Eating together’s the recipe for happy Irish family life

The tables have turned on fast food and microwave meals for one. These days, Irish families like to spend time together and enjoy the comradery that comes with sitting down to a home cooked meal.

According to the latest survey on dining-in, more than half of families share a meal at least five times a week.

There is a quiet, everyday mealtime revolution taking place around the country, with a back-to-basics tradition of shared mealtimes and cooking from scratch, according to the first ever SuperValu Home Truths report released yesterday.