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Busy, Busy, Busy Do you and your partner often work late? Are you a single parent? Don't despair. Make the evening meal feel like a family affair by: Eating your meal with the kids instead of waiting for your partner. Serving take-out on dinner plates and eating it at the dining table, preferably with a homemade salad. Making a point of eating together on weekends if you can't manage a family meal on weeknights. Preparing quick, healthy meals with your child's help when you're too tired to make a full meal. Caesar salads with grilled chicken, fresh salad-based sandwiches or even salmon, cheese and tomato on toast are simple nutritious staples. Snack Attack Not home when they arrive from school? Maintain some control over your child's choice of snacks by: Teaching your children how to prepare easy, good-for-you snacks such as a peanut butter and banana sandwich. Buying fewer cookies, potato chips, cola and other snack foods. If it's not there they won't eat it. Buying a selection of healthy snack foods that you know your child likes such as their favourite yogurt, fruit and nut mixes, or low fat microwave popcorn.
