Lean Dean Cooking Machine: April 2010

Enoch as well as the rest of the gang thought these brownies were sooooo good! Maybe they were just excited that they weren't filled with too much salt because of my April Fool's prank!

The Importance of Family Meals

From Elder Dallin H. Oaks:

The number of those who report that their “whole family usually eats dinner together” has declined 33 percent. This is most concerning because the time a family spends together “eating meals at home [is] the strongest predictor of children’s academic achievement and psychological adjustment.”3 Family mealtimes have also been shown to be a strong bulwark against children’s smoking, drinking, or using drugs.4 There is inspired wisdom in this advice to parents: what your children really want for dinner is you.

Found in:Dallin H. Oaks, “Good, Better, Best,” Liahona, Nov 2007,
104–8

From President Ezra Taft Benson:

Mealtime provides a wonderful time to review the activities of the day and to not only feed the body, but to feed the spirit as well, with members of the family taking turns reading the scriptures, particularly the Book of Mormon.

Found in: Janene Wolsey Baadsgaard, “Mealtime, Family Time,” Ensign, Sep 1998, 22

Lean Dean Cooking Machine

Monday, April 5, 2010

Danielle's devilishly good brownies