Get Back To The Table This Fall
This September, Sara Evans and Libby’s Vegetables celebrated Get Back to the Table Month - an acknowledgement of the many social and economic benefits of family dinnertime. The excitement continues as moms and dads nationwide embrace the opportunity to gather their families around the table and take advantage of the benefits of family dinnertime.
Click here to get some great tips on how to make convenient and affordable family dinners, in addition to learning about new tasty recipes.
Q&A with Sara Evans
Country music superstar, Sara Evans dishes on her new family of nine and one of her favorite times of day - family dinnertime. Click here to find out how Sara gets her family around the dinner table and why this time is so important to her.
Get Your Busy Families Back to the Table
It’s back to school time – when most families say goodbye to lazy summer afternoons and suddenly get pretty busy with homework, sports and music lessons - to name a few. Hannah Keeley has tips to help families get back to the dinner table to create rewarding family bonding experiences during the hectic, over-scheduled month of September and the rest of the year!
Top 5 Reasons to Get Back to the Table
Longing for the days when the entire family sat around the dinner table for a meal? Libby’s canned vegetables make it easy to pull together quick, convenient and cost-effective meals on a budget so that you can spend less time cooking and more time conversing with your family around the dinner table.
A host of studies show that eating dinner together has many benefits beyond getting everyone in the same place at the same time. Here are five really good reasons why sharing a meal with your family is good for the stomach and the soul.
- You Could Get an A+: Research shows that children who eat dinner with their families five or more times a week are more likely to have higher grades in school – regardless of gender, family structure or economic status (1).
- It’s Easier to Say No to Drugs: According to the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, frequent family meals have been linked to a lower risk of smoking, drinking and using marijuana. When you spend more time with your kids at the dinner table, it’s easier to spot changes in behavior and develop a better relationship with them (2).
- Good Conversation Builds Confidence: Researchers at Emory University found that pre-teens whose parents tell family stories at dinner have higher self-esteem and get along better with their peers during their teen years (3).
- Eating at the Table Means Eating Better: A University of Minnesota study found that kids in families who watched TV while eating meals together had a poorer diet than children whose families ate together around a table. Boys who watched TV while eating ate fewer vegetables and grains and drank more soft drinks while girls who watched TV ended up eating fewer dark vegetables and more fried food (4).
- It’s Good for Girls: Studies show that teenage girls who ate five or more meals per week with their families were less likely to resort to extreme dieting measures such as self-induced vomiting, diet pills or laxatives. This was true regardless of socioeconomic status, body mass index or family connectedness (5).
Feel like making a family dinner tonight? Check out Libby’s CANvenient Recipe Database for quick and easy ways to make a hearty meal in minutes. Also, check out our eCANomic Shopping Tips from super-savvy mom of seven Hannah Keeley, because Libby’s believes that putting dinner on the table shouldn’t break the bank!
