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Healthful Family Eating: Family Eating Together

The Family Eating Healthy Meals

Family eating together keeps families in touch with one another.

A lot of families still do find the time to sit down together at meal times. Sharing in meal times together gives everyone a chance to talk about his or her day and to get things off their mind.

It’s important for large families to be good listeners and be considerate of everyone’s feelings until it is their turn to talk. It’s also important that family meal times be healthy and wholesome.

Healthy Family Eating: Beans and Cornbread

Now what is more wholesome than beans, cornbread and a side salad? Nothing beats this family meal for flavor. Nutritionally speaking, with a salad, this meal will provide you with protein, calcium, vitamins A and chlorophyll. Not bad for such an easy meal to prepare.

In the Deep South white beans and cornbread are a staple food. But you won’t want to prepare your beans like they do in the south. Eliminate the salt pork, fat back, and hammock altogether.

Cook beans as you normally would. Then sauté 2 cloves of garlic and an onion in olive oil. Add a chopped tomato if you have one handy. When the onions are transparent add to the beans with herbs of your choice.

Salt, pepper, basil, parsley and a little Parmesan cheese on the side is a good choice for these beans, which add wonderful Italian flavor. Serve with cornbread and a green salad. This is a healthy family meal.

Healthy Family Eating: Hearty Vegetarian Nachos

This dish takes some preparation, but it gets the whole family to the dinner table because that’s where all the nacho fixins are. There are four side dishes for vegetarian nachos: beans, cheese, salsa, and guacamole.

Prepare pinto beans or black beans according to package directions. If you use pinto beans, once they are cooked, blend the beans until smooth. Then add back to a pan with a little oil on low heat, so they stay warm. If using black beans, keep them whole and on warm. Add a little sea salt to beans for taste.

SALSA:

Dice up 4 medium tomatoes
¼ green bell pepper, diced
¼ onion, diced
1 clove of garlic, minced
A good bunch of cilantro, chopped
1 to 2 teaspoons of chili powder
1 teaspoon sea salt
Dash of cayenne pepper

Mix all the ingredients together and set aside.

GUACAMOLE:

2 or 3 ripe avocados, mashed
¼ onion, minced
1 clove garlic, minced
a little sea salt and chili pepper

Mix all ingredients together and set aside.

CHEESE:

1-pound cheddar or jack cheese, grated
2 cups milk

Add the grated cheese to a pan with the milk and slowly let it melt. Let’s eat!

Bring everything to the dinner table, including 2 bags of tortilla chips. You can have some sour cream and diced up black olives as optional condiments. Spread everything out on the table so everyone can make their own nachos just the way they want.

Teenagers love this family meal. It is packed with nutritional value since two of the side dishes for the nachos are raw foods. Healthy, happy, family eating! Serves 4 to 5 people very generously.

Healthy Family Eating: Family Barbecue

Family barbecues are always fun and a great way to enjoy being with your family, playing yard games and other fun healthy eating activities. You can barbecue different types of meats, as well as vegetables like corn on the cob, whole potatoes, squash, bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, etc.

Barbecue meats like hamburgers and hotdogs will bring everyone to the dinner table since that’s where all the condiments are. Trying to come up with healthy eating plans shouldn’t be too hard. When in a pinch, have your teenagers try their hand in the kitchen for a change.

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