At Spatulatta, we are constantly looking for, finding and cooking fabulous healthy meals for you and your family. Our great hope is that the kids are involved or maybe even leading the preparation of the meals. What would all that hard work come to if the family isn't there to EAT IT?
I'm going to be co-hosting a talk in the Motherhood on Monday November 15, from 1pm to 1:30pm ET, on themotherhood.com site. Leading the discussion is the incredibly accomplished Laurie David, who just published an awesome book called "The Family Dinner." Look her up online people.
If you were looking for proof of why family dinners should happen at your house, this is it! You can try out fabulous recipes, and the book has conversation starters, games and all kinds of wisdom on how to bring your family together at mealtimes. Hope you'll be there. Just sign on to themotherhood.com and join in.
We've heard a lot about the importance of family dinners and at our house, we try to make them happen as often as humanly possible. Having the Spatulatta girls as daughters sure helps, because they sometimes assist in preparation of the meals, but the real treat is sitting down as a family and reconnecting after a crazy busy day.
Papa's work makes it tough for us to sit down before 7:30pm, so we pretend we're in Europe and try to hold off until he arrives. I actually save fun information for the family meal because I know it'll spark conversation and lead to other good things. Think of the huge number of things your family can talk about. In our house these days it could be who you ran into by chance today, who Pop interviewed (as part of his job as a reporter), school, practice for Romeo and Juliette, the HUGE science test coming up, piano, basketball, Science Olympiad, the dog, who called, letters we got in the mail, voice lessons, Girl Scouts, volunteer work etc. and there are only four of us un=der this roof.
If you've got a great tip for fab family dinners, join the circle on Monday and add your recipe for success.
Heidi
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