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Family Dinner: Let Nothing — Not Even Carpools — Stand in its Way! Solutions to the 5 Biggest Family Dinner Obstacles

Family Dinner: Let Nothing — Not Even Carpools — Stand in its Way! Solutions to the 5 Biggest Family Dinner Obstacles

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Sometimes it’s daunting to get the whole family sitting down for dinner at the same time. Back when my kids were toddlers and preschoolers, sitting down for family dinner had different challenges than today. They were squirmy, pickier eaters, and their appetites kicked in well before our usual dinnertime of 7:00 (when my husband could join us). Today we have different hurdles: the kids’ sports practices often don’t get them home until 7:30 or 8,…
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Tired of Cooking? How about a Lazy Picnic Dinner?

Tired of Cooking? How about a Lazy Picnic Dinner?

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I just hate wasting food.  It makes me so sad to see food that’s been grown or manufactured, packaged, shipped, stocked on store shelves, and purchased with our precious dollars just to wind up in the trash. So I’ve devised a few strategies to use up odds and ends before I restock for the upcoming week. I’ve sometimes made what I call a ‘Sixth Night Scramble’, where I cook a pasta dish, a stir-fry, an…
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