Reflections: Mealtime with the family

by Gill Jennings

I just love family mealtimes! When I was a child (the youngest of three) family meals could be hilarious. Often we told one another jokes we had heard at school that day, or shared anecdotes about our funny friends. We ...read more

by Holly Golightly

Mealtime with the family was such a strong influence on my life as an adult. The amount of people I know who for reasons such as work commitments, childrens food fads, and generally the attitude to cooking a proper ho...read more

by Emma Riley Sutton

I was raised in an old-fashioned Southern home that was blessed by being of Irish descent. Mealtime was an adventure. Friends would come over and think they were having a holiday meal. No, it wasn't Christmas or Thanksg...read more

by John Totels

Mealtime Memories I find it interesting that so many pine for the days when families sat together at the dinner table, ate home-cooked meals, shared the adventures of their daily lives with one another, discussed curren...read more

by Lenora Reynolds

The best memories of my childhood are mostly concerned with food. In those days we did not have microwaves and TV dinners showed up a little later on. Making meals was definitely not fast and easy. While today there is ...read more

by Rae Lynne Morvay

I believe that the value of the family meal a meal with parents and their children; should not be taken for granted. Having a meal with your family on a regular basis gives everyone in the family an opportunity to communi...read more

by M. L. Kiser

Summertime vegetables make a great and quick casserole to serve any night of the week. Whether you grow your own or visit your local Farmer's Market, I am sure you agree they are well worth the trouble, nutritious, delicio...read more

by Renee Morgan

I think that dinner should be eaten at the table! Meals at the table give the family time to communicate. When my boys were younger, it was mandatory for breakfast and dinner to be ate at the table. When they were todd...read more

by Marco Angioni II

It today's chaotic world, it is hard for families to sit down and enjoy a meal together. More and more households are becoming two income households. As such, there is no longer a parent at home (whether it is the father...read more

by Lisa Schrader

Back when I was a bit younger, eating together was always a moment where our family could sit down together with a good home-cooked meal on the table and discuss the day's events. Today it seems that the mealtime is consum...read more

by Jayne Bonilla

I was recently planning the purchase of a new kitchen table. My three teenagers went berserk at my suggestion. "We've eaten all our family dinners here since we were little" they pleaded. "How could you replace this?" This...read more

by Caroline Craig

I still remember as a child the ritual that was the six o'clock evening meal eaten as a family. My father was, and still is, a hard working farmer. My mother worked part-time in an office and myself and my two siblings w...read more

by Rob Freeborn

The bringing about of fast food and pre-prepared food has caused a serious decline in both the health and communication within families today. Too often, a family will sit for only five minutes, never together, to dine on ...read more

by Kathy Soltani

My pots and pans are well used. In fact, I was recently considering buying a new set. I moved to a new house and when I unpacked my kitchen things, I was embarrassed at the condition of my tools. One pot in particular, ...read more

by Wanda Beard

When I was growing up as a child,my favorite thing was mealtime.I enjoyed mealtime with my family because it gave us a chance to get closer to one another and talk and carry on about what we did that day. I remember momma ...read more

by Norma Jean Bishop

I remember mealtimes with the family when I was younger. My mother would cook up a big spaghetti dinner and we would all sit around the table together, taking time to discuss our lives and especially politics. Many people ...read more

by Bani Sodermark

My mother likes to tell the following story about my birth. I arrived before the due date and was a strapping, healthy baby of about 4 Kg. It had been a long drawn out forceps delivery and the doctor had taken a spoonful o...read more