Category: Food For Thought
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![[:en]Comforting the Sick: What Dinner Do You Want When You’re Under the Weather?[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/invalid-foods.jpg)
[:en]Comforting the Sick: What Dinner Do You Want When You’re Under the Weather?[:]
[:en] A curious look at what we crave when we’re ill- and why[:]
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![[:en]How to Make your Toddler an Adventurous Eater and Cooperative Diner[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/4347522-baking-cookies1.jpg)
[:en]How to Make your Toddler an Adventurous Eater and Cooperative Diner[:]
[:en](Part two in a series) Young kids are not the most civilized dinner companions. Dinnertime can feel like sitting with a group of monkeys…But, this is a critical time for developing family meals as a ritual[:]
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![[:en]Fast Slow Food[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/slow-food-300x225.jpg)
[:en]Fast Slow Food[:]
[:en]“Fast food” doesn’t have to mean unhealthy, oversized meals with high fat and sugar content served in Styrofoam containers. [:]
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![[:en]Play with Your Food, Not Your Video Games[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/PC120230.jpg)
[:en]Play with Your Food, Not Your Video Games[:]
[:en]’The kitchen isn’t just the workstation for family dinners; it can also be the “play station” for many fun and creative projects.'[:]
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![[:en]The Very First Family Dinners[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/12972112-baby-boy-drinking-milk-bottle1.jpg)
[:en]The Very First Family Dinners[:]
[:en](Note: This is the first post in a series.) Far more important than developing a robust eater, and regardless of whether your baby is bottle- or breast-fed, the feeding relationship is the first crucial task of parenting.[:]
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![[:en]The Power of Table Talk[:]](https://familydinner.launchpaddev.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/14159158-family-dinner-from-above1.jpg)
[:en]The Power of Table Talk[:]
[:en]From building vocabulary to building resistance, conversations at the dinner offers benefits for kids – and families.[:]