{"id":10829,"date":"2022-09-08T10:07:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T14:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/?p=10829"},"modified":"2022-09-08T10:07:39","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T14:07:39","slug":"september-is-national-family-meals-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/september-is-national-family-meals-month\/","title":{"rendered":"September is National Family Meals Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none \" src=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-content\/gallery\/articles\/SeptemberisNationalFamilyMealsMonth.jpg\" alt=\"September is National Family Meals Month\" \/><br><br \/>\n<span class=\"artTitle\">September is National Family Meals Month<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"art\"><span>  <\/span><br \/>\nWith packed schedules, family dinners can be a challenge. Studies show that eating together has positive benefits for the entire family, especially children, including:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022   Increased happiness and decreased likelihood of depression and stress<br \/>\n\u2022   Better communication skills and relationships with others<br \/>\n\u2022   Improved overall nutrition and health<br \/>\n\u2022   Increased self-confidence and academic achievements<br \/>\n\u2022   Reduced risk of engaging in drug use and harmful activities<\/p>\n<p><strong>How to make more family meals happen:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.\tReview your family\u2019s schedule for the week<\/strong> and determine when it\u2019s feasible to eat meals together. It\u2019s OK if some weeks only include one or two family meals; the goal is to eat together as often as time permits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\tUse the recipes throughout <em>Ready<\/em> to make meal planning easier<\/strong>, or build meals around themes such as meatless Monday, taco Tuesday or international food night Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\tBefore creating your shopping list<\/strong>, assess your fridge, freezer and pantry to identify what you already have and what you\u2019ll need to purchase.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.\tCarve out time to meal prep before the week starts<\/strong>, so getting dinner on the table is a breeze. To enjoy more family time and get the kids excited about the meal, involve them in the process, whether it\u2019s grocery shopping, chopping ingredients or cooking.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.\tDouble or triple batches to yield leftovers<\/strong> that the family can eat later in the week. Try reinventing leftovers too! Flip to page 10 to learn how to transform slow-cooked pulled pork into Hawaiian Pulled Pork Sliders the next day.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September is National Family Meals Month With packed schedules, family dinners can be a challenge. Studies show that eating together has positive benefits for the entire family, especially children, including: \u2022 Increased happiness and decreased likelihood of depression and stress &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/september-is-national-family-meals-month\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-healthy-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10829"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10844,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10829\/revisions\/10844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pricechopperready.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}