the plate of life, that it is impossible to have a family dinner everyday. <\/span>I disagree. <\/span>Wouldn’t you like to get back to the way it used to be?<\/p>\n

One way to make family dinners easier to prepare is by planning ahead. <\/span>Often times I find myself going to the grocery store every other day to pick up needed items, and this is how family time gets lost. <\/span>Spend a little time planning out dinner ideas for the coming week. <\/span>Pick meals that are quick and easy for your dinners during the week and save the more time consuming recipes for the weekend. <\/span>Did you know that software has been developed that makes meal planning a breeze? <\/span>With a click of the mouse you can organize your recipe collection into daily meal plans complete with nutrition facts and shopping lists. <\/span>With the computer generated shopping list you won’t have to worry about forgetting a needed item when you go grocery shopping.<\/p>\n

Another great way to ensure that your family eats together most nights of the week is to share the responsibility of preparing dinner. <\/span>It can be difficult for one family member to be responsible for cooking everyday. <\/span>Each member of the family can take turns cooking each night. <\/span>This is also a good way to add some new flavors to your meals since each member may have a different cooking technique. <\/span>For those family members who don’t cook often, this can prove to be a great learning experience. <\/span>Review each family member’s weekly schedule and delegate the meal preparation tasks such as grocery shopping, cooking, and clean up. <\/span>Working as a team is a great way to build strength as a family.<\/p>\n

Not meatloaf again! <\/span>I’m sure everyone has heard the complaints from that same meal being served week after week. <\/span>Keep your family dinners exciting by trying different variations of your favorite recipes. <\/span>An even better idea would be to test out some new recipes. <\/span>Surprise your family with a delicious new dinner tonight and they will be sure to come back to the dinner table tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Nothing is more important than your family. <\/span>It’s worth the effort to make sure that your family eats together daily. <\/span>Besides the needed nutrition, this time spent together will help open the lines of communication and make your family bond stronger. <\/span><\/p>\n

I recently discovered an online service that saves time and money while providing you with new dinner ideas daily. <\/span>Get access to powerful recipe management software, daily meal plans, money saving coupons and more at SendMeRecipes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Where has the family dinner hour gone? There once was a time when we would all come home from a long day and sit down with our family for a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[1338,1335,893,526,895,892,898,891,894,899,896,162,161,649,1334,897],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-cooking","tag-articles","tag-cooking","tag-dinner-hour","tag-dinner-ideas","tag-family-dinner","tag-family-dinners","tag-family-time","tag-going-to-the-grocery-store","tag-home-cooked-meal","tag-learning-experience","tag-meal-preparation","tag-meals","tag-quick-easy","tag-recipe-collection","tag-recipes","tag-working-as-a-team","has_no_thumb"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cheftomcooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cheftomcooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cheftomcooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cheftomcooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cheftomcooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cheftomcooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cheftomcooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cheftomcooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cheftomcooks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}