title: The Whole Family Cookbook: Two-Tiered Meals to Please Both Parents and Kids
author:  Kristene Fortier 
description: Notes From a Well Seasoned Mom. Before my children were born, I always had a lovely fantasy about family dinners. We're all gathered around the dinner table; we're laughing and joking and having a wonderful time. Real life turned out to be quite different: Our dinner hours were often tense and frustrating as my husband and I tried to persuade our youngsters to eat what was on their plates.
zlib_text: the flexible family cookbook
  JO PRATT
  PHOTOGRAPHY BY MALOU BURGER
  
  Contents
  Introduction
  Breakfast and brunch
  Soups and broths
  Small plates and snacks Main meals
  Sides
  Baking and desserts
  Dietary index
  Index
  Thank yous
  
  Introduction
  It’s a fact that most parents these days cook multiple meals at meal times,
  due to a rise in dietary requirements. It might be down to gluten and dairy
  intolerances; it could be for moral or environmental reasons; not to mention
  people just wanting to be more healthy and reduce the amount of meat,
  sugar or saturated fat they eat.
  It’s exhausting just thinking about it, and all of this has made eating
  together a little anti-social, as cooking to cover lots of requirements has
  become hard work. We all need easier ways to put food on the table and
  sadly many people will turn to ready-meals or takeaways as a solution.
  Eating together as a family is such an important occasion. When you eat
  together, it’s the perfect opportunity to catch up, relax, get things off