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In a message dated 2/27/2006 3:48:49 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Sandra@... writes:

>>>>-=-I wrote the original post and my response in which I asked if anyone
had a good cookbook -- I just never thought that I would need to
find another forum.-=-

You asked for recipes. That can go on and on for thousands of posts,
and on lots of cooking sites, it does! <g><<<

Oh yes, I've been on a couple of recipe email lists...very overwhelming!



Maybe instead of recipes, suggestions for good books with quick recipes?

My favorites:

More With Less Cookbook - it's a Mennonite cookbook and the recipes a great,
easy, and usually only call for stuff most of us already have around the
house. Our most used cookbook.

La Leche League's "Whole Foods for the Whole Family." Probably a little
more on the healthy side, but again, whole foods, not a bunch of fancy
stuff,...pantry type cooking.

Fix it and Forget it - a good crockpot recipe book, simple stuff to throw in
the pot and have a nice meal with a few hours later.

Nancy B.


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In a message dated 2/27/2006 10:27:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,
game-enthusiast@... writes:

>>One thing I've done since having kids is to lose the expectation to have
dinner on the table at a certain time or even with us all eating together.
When I first read those studies about families that eat together I didn't
think it through and I thought it was important to eat together and I
stressed myself out with those expectations. But what is really important
is to spend time with your family each day, listening to them and hanging
out with them. It doesn't matter if it is at dinner time or not. When I
let go of that expectation our lives became much more peaceful.<<

When I was a kid we always ate around the table, but I remember it being a
quiet time, everyone busy eating, not gabbing about the days
events..LOL...maybe we were strange.

The only time we all sit down together for a meal is Thanksgiving and
Christmas. Otherwise we're all over the house. We do our talking in the car,
before and after a good movie,...off and on all day really! I usually feed the
kids first, then Chuck and I will get our own. We're both on diets so we
don't eat the same thing the kids eat anyhow.

Nancy B.




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Angela S.

<<The only time we all sit down together for a meal is Thanksgiving and
Christmas. Otherwise we're all over the house. We do our talking in the
car,
before and after a good movie,...off and on all day really! I usually feed
the
kids first, then Chuck and I will get our own. We're both on diets so we
don't eat the same thing the kids eat anyhow.>>

(This is worded kind of funny, but I can't think of another way to say it
more clearly.) How do they base the reports that say how children do better
in school and are higher achievers, more emotionally stable, etc. when they
eat together as family?

It has nothing to do with eating together in my opinion but it may have a
lot to do with time spent together talking with your family and feeling
listened to and part of a team. But many mainstream families are so
crunched for time that dinnertime is the only time they can manage to
actually connect with each other.

As an Unschooling family with plenty of time on our hands, having time to
really connect with each other isn't an issue. We do it on and off all day
long. We plan our lives to have plenty of down time because that is what
works best for our family.

It's about having a connection with your family, not about when you eat or
if you eat together.


Angela
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