Rising to the Occasion:
Tips for Seasoning Your Meals with Soul
with Karen Mitchell-Wilcher

Resolution Solution

Alas, it is the time of year that we vow to make all or the resolutions that we somehow did not get around to keeping last year. Well my family and I are no exceptions. We are kicking off the year with resolutions of eating differently and incorporating more exercise. Our vow is to make this our comeback year. We are making it a priority to spend more of our meal times around the table. Currently we have scheduling hurdles to overcome such as sports team practices, civic meetings and weekend games.

Admittedly, we seem to fare better at sit down meals on the weekends. This is such a difficult concept for me to swallow because when I was growing up we had dinner at 6:30 nightly, when my father got home from work. We had home-cooked meals prepared fresh and served with heaping helpings of lively dinnertime conversation. At the Wilcher’s Grand Central Station, we are in a perpetual mad dash to cook, check homework, fold laundry and get to and from evening activities all while struggling to maintain a reasonable bedtime.

My resolution for this New Year involves proper planning and making a commitment to sit down and ear together. My efforts will be rewarded, by successfully bringing my family back to the table. I plan to start with our weekend breakfast. Luckily my husband is a great breakfast cook, so that can free me up to make Sunday night dinner and the base items to be used during the week.

So that is my solution for eating differently. As for the exercise component… if walking to and from the kitchen and laundry room can be considered aerobic activity then I am in good shape!!!

Recipes: Roast One Serve Two Baked Beef Roast; Second Helping Stew with Cornmeal Dumplings