{"id":22292,"date":"2014-02-19T16:35:35","date_gmt":"2014-02-19T16:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/?p=321465"},"modified":"2014-02-19T16:35:35","modified_gmt":"2014-02-19T16:35:35","slug":"10-steps-to-healthy-and-enjoyable-family-meals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/10-steps-to-healthy-and-enjoyable-family-meals\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Steps to Healthy and Enjoyable Family Meals"},"content":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/files.cdn.ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/funkitchen-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Shutterstock\"><\/p>\n<p>Tired of all the packaged food in your house or frustrated that the family never seems to sit down at the dinner table together?<\/p>\n<p>Well <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Food Day<\/a>, a nationwide celebration and a movement for healthy, affordable and sustainable food, provides the following 10 steps to help you and your family eat a healthy, more enjoyable diet&mdash;to &#8220;eat real.&#8221;<\/p>\n[caption id=\"attachment_322192\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"500\"]<a href=\"http:\/\/files.cdn.ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/funkitchen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo courtesy of Shutterstock\" src=\"http:\/\/files.cdn.ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/funkitchen.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/pic-173408981\/stock-photo-mother-and-kid-preparing-healthy-food-and-having-fun.html?src=IZR6xHp-W1ucQhm_R9U5kw-1-15\">Photo courtesy of Shutterstock<\/a>[\/caption]\n<p><strong>1.<\/strong> <strong>Prioritize sit-down family meals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meals are best when prepared from scratch at home.<br \/><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> <strong>Plan meals around seasonal foods<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shop at the farmers market with your children.<br \/><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> <strong>Make the kitchen a family retreat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An active busy kitchen engages all the senses; this exposure is unconscious learning.<br \/><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> <strong>Invite your children to help cook<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bonding together around nurturing food magically motivates trying new foods.<br \/><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> <strong>Serve healthy portions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Learn to listen to your body; don&rsquo;t trust portions on packages or in restaurants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> <strong>Explore cuisines from around the world<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Traditional recipes usually constitute a balanced meal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong> <strong>Choose sustainably produced foods when possible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Add more legumes and whole grains and reduce meat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8.<\/strong> <strong>Understand food marketing deception<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Packaged foods mostly benefit corporate profit, not human health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9.<\/strong> <strong>Advocate for your family&rsquo;s health<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Demand a healthy and affordable food supply from your government representatives and elected officials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.<\/strong> <strong>Create traditions with healthful recipes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Connect healthy food with family celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>What are some of your favorite traditions or practices to create and nurture a healthy family mealtime?<\/p>\n<div>\n<strong>Visit EcoWatch&rsquo;s <a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/category\/tips\/\" target=\"_blank\">TIPS<\/a> and page for more related news on this topic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ecowatch.com\/newsletter-signup\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"topnewsbanner13\" src=\"http:\/\/files.cdn.ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/topnewsbanner13.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"120\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,57],"tags":[12201,12202,12205],"class_list":["post-22292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-building-posts","category-leed-news","tag-featured-living","tag-living","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22292\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leedpoints.com\/green-building-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}