Weeknight Winners, Family Dinners

From the beloved family behind the internet phenomenon Cooking for Levi, a practical collection of 30-minute meals ed for the whole family—with ten ways to get your kids excited about food while also developing connection and language. Weeknight Winners, Family Dinners does two things exceptionally well: 1) It delivers eighty recipes that come together in less than an hour—most in thirty minutes—and that will please kids and adults alike. 2) Provides key tips that give parents and caregivers ways to connect with their school age kids over the dinner process, even during the weeknight witching hour. They include Let Kids Eat Off Your Plate, Ask Open-Ended Questions, Make it Tender, Erase the Bogeyman, Don’t Force It, and Let Your Kid Pick Out Stuff While You Shop. Each recipe includes “let your kids” ideas and conversation starters that develop language and connection. Jack and Emmy Zhang show that all the things you are doing anyway, from shopping to prepping to lighting candles, are opportunities to connect and have fun with your child, while also naturally building language, confidence, curiosity, and kitchen skills. Recipes for main dishes of all kinds, noodles, salads, sides, snacks, and desserts include the following: · Use Watcha Got Butter Chicken · Hoisin-Glazed Meatballs · All Hands on Deck Stuffed Pitas · Cherry Tomato Spaghetti and Meatballs · 30-Minute Chili · Crunchy Candy Carrots · Honey You’ll Love this Salmon · No-Yolk Caesar with Hand-Torn Croutons · Fry-Day Night Rice · Big Bowl O’ Mussels · Zucchini Bread Bites · Brown Butter Banana Brownies · Salted Caramel Cupcakes