Recent Reads: The Hours that Matters Most

The Hour that Matters Most: The Surprising Power of the Family Meal is a realistic book about family meals and how to make the family dinner hour a priority in your home.  I was excited to read this book, because with our crazy schedules, we rarely sit down all at once to eat as a family, even though I do cook most nights.

This book is packed with practical tips, from motivating everyone to get to the table on time, to how to get your kids to really engage in the dinner conversation.   There's also a section devoted to how to speed up the cooking process by prepping meals with a group of friends.  And, of course, there are plenty of recipes... none of which call for extravagant ingredients. "Super Simple Sloppy Joes" and "Spanish Eggs" are among the kid-pleasing recipes. 

And after all of these great ideas and suggestions, my favorite chapter: The Good Enough Family Meal.  The authors make a great point: a family dinner doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be good enough.  The bonding, the routine, the memories... those will come, no matter what form your family meals takes.

For more information visit, www.thehourthatmattersmost.com or check out the book on Amazon in paperbackor in Kindle format.    

Disclaimer:My copy of this book was furnished free by the publisher in return for my honest review.

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