{"id":544,"date":"2009-10-28T18:34:07","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T22:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelfigart.com\/blog\/?p=544"},"modified":"2009-10-28T18:34:07","modified_gmt":"2009-10-28T22:34:07","slug":"eating-dinner-together-or-maybe-tea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelfigart.com\/wordpress\/2009\/10\/28\/eating-dinner-together-or-maybe-tea\/","title":{"rendered":"Eating Dinner Together, or Maybe Tea"},"content":{"rendered":"

I like the household to eat together when we can.<\/p>\n

Thing is, we’re all really busy.\u00a0 Sometimes we have events going on at night where a big meal is really out of the question.\u00a0 Certainly \"greendalek\"<\/a>greendalek<\/a><\/span> doesn’t like to teach on a full stomach, but will often make himself a wrap before going out to teach for the evening.<\/p>\n

So, I’ve adopted the custom of afternoon tea on those nights.\u00a0 If we have to be somewhere too early for a big meal to be feasible, but want to sit down together, I’ll do up a plate of cheese, crackers, fruit and other light but quick to prepare and healthy dainties (for the three of us, this is something that’ll fit on a single dinner plate) and brew up a pot of tea.\u00a0 We’ve done it the last couple of nights and I think it’s been a success.\u00a0 We’ll only sit down for twenty minutes or so, but I think those twenty minutes to have a nibble and a cup of tea are a nice way to reconnect.<\/p>\n

A friend of mine pointed out a Time Magazine article from a few years ago about families eating dinner <\/a>together. \u00a0Apparently there is a link between eating meals together and how well children do in school and in life.<\/p>\n

While we usually do eat together, and are not as overscheduled as many, even we have busy nights. \u00a0I wonder if some sort of custom of gathering together for tea might not be a good solution for a lot of people. \u00a0You could choose light, healthy foods that you don’t take much preparation, and the cup of tea for the warmth, and you’re all good. \u00a0It takes nothing at all to get together, isn’t expensive and is even kinda fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I like the household to eat together when we can. Thing is, we’re all really busy.\u00a0 Sometimes we have events going on at night where a big meal is really out of the question.\u00a0 Certainly greendalek doesn’t like to teach on a full stomach, but will often make himself a wrap before going out to … <\/p>\n

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