Lately I had a conversation with a friend about food. She is frustrated because her family doesn't want to eat the diet that she wants to eat. I won't go into details except to say that she is pretty committed to eating a lot of vegetables and raw as much as possible. I've been thinking about this ever since. I think our diet is moderately healthy. I try to include as many vegetables and fruits in our diet as I can. I'm sure it could be healthier. But it's caused to me to think about my philosophy towards family meals. Meals are about so much more than just nutrition and I think it's easy to forget that, including me. Here are my goals for family meals: 1. Help my children learn how to cook and prepare a meal. 2. Serve nutritious food to my family--but if they won't eat it, it's not going to be do them any good. Which brings me to... 3. Serve food that is enjoyable to eat. Let go of...