While gathering the family at the dinner table seems to have fallen out of favor in recent years, due to working parents, children’s activities, and TV addictions, it is still a wise choice to make time to sit down, tune out the media, and concentrate on your family and what you put on your plate. Actually, not only what you put on your plate, but how much you choose to put there.
A typical family dinner entails 3 serving dishes: protein, starch, vegetable; some may add a bread basket, others a salad bowl. But by placing those serving dishes on the table, you run the risk of taking more food than you or your waistline need. In fact, if you leave those serving bowls in the kitchen, you are likely to eat 20 percent less food than if they make their way around the table.
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By Susan Brady
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