Eat Better, Eat Together in October

Eating better can be tricky especially if you have a busy schedule. Yet, when you eat together as a couple, as a family, or as friends, eating healthy might not be as challenging. Getting support from your husband or wife to eat healthier makes it easier to follow your weight loss goals or to feel motivated to eat in good health. One way you can support your husband or wife to eat healthier is by having a balanced breakfast such as oatmeal, fruit, and juice. Also, by alternating breakfast meals to a hard-boiled egg, toasted wheat or whole-grain bread, and avocado spread.

Breakfast should not be boring. It is important to have breakfast in the mornings because your body might have low sugar in the mornings. Additionally, breakfast gives you energy and might prevent a headache throughout the day. The second way, your husband or wife can help you eat healthier is if he or she joins you to eat together for all three meals or two meals throughout the day. Together you can have the same meals and give each other support.

Eating together motivates you to eat healthy balanced meals and to communicate better. Turn off or put your cellphone in silent mode when you are having meals together as a couple or as a family. Use different color plates, bowls, and mugs to make it pleasing to the eye. This will create a fun atmosphere to eat together and to socialize more. Make food with your children and with your husband. Take turns washing the dishes or cleaning up after having your meals.

There are a lot of recipes where you do not have to use the stove which will make you at ease for preparing food with your children and with your husband. For example, you can make tuna with crackers and have your entire family involved in the process. One person can chop the onions, another person can chop the tomatoes, and another person can get the bread or the crackers. By doing this the entire family will feel good, accomplished, and confident. Here is the recipe for making this simple tuna with crackers.

Ingredients:

1 big tuna can in water

1 or 2 tomatoes

½ of white or yellow onion

Mayonnaise

1 Lemon

Unsalted or Saltine Crackers

Open the tuna can and remove the water. In one bowl, add tuna and two or three spoons of mayonnaise. Wash one or two tomatoes and remove the seeds. Slice the tomatoes into small pieces. Toss the tomatoes inside the bowl with the tuna and the mayonnaise. Peel one onion and chop the onion in half. Save one half of the onion for later for another recipe. Using one half of the onion, chop the onion into small pieces.

Add the onions inside the bowl with the tuna, tomatoes, and mayonnaise. Wash one lemon and slice the lemon in half. Use a juicer or squeeze the juice from the lemon and pour it onto the bowl with the tuna and the rest of the ingredients. Stir the tuna and the rest of the ingredients in the bowl. In a tray, place the tuna bowl. Use two small cups or smaller bowls to place saltine or unsalted crackers inside the bowls. Place the smaller bowls on the side of the tray with a spoon. After that, you are ready to have tuna with crackers. You can serve iced tea or with your favorite drink to complement the tuna and the crackers. For more information about Eat Better, Eat Together Month, you can check out the links below. 

5 Healthy Eating Tips for a Better Lifestyle: 

http://healthconditions.info/blog/5-healthy-eating-tips-for-a-better-lifestyle/#more-94

Eat Better, Eat Together-Making Mealtime Family Time:

https://eatwheat.org/learn/eat-better-eat-together/

October: Eat Better, Eat Together Month:

https://happyfoodhealthylife.com/october-eat-better-eat-together-month/

20 + No-Cook Dinner Recipes-Easy No-Cook Meals:

https://www.delish.com/cooking/g1451/quick-weeknight-no-cook-recipes/

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