We want to bring families and friends back together at the dinner table. Talking, laughing, sharing...making memories. Protecting our emotional and physical health. Problem is, if we get everyone back together, then what? What do we cook to be conscious of time and nutrition? The art of cooking is becoming a lost art. Together at the Table is our way of beginning to find solutions for busy people. We will show viewers how to cook healthy meals in almost no time. We'll heighten awareness of the problems of childhood obesity and how you can help your kids make better choices.
To your health!
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- "Exercise and better diets can help prevent 80 percent of premature cases of heart disease, strokes and diabetes."
- World Health Organization - "Families can help secure a healthy tomorrow for their children by providing guidance, staying involved, and serving as role models."
- George W. Bush - "I give them a snack in the afternoon-fresh vegetables and dip-and then tell them the kitchen in closed. Then they are hungry for dinner."
- Mother on the WIC program - "If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world".
- J. R.R. Tolkien - "Food is our common ground, a universal experience".
- James Beard - "Nothing would be more tiresome than eating and drinking if God had not made them a pleasure as well as a necessity".
- Voltaire - "One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating".
- Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright, Pavarotti, My Own Story - "It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato".
- Lewis Grizzard - "After dinner sit a while, and after supper walk a mile".
- English Saying - "He that takes medicine and neglects diet, wastes the skill of the physician".
- Chinese Proverb - "The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star".
- Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin - "The dinner table is the center for the teaching and practicing not just of table manners, but of conversation, consideration, tolerance, family feeling, and just about all the other accomplishments of polite society except the minuet." - Judith Martin (also known as Miss Manners)
- When selecting vegetables, aim for a rainbow of color for eye appeal as well as nutrition.
- Research shows kids who share meals with their families are less likely to develop unhealthy habits like smoking, drinking or eating disorders.
- To cut your cooking time, use ready-to- go ingredients that are already measured, peeled, sliced, thawed, or even pre-cooked.
- Starting early with healthy foods and exercise habits may decrease your child developing diabetes later in life.
- Eating together can build family bonds, and give your children a chance to connect and share ideas.
- Family meals allow time to discuss family history and traditions, share how your day went, or provide a time to plan future family projects.
- Teamwork can make mealtime more manageable for busy families. Rotate meal chores such as grocery shopping, cooking, and after meal clean-up
- Instead of a high calorie dessert, buy fruits in season, clean, slice and place in a pretty bowl with a small scoop of-low fat ice cream.
- Try eating one more serving of fruit or vegetable today, and you will be on your way to healthier eating.
- Children who eat with their family tend to do better in school, communicate better, and are happier compared to those who eat alone in their room.
- If you are too busy to eat some meals together as a family, then maybe you are just too busy
- Eating fast can lead to overeating because it takes about 20 minutes before the brain lets one feel full or satisfied with the meal.
- Calcium is an important mineral for healthy bones. Improve your calcium score by drinking or cooking with low fat milk, yogurt or cheese.
- A high fiber breakfast cereal is an easy way to jump-start your family's nutrition score for the day.
- Want your child to eat more fruits and vegetables? Take them grocery shopping and let them pick out a new fruit or vegetable to try.
- Thirty minutes or more of moderate activity every day along with proper food portions will help keep you healthy.
- Mothers and Fathers hold their children’s hands for just a little while- and their hearts forever. (Irish proverb)
- God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest. (Irish proverb)
- A cabin with plenty of food is better than a hungry castle. (Irish proverb)
- Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless (Mother Teresa)
- One of the very nicest things about life is the way we must regularly stop whatever it is we are doing and devote our attention to eating. (Luciano Pavarotti and William Wright)
- It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato. (Lewis Grizzard)
- Worries go down better with soup. (Jewish Proverb)
- Food is an important part of a balanced diet. (Fran Lebowitz)
- I refuse to believe that trading recipes is silly. Tuna fish casserole is at least as real as corporate stock. (Barbara Grizzuti Harrison)
- After dinner sit a while, and after supper walk a mile. (English Saying)
- An onion can make people cry, but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh. (Will Rogers)
- There is nothing better on a cold wintry day than a properly made pot pie. (Craig Claiborne)
- Happiness is a bowl of cherries and a book of poetry under a shade tree. (Astrid Alauda)
- There is no sight on earth more appealing than the sight of a woman making dinner for someone she loves. (Thomas Wolfe)
- Don't dig your grave with your own knife and fork. (English Proverb)
- The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star. (Jean Antheime Brillat-Savarin)
- Leave your drugs in the chemist's pot if you can heal the patient with food. (Hippocrates)
- Better a good dinner than a fine coat. (French Proverb)
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