Meals Matter
Meals Matter
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The Meals Matter Blog offers advice and tips on using a positive and realistic approach for meal planning, healthy eating, feeding families and fitness. Posts are written by registered dietitians, staff and guest bloggers of the Dairy Council of California.
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Eat Better, Eat Together is a blog series by registered dietitians and parents whose stories and advice help families start or strengthen a commitment to balanced family meals and create healthy, successful families. Take the Eat Better, Eat Together Family Meal Pledge at Facebook.com/MealsMatter.org.
Some recent research publicized by the British Psychological Society suggests that family meals help discourage picky eating. Kids are more likely to try new foods when they are involved in meal preparation or see adults enjoying the food.
Children have a natural curiosity about food so be sure to offer new foods at mealtime and eat them yourself. Never force your child to eat; it is important to make mealtime a pleasant experience, not a time for discipline or arguing about problems at school or work.
Make family mealtime fun this week! Get the whole family involved in preparing personalized Pita Pizzas, Basil Green Beans and Super Good Pudding. Continue to Eat Better, Eat Together all week long with fun family-meal recipes like Silly Spaghetti Casserole, Cheeseburger Meatloaf, Kale Chips and Caramel Flan with Mangoes.
Visit Facebook to take the Eat Better, Eat Together family meal pledge and follow the Twitter hashtag #EatBetter2Gether for family meal updates. Then register at MealsMatter.org to add these and other recipes to your personalized family meal plan and shopping list.
“Family Meals Matter” features registered dietitian-approved recipes from the thousands of user-contributed recipes available at the free family nutrition and meal-planning website, Meals Matter, maintained by registered dietitian moms with Dairy Council of California. Healthy Eating Made Easier™
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Photo Caption: Pita Pizzas, Recipe and photo courtesy of Keep the Beat™, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health; U.S. Department of Health.