Recipes: 'The Family Dinner'
Friday, December 30, 2011 6:05AM
Gary’s T-Night Tacos
Kids Can:
Peel the cucumbers.
Squeeze the limes.
Chop the cilantro.
Put the toppings in little bowls.
YOU NEED:
For the Tacos:
Canola oil
2 medium onions, coarsely grated
2 15-ounce cans of black beans, lightly drained (or 4 1/2 cups home-cooked beans)
2 tablespoons chili powder
2 tablespoons cumin
1 tablespoon tamari soy sauce
2 tablespoons maple syrup
12 corn tortillas
For the Toppings:
1 1/2 cups shredded cheddar
1 cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
Chopped avocado
Chopped tomatoes
Chopped lettuce
Cucumber salsa (recipe below)
TO MAKE 12 TACOS:
Heat a large nonstick pan over medium-high heat and drizzle the bottom with canola oil. Sauté the onions until they start to soften, then add the beans, spices, tamari, and maple syrup. Reduce the heat to medium low and let everything gently cook for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, wrap the tortillas in foil and warm for 10 minutes in a 250-degree oven.
Serve the tortillas with bowls of beans and toppings on the side.
Cucumber Garlic Salsa
YOU NEED:
1 medium cucumber
3 garlic cloves
1/4 cup fresh lime juice, divided
pinch of sea salt
1/2 cup chopped cilantro
TO MAKE 1 CUP
Peel the cucumber, cut into cubes, and place cubes in blender.
Add the peeled garlic cloves, half the lime juice, and a pinch of salt.
Place the top on the blender and use short pulses to blend, adding only enough additional lime juice to liquefy.
Add the cilantro, stirring it in with a wooden spoon.
Recipes from “The Family Dinner” by Laurie David. Copyright 2010 by Hybrid Nation. Used by arrangement with Grand Central Publishing. All rights reserved.
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Comments
I love simple recipes because I cook for my grandchildren a lot. One of our favorite lunchtime meals is tomato soup with grilled cheese sandwiches. To the soup I add some Gold Fish crackers for the little ones. They love that. To the grilled sandwiches I will add a slice of tomato or ham and double up on the cheese so it runs. The older kids love that.
With Younger grand children my wife and I have discovered it is easier for the entire family to have Sunday lunch verses dinner. By doing lunch it is easier to satisfy the younger grand children. (hot dogs, ham and cheese sandwiches and of course P B and J. For the adults and older grand children I find that Hot Roast Beef sandwiches work well alternating with hot pastrami with Swiss cheese meatball sandwiches and hoagies.
Everyone seams to enjoy the lunches and it keeps the family together and up to date on eachothers lives.
I am interested in the games that the family played after dinner. What games did they play?
Thank you
I have just spent several months doing a survey and writing a research paper on "the family meal." I used Laurie David's book as a cornerstone for my research. Would love to discuss the findings with you. My sample group consisted of 85 students attending a rural school in Southwest Missouri and studied the question if the frequency of the family meal affects school attendance. Interesting study!! I teach family and consumer science (FACS),previously home economics, so, this topic is very very important to me.
Terry Lewis
For years we have managed to get my two sons, their families and others together once a week for dinner. Oldest son with 2 kids recently moved away and now it seems that everyone is "way to busy" to meet once a week. In frustratio******ve in and said we would do it on a periodic basis. It makes me sad but what can I do. I know it will work it's way out (I hope) but would appreciate suggestions from anyone experiencing this situation.
We as a family have family dinner once a week. My son, who’s an aspiring chef, works five nights per week and his schedule changes often. My children make time for family dinner.
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Anderson, I was raised eating family dinners, it was a requirement. When our children were younger my husband and I worked different shifts but managed to eat nightly dinners as a family. I would not allow my children to sit at the table alone one of us would sit with them and talk. I knew and felt the importance of a family dinner, 7 days a week to include those occasional pizza nights.
Our children are older now, when they visit we still sit at the table for dinner. My husband and I continue to eat at a large table which feels a bit empty without them but we instilled one of life's greatest gifts, cook, eat and clean as a family. Dinner time is the BEST time of day.
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Too funny,Anderson! I eat raw spinach salad..I grow up with a boy who only ate potato chip sandwich,,to slices of bread with plain chips and mayo..I love Boston Market..the sweet potato side is to die for..I like to eat out or WaWa or some place fast.Because I am a terrible cook,most of my mornings start out with instant breakfast chocolate of course
Thanks, gonna try this it looks delicious!