We all know that eating dinner as a family is an important way to make children feel nurtured. However, shopping for, cooking and serving a meal every night can sometimes seem like a superhuman task!

Here are some tips and rituals to make shopping, cooking and eating easier and more pleasant when kids are part of the picture. A lot of these tips are things I would have resisted or laughed at before I had children. I have a strong aversion to routine. But when you have kids, if you, the adult, don